Information Technology Systems In Business

  Ch 3 - Data and Knowledge Management  3.1 Managing date With so much data scattered, multi-sourced and with specific requirements; effective storage and organisational systems are key to managing large amounts of data.  For efficient and effective data management, data must be in a central location, current, secure, regulated, and high quality. An approach organisations use to manage information is 'data governance', implemented by 'master data management' to help maintain accurate and consistent systems across the organisation.  3.2 The database approach Adapting to a database approach can: minimise : redundancy, isolation, inconsistency maximise : security, integrity, independence Database Management systems ( DBMS ) - provides all important organisational, storing and accessing systems. Because databases can contain large amounts of data, they are arranged in a hierarchy-  to make them more understandable and useful. So think of it like a tree:   ...

  Ch 2 - Organisational strategy, Competitive advantage, and Information systems   2.1 Business pressures, organisational responses, and IT support  Businesses are facing a more and more competitive environment, which causes business pressures:  1 . Market pressures  - changes in competition level, workforce activity, economy, & customer influence  2 . Technology pressures - the constant need to keep up with tech developments  3 . Societal/political/legal pressures - responsibility to maintain the organisation's ethical, social and legal contracts.  Organisations can respond to their pressures by using strategic systems to increase profits and decrease threats of competitors entering their market. At the same time, maintaining/improving customer focus, producing based on order and quantity, utilising e-business to serve customers, collaborating with partners, and performing electronic transactions within the organisation.  2.2 Competiti...

  Lima, R. (2022). An Old TV Set [Photograph]. Pexels.  https://www.pexels.com/photo/an-old-tv-set-14683691/ (Lima, 2022)  Ch 1 - Introduction to Information Systems  1.1 Why Study Information Systems? We live in a digital world where having a well-informed and broad understanding of information systems (IS) and information technology (IT)  benefits not only yourself, by being able to utilise IT resources but also the workforce you may encounter. IT can provide wider positions of careers, leading to valued utilisation in an organisation setting when managing information systems. 1.2 Overview Of Computer-based IS Computer-based IS allows users to access large amounts of information - granting us the ability to collect, share, organise and store that information.  IS capabilities include:  precise and fast communication  performing large amounts of analytical   quick access to information globally  interpretation of data computerised ...

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