COMMERCE 2KA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Management Information System, Sharepoint, Superuser
11 Sep 2018
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2 how businesses use information: management moved away from formal classroom learning to a different approach, where. Information systems automate many steps in business processes: helps to eliminate delays in decision making. Dss: filter, compress, and track critical data to display only the most important info to senior managers, digital dashboards display, on a single screen, graphs and charts of key performance indicators for managing a company. Intranets and extranets: alternative tools for increasing integration and expediting the flow of info within the firm and with customers and suppliers. Intranets are internal company websites that are accessible only by employees: extranets are accessible to authorized vendors and suppliers and are often used to coordinate the movement of supplies to the firm"s production apparatus. Dropbox and microsoft skydrive are other examples of cyberlockers. Internal social networking has not caught on as quickly as consumer use of public social networking products. 2. 4 the information systems function in business.
