CHAPTER 1 : BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY

THE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS

- IT is everywhere in business

- Business organization operate by functional areas or functional silos.

- Functional areas are interpendent.

IT BASICS

IT is a field concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing information.Its an important enabler of business success and innovation.

Management Information System ( MIS ) is a general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of people,tech and procedures to solve business problems.

MIS is a business function.

DATA , INFORMATION AND BI

Data - Raw facts that describes the characteristics of an event.

Information - Data converted into a meaningful and useful content 

Business Intelligent (BI) - Applications and technologies that areused to support decision-making effort such as Microsoft Excel.

IT RESOURCES

1. People use 

2. Information technology to work with

3. Information

IT CULTURES

Informational Functional Cultures

Employes use information as a means of exercising influence or powers of others.

Information Sharing Cultures

Employees across departments trust each other to use information to improve performance.

Information Inquiring Cultures

Employees across departments search for information to better understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new direction.

Information Discovery Cultures

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