Chapter 1 : Business Driven Technology

 

Information Technology

 Have you ever heard about it ? actually , IT is use to manage and process the information. Other word , it is very useful in business organization. 

people, usually students always asked , Why do we need to study Information Technology ? to those who not interested in this particular subject will always argue.

" IT is everywhere in business.understanding IT provides great insight to anyone learning about business " the simplest answer might be :)

IT give many benefits to the business function.It is crucial to know that all functional areas are interdependent. This will enable departments to more efficiently and effectively perform their business operation. To those who thinks that the functional area are not depend each other might be wrong exactly . Noted that guys :)

Management Information System (MIS)

it is general name for the Business Function 
for instant :-
-Accounting
-Finance
-Operations
-HR

Information Technology Basics

• Data : raw facts that can't describe its meaning.
• Information : data that converted into meaningful and useful info.
• Business Intelligence :application that used to support decision making.

• IT Resources : people use IT to work with information 

• IT cultures  :-

1. Information-functional culture :employees use info of exercising influence or power over others.
2. Information-sharing culture :employees across dept. trust each other to share information.
3. Information-inquiring culture : employees across dept. search for info to better understand the  future trend .
4. Information-Discovery Culture : employees across dept. open to new insight about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages.