ITM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sharepoint, Chief Security Officer, Accounts Receivable

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 100
• Professor: Debapriya Sen

Document Summary

Itm 100 chapter 2 notes: (how businesses use information system) The manner in which work is organized, coordinated and focused to produce a valuable product/service. Every business is a collection of business processes. Enables new processes that can transform the business. May be tied to functional area or be cross-functional. Businesses: can be seen as collection of business process. Automating steps that were manual: enabling entirely new processes that are capable of transforming the businesses. Types of information systems (purpose of these systems is to answer routine questions about the flow of transactions through the organization): Perform and record daily routine transactions necessary to conduct business. Allow managers to monitor status of operations and relations with external environment. ^outputs of the payroll system are useful not only within the company to managers, but also to regulatory agencies and other entities relying on the accuracy of the reported data.