CHAPTER 1 - BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY

Assalamualaikum .....

This is my first assignment for the first week in subject Information Technology (IT)  was given by Madam Intan Liyana. So , below is my note or summary that I get and learn from this chapter.

IT  IN YOUR DAILY LIFE

*Today,electronics that connect to one another are found everywhere – in the office,home,car,etc :

*Bluetooth wireless technology eliminates many of the wires that clutter our offices,homes

IT IMPACT ON BUSINESS

= Reducing cost

= Improving productivity

= Generating growth

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BASIS

# Information technology basis ( IT )

- Is a field concerned with the use of technology in managing and process information

- Covering many field that deal with the use of electronics computers and computers software to
  convert,store,protect,process,transmit and retrieve information securely.

- Can be an important enabler of business success and innovation

- Not useful unless the right people know how to use and manage it effectively.

# Management information system ( MIS )

- Is a business function just as marketing,finance,operations and human resources.

- Is a general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of the
  people,technologies,and procedures – collectively called information systems-to solve business
  problems

ORGANIZATIONAL  INFORMATION CULTURES

- Information-functional culture

*Employees use information as a means of exercising influence or power over others

- Information-sharing culture

*Employees across departments trust each other to use information (especially about problems and     

  failures) to improve performance.

- Information-inquiring culture

*Employees across departments search for information’s to better understand the future and align  

  themselves with current trends and new directions.

- Information-discovery culture

*Employees across departments are open to new insight 
  about crises and radical changes and seek
  way to create competitive advantage.

- So , above this all what I learn from this chapter and this 

   below is what i get objectives from learning this 

   chapter:  

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1.Distinguish management information system ( MIS ) and information technology (IT)

2.Describe the relationships among people,information technology and information.

3.Identify four  different departments i a typical business and explain how technology helps them to
   work together.

4.Distinguish the four different types of organizational information cultures and decide which culture
   applies to your school.