ISOM Quiz I chpt 1
Terms
undefined, object
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given fact: number, statement, picture
raw materials in the production of information -
Data
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-data that has meaning within a context
-raw data that has been maniupulated and processed - Information
- IS
- Information Systems
- IS components
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hardware resources
software
networks
people resources - any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information-processing needs of an organization
- Information Technology
- the function that plans for, develops, implements, and maintains IT hardware, software, and the portfolio of applications that people use to support the goals of an organization
- Management Information Systems (MIS)
- ___, _____, and _____ are inextricably linked....if one fails, they all fail
- People, Information, Information Technology
- Information is one of the most important ______in an organization, and the primary way that people get information is through ___________
- assets, information technology
- Gathering, correlating, and analyzing information without i______ _______is often either extremely ____ _______ or impossible
- information technology, time consuming
- Organizations must manage information properly. That is, an organization must:
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1)Determine what information it requires
2)Acquire that information
3)Organize the information in a meaningful fashion
4)Assure the information's quality
Provide software tools so that employees throughout the organization can access the information they require in a straightforward manner - maintains information about various types of objects (e.g. inventory), events (e.g. transactions), people (e.g. employees), and places (e.g. stores)
- Database
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software through which users and application programs interact with a database
A DBMS is to a database as:
Word is to a document
Excel is to a spreadsheet - Database Management System (DBMS)