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Why information management?
Organisations have to continue to invest in new information technology, otherwise they will be unable to take advantage of the benefits.
Define business information management.
The part of the organisation which deals with the management of information provisioning, its design and adaptation, as well as maintaining and monitoring the working of information provisioning.
What do these abbreviations stand for?
- ICT
- IT
- IS
Also, which two are the same?
1) Information & Communication Technology
2) Information Technology
3) Information Systems
1 & 2 are the same.
What is the definition and proper functioning of IT?
IT is the entirety of technical resources used to deliver information provisioning.
Its proper function is that it is a necessity for information management.
What are information systems (IS)?
The people, procedures, data, data carriers, software and hardware producing the information in order to meet the objectives of an organisation or part of an organisation.
What do information systems support?
They support a single operational process, or part of such a process.
Can an information system be automated or non-automated?
Can be either, or a combination of both
What is an application?
The digital carriers and data collections used by an organisation to carry out or support information processing procedures
What are the 6 classifications of information systems?
1) ESS: Executive Support Systems
2) MIS: Management Information Systems
3) DSS: Decision Support Systems
4) TPS: Transaction Processing Systems
5) OAS: Office Automation Systems
6) KWS: Knowledge Work Systems
What are the four levels of information systems?
Is a triangle, 1 is top and 4 is bottom.
1) E.I.S: Executive Information System is used by executives for strategic decisions
2) Decision Support System is used by senior managers for decision making
3) Management Information System is used by managers for operational efficiency
4) Transaction Processing System is used by workers for basic reporting
What are four recent technological developments?
1) Data Centres
2) Communication Satellites
3) 5G
4) Algorithms
What is the chief concern of information management?
It’s main concern is to extract meaningful information from all the data that is now available in IT systems.
What is the reason for an increase of information (data) on IT systems?
IT now has an increasingly important role within organisations, and therefore almost all processes within organisations are now supported by IT. So, there’s an increasing use of IT.
What is the information management process?
Translating data into information in a form useful to an organisation.
Where are 3 places that raw data can be recorded in? Structured or unstructured.
1) Databases
2) Documents
3) Websites
