Intro To Information Systems (Lecture 1) Flashcards
What is a system?
A set of interacting components working together to form a complex, integrated whole in order to achieve some goal by taking inputs and processing them to create outputs
What is a System made up of?
Components
What are Open Systems?
Systems that interacts with its environment (e.g. weather app, thermostat)
Information Systems
Combination of technology, data, people and processes that is directed toward the collection, manipulation, storage, organization, retrieval, and communication of information (to create value of info)
System Software
Information for the system itself
Application software
Instruction for the people using the software
Procedure
Creating the information for people
Software
Creating the information for the system
What plays a critical role in information systems?
People
Information systems lets us….
- Gather large amounts of data quickly
- perform data manipulations quickly
- Allow businesses to store and organize large amounts of data
- retrieve data in a variety of forms
Business Rules
Statement that defines or constrains an aspect of a business with the intent of controlling behaviors within the business
Input
Collection of data and their conversion into a form that allows processing
Processing
Manipulation and transformation of data
Data storage
Holding place for data so that they can be retrieved at a later time
IS can generate…
Organizational change
