MGCR 331 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Database, Unique Key, Ibm
12 Oct 2018
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Department
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MGCR 331
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MGCR 331
Fall 2017
Professor: Richard Donovan
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SESSION 01: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS
General
- Knowledge on IT is beneficial
o Career opportunities
o Allows for understanding of firm’s apps computer software designed to support a specific
task or business process)
o Your opinion will be valued in the context of IT
o Ability to keep up with developments in existing technology & the creation of new ones
**You will understand the impacts of IT on your company
- )T is extremely valuable to firms: if the system crashes, a firm can’t operate
- Technology is starting to be found in all departments of companies and used by all employees, this is
called end-user computing
- IT has changed the role of the MIS department
Traditional Role
Modern Role
- Managing computer operations
- Training & developing IT skills
- Providing technical services
- Creating strategic ISs
- Incorporating the internet into
business → e-commerce
- Educating employees about IT
- Educating MIS staff about business
* Seeking innovation
* Creating business alliances
* Outsourcing
Computer Based Information Systems
*IT tools help people perform all tasks related to information processing & management
- A CBIS uses computer technology to perform its tasks
- Basic components: hardware, software, database, network
- Functional information systems are information systems that function among multiple organizations
o They are the pillars for a company’s dashboard
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Document Summary
Knowledge on it is beneficial: career opportunities. **you will understand the impacts of it on your company task or business process: allows for understanding of firm"s apps (cid:523)computer software designed to support a specific. Technology is starting to be found in all departments of companies and used by all employees, this is called end-user computing. It has changed the role of the mis department. *it tools help people perform all tasks related to information processing & management. A cbis uses computer technology to perform its tasks. Functional information systems are information systems that function among multiple organizations: they are the pillars for a company"s dashboard. Transaction processing system (tps: correct a lack of communication between departments using a common database, monitoring, collecting & storing data from a company"s business transactions in real time, this is considered critical to a company"s success. *all erps are tpss, but not all tpss are erps.
