Chapter 1 :: BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY

Information Technology Impact Business Operations

• organizations typically operate by functional areas or functional silos
• functional areas are interdependent

Information technology (IT) 

= ) a field concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing information

= ) an important enabler of business success and innovation .

Management information systems (MIS)

= ) a general name for the business function and acedemic discipline covering the application of people , technologies , and procedures to solve business problems.

= ) a business function , similar to Accounting , Finance , Operations , and Human Resources.



Information Technology Basics

1.  when beginning to learn about information technology it is important to understand

• date , information , and business intelligence
• IT resources
• IT cultures

Data , Information and Business Intelligence.

• Data - raw facts that describe the characteristic of an event.
• Information - data converted into a meaningful and useful context
• Business intelligence - applications and technologies that are used to support decision-making efforts.

Information Technology Resources.

1. People use this technology 
2. Informataion technology to work with
3. many information with the technology nowdays

Infromation Technology Cultures

1. organizational information cultures include

• information functuional culture

employees use information as a means of execising influence or power over others.

For example , a manager in sales refuses to share information with marketing. This causes marketing to need the sales manager's input each time a new sales strategy is developed.

• information sharing culture

employees across departments trust each other to use information. To improve perfomance.

• information inquiring culture

employees across departments search for information to better understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new direction.

• information discovery culture

open to a new insights about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages.