[MCS 2020] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (51 pages long)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Marketing and Consumer Studies
• Course: MCS 2020
• Professor: Jeffrey O' Leary

Document Summary

Information systems & you chapter 1 constitute a computer system. Information system (is): group of components that interact to produce information. Management information systems (mis): information systems that help organizations achieve their goals and objectives. Mis has three key elements: development and use, information systems, goals and objectives objective system. Information technology (it): methods, inventions, standards, and products. Raw technology and it concerns only the hardware, software, and data components of an information system and how these are networked together. Ict is the sector most closely related to the use of information systems in canada. Provides products and services that other industries rely on to get their work done. For many people, the )ct sector is a (cid:498)hidden(cid:499) industry. Ict includes companies involved in software and computer services, cable and other program distrusters, telecommunication services, etc. Business professionals need to expand their knowledge of mobile devices and applications that include project management software (microsoft project,