Mis Midterm Chapter 1

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Information System

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Organized combination of people, hardware, software, communications networks, data resources, and policies and procedures that stores, receives, transforms, and disseminates information in an organization.

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Information Technologies

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Various hardware, software, networking, and data management components necessary for the system to operate

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Computer-Based Information Systems

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Computer hardware technologies (microcomputers, mainframe systems, input, output devices, etc)

Computer software technologies (operating system software, browsers, software drivers, etc)

Telecommunications network technologies - Telecommunication media, processors, and software for wireless access

Data resource management technologies - Database management system software

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Roles That Information Systems Play For Businesses

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Support of business processes and operations
Support of decision making by employers
Support of strategies for competitive advantage

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E-Business

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Use of Internet technologies to work and empower business processes, electronic commerce, and enterprise collaboration within a company and with its customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders

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Intranet

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Internal network, private, only employers, etc

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Extranet

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Allows outside people access onto internal network

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Enterprise Collaboration Systems

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Involve the use of software tools to support communication, coordination, and collaboration among the members of networked teams and workgroups

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Electronic Commerce

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Buying, selling, marketing, and servicing of products, services, and information over a variety of computer networks

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Operation Support Systems

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Needed for support of business operations - 3 types

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Transaction Processing Systems (Type of Operation Support System)

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Process data resulting from business transactions, update operational databases, and produce business documents
Ex. Accounting Systems

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Process Control Systems
(Type of Operation Support System)

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Monitor and control industrial processes
Ex. Power Generation

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Enterprise Collaboration Systems
(Type of Operation Support System)

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Support team, workgroup, and enterprise communications and collaborations
Ex. Email

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Management Support Systems - 3 Types

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Support of Managerial Decision Making

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Management Information Systems
(Type of Management Support System)

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Provide information in the form of prespecified reports and displays to support business decision making.
Ex. Sales Analysis

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Decision Support Systems
(Type of Management Support System)

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Provide interactive ad hoc support for the decision-making process of managers and other business professionals
Ex. Product Pricing

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Executive Information Systems
(Type of Management Support System)

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Provide critical information from MIS, DDS, and other sources tailored to the information needs of executives.
Ex. Actions of Competitors

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Input

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Capturing and assembling elements that enter the system to be processed

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Processing

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Transformation processes that convert input into output

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Output

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Transferring elements that have been produced by a transformation process to their ultimate destination

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Feedback

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Data about the performance of a system

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Control

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Monitoring and evaluating feedback to determine whether a system is moving toward the achievement of its goal. The control function then makes the necessary adjustments to a system's input and processing components to ensure that it produces proper input

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Information System Model

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Information system depends on resources of people (end users/IS specialists), hardware (machines/media), software (programs/procedures), data (data and knowledge bases), and networks (communications media and network support) to perform input, processing, output, storage, and control activities that convert data resources into information products

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Data

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Raw facts about physical phenomena or business transactions

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Information

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Data that has been converted into meaningful and useful context for end users

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Enterprise Collaboration Systems

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Enhance team and workgroup communications and productivity