BUS-K 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Database Security, Critical Path Method, Office Online
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Chapter 1: why is introduction to mis the most important class in business school, principle lies in moore"s law. It will give you the background you need to assess, evaluate, and apply emerging information systems technology to business. b. ii. It can give you the ultimate in job security marketable skills by helping you learn abstraction, systems thinking, collaboration, and experimentation: what is mis? a. Stands for management information systems, management and use of information systems that help organizations achieve their strategies. Three key elements: management and use, information systems, and strategies. A system is a group of components that interact to achieve some purpose. Information system is a group of components that interact to produce information. b. Five component framework: hardware (computer, storage disk, keyboard, monitor), software (word) , data (words, sentences, paragraphs), procedures (method you use to start the program, enter report, save, print, and back up file), and people (you) c.
