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Learn about the fundamentals of the Computer-Based Information System (CBIS), information management, the role of managers, data versus information, and the trends in end-user computing.
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction To The Computer Based Information System
Introduction To The Computer Based Information System (CBIS) • Information Management • Interest in IS • What Managers Do • The Manager and Systems • Data Versus Information • The Trends to End-User Computing
The manager manages a physical system composed of • personnel • material • machines • money The manager monitors the physical system by using a conceptual system. The conceptual system provides information that describes the physical system of the firm in its environment.
Information Management • It is easy to see how to manage physical resources but that applies to conceptual resources as well. • Types of resources: • Personnel • Material • Machines • Money • Information
Interest in Information Management • Increasing Complexity of Business Activity: • International economic influences • Worldwide competition • Increasing complexity of technology • Shrinking time frames • Social constraints • Improved Computer Capabilities
The Manager and Systems • Open versus closed systems • Subsystems versus supersystems • Physical versus conceptual systems • Data versus information
The Trends To End-User Computing • EUC evolved because of the following: • An increase in computer literacy • The information services backlog • Low-cost hardware • Prewritten software