Monday, July 1, 2013

LETS ROCK! CHAPTER 1 : BUSSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY

Information Technology is everywhere in business.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BASICS


  1.  Information technology (IT) 
       Information technology is a field concerned with the use of technology in
       managing and processing information.Information technology also is an
       important enabler of business success and innovation.
  
   2. Management information systems (MIS) 

       MIS a general name for the business function and academic
       discipline covering the application of people, technologies, and 
       procedures to solve business problems. MIS is a business function, similar
       to Accounting, Finance, Operations, and Human Resources


     3. Information technology it is important to understand
       Data, information, and business intelligence IT resources and IT cultures.

INFORMATION

  
    1. Data
       
        Data is a raw facts that describe the characteristic of an event.   

    2. Information
        
        Information is data converted into a meaningful and useful context.
 
    3. Business Intelligence 
       
        Business Intelligence is applications and technologies that are used  
        to support decision-making efforts. 
  

IT CULTURES 

    1.Functional Culture  

       
       Employees use information as a means of exercising influence or power 
       over others. For example, a manager in sales refuses to share
       information with marketing.This causes marketing to need the sales 
       manager’s input each time a new sales strategy is developed.

   2.  Sharing Culture   
         
        Employees across departments trust each other to use information to   
        improve performance especially about problems and failures
       

   3.  Inquiring Culture 
       
       Employees across departments search for information to better understand
       the future and align themselves with current trends and new directions.

   4. Discovery Culture 

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



 IT RESOURCES

  1. People 

 
 2. Information technology 
        

  3. Information


 

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