Midterm Review

Question 1

MIS vs. IT

Answer 1

IT is the general use of computers and technology, yet MIS is a business function of IT, just like accounting or finance. Businesses use MIT to solve busines problems.

Question 2

IT’s Impact of Busines Operations

Answer 2

IT helps businesses achieve broad, organization wide goals such as: improving sales, lowering costs, ect. IT does this by making it easier for employees to comunicate and share infromation.

Question 3

IT Cultures

Explain the types:

1. Information-Functional Culture
2. Infromation-Sharing Culture
3. Infromation-Inquiring Culture
4. Infromation-Discovery Culture

Answer 3

1. When a organization uses information as a means of power. Only allowing people in certain positions to view certain types of info.
2. When a business openly shares infromation with all employees in hopes that they wil use the information to improve performance.
3. When a business requires employees to search for information in order to stay on top of new infromation, history, and trends.
4. When a company shares discoveries of radical infromation and employees seek ways to give the company competitive advantage.

Question 4

Data vs. Information

Answer 4

Data is raw facts that desrube characteritics. Infromation is the cultivation of information used to form something meaningful.

Ex: Data- number of sales, customer name, item description.

Ex: Information- best selling, worst customer, etc.