Business Information Systems (Ch #1)

Front 1

business model

Back 1

describes how a company produces, delivers, and sells a product or service to create wealth.

Front 2

information technology (IT)

Back 2

consists of all the hardware and software that a firm needs to use in order to achieve its business objectives.

Front 3

information system (IS)

Back 3

a set of interrelated components that collect (or retrieve), process, store, and distribute information to support decision making, coordinating, and control in an organization.

Front 4

information

Back 4

data that have been shaped into a form that is meaningful and useful to human beings.

Front 5

data

Back 5

raw facts that have been organized and arranged into an understandable and useful form.

Front 6

input

Back 6

captures or collects raw data

Front 7

processing

Back 7

converts raw input into a meaningful form

Front 8

output

Back 8

transfers processed information to the people who will use it or to the activities for which it will be used

Front 9

feedback

Back 9

output that is returned to appropriate members of the organization to help them evaluate or correct the input stage.

Front 10

information systems literacy

Back 10

broader understanding of information systems, which encompasses an understanding of the people and organization dimensions of systems as well as the technical dimensions of systems

Front 11

computer literacy

Back 11

focuses primarily on knowledge of information technology.

Front 12

business processes

Back 12

logically related set of activities that define how tasks are performed

Front 13

culture

Back 13

fundamental set of assumptions, values, and ways of doing things

Front 14

computer hardware

Back 14

physical equipment used for input, processing, and output activities in an information system

Front 15

computer software

Back 15

detailed, preprogrammed instructions that control and coordinate the computer hardware components in an information system

Front 16

data management technology

Back 16

software governing the organization of data on a physical storage media

Front 17

networking and telecommunications technology

Back 17

links various pieces of hardware and transfers data from one physical location to another.

Front 18

network

Back 18

links two or more computers to share data or resources (i.e., printer)

Front 19

Internet

Back 19

world’s largest and most widely used network

Front 20

intranets

Back 20

connectivity to link different systems and networks within the firm

Front 21

extranets

Back 21

private intranets extended to authorized users outside the organization

Front 22

World Wide Web

Back 22

service provided by the internet that uses universally accepted standards for storing, retrieving, formatting, and displaying information in a page format on the internet.

Front 23

information technology (IT) infrastructure

Back 23

the foundation, or platform, on which the firm can build its specific information system.

Front 24

change management

Back 24

techniques used to bring about successful change in a business.

Front 25

critical thinking

Back 25

sustained suspension of judgment with an awareness of multiple perspectives and alternatives: 1) maintaining doubt/suspending judgment; 2) awareness of different perspectives; 3) testing alternative and letting experience guide; 4) awareness of organizational/personal limitations.