ISYS 210 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Computer Hardware, Operational Excellence, Data Management
18 Nov 2017
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Chapter 1 - business information systems in your career. Six major objectives achieved by information systems: Collects, stores, and disseminates information from an organization"s environment and internal operations to support organizational functions and decision making, communication, coordination, control analysis and visualization. Understand what kind of problem is being presented. Take into account cost and available resources. Managing change as the system is introduced into organization. Increase appreciation of the central role of databases. Increase skills in information analysis and business intelligence. Rise of sensitivity to the ethical, social, and legal issues. Ability to work with technology specialists and other professionals in designing and building systems. Chapter 2 - global e business and collaboration. Business: formal, complex organization producing products or services for a profit. Business process: logically related set of activities that define how specific business tasks are performed. Must monitor and respond to their surrounding environments. Transaction processing system (tps): systems serving operational management.
