CHAPTER 1 - BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY’S ROLE IN BUSINESS

-Information technology is everywhere in business.

                                             

Learning outcomes

- compare management information system (MIS) and information technologies (IT)

- describe the relationship among people, information technology, and information

- identify four different department in a typical business and explain how technology helps them to work     together.

- compare the four the different types of organizational information cultures and decide which cultures applies to your school.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY’S ROLE IN BUSINESS

 -Information technology is everywhere in business.

                                       

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BASICS

- Information technology (IT) - a field concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing information.

- Information technology is an important enabler of business success and innovation

- Management information system (MIS)-a general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of people, technologies, and procedures to solves business problems.

- MIS is a business function, similar to Accounting, Finance, Operations, and Human Resources.

 - When beginning to learn about information technology is important to understand

     *Data, information, and business intelligence IT resources.

     *IT cultures.

Information 

 - Data-raw facts that describe the characteristic of an event.

 Exp - number of student of UiTM MALACCA

- Information-data converted into a meaningful and useful context.

- Business intelligence-applications and technologies that are used to support decision making effort.

                         

    

IT Resources

• People use
• Information technology to work with
• Information

IT Cultures

•  Organizational information cultures include:

1. Information Functional Culture - employees use information as a means of exercising influence of power over others. For example, a manager in sales refuses to shares information with marketing to need the sales manager’s input each time a new sales strategy is developed.
2. Informational-Sharing Cultures-

Employees across departments trust each other to use information (especially about problem and failures) to improve performance.

     3. Information - Enquiring Cultures

Employees across department search for information to better understand the futures and align themselves with current trends and new directions. 

     4. Information - Discovery Culture

Employees across department are open to new insight about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages.