MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

1. Explain why information system are essential to business
-Information system is essential in business establishment & companies because it
provides internal control, provides manager with tools for organizing, evaluating
& efficiency in their departments, to provide past, present, future production that helps
in decision making.

2. Define data versus information.
- Data is a raw material in the production of information.
- Information on the other hand, is facts or conclusions that have meaning within a context.

3. What is a system?
- system is an array of components that work together to achieve a common goal, by
accepting inputs, processing them, and producing outputs in an organize manner.

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

1. Define close versus open system
-open system, system that is capable of self-maintenance on the basis through but
of resources in the environment.
-close system, system in which the specifications are kept secret to present interference
from third parties.

2. What is Information System?
-is usually a commerce and business administration discipline and frequently involves
software development. Consist of all the components that work together to process
date and produce information.

3. What is information map?
-it is derived from analysis of the function, activities, and transactions, to achieve its
goal and strategies such as teaching, research and governance or finance.

4. What is Information System?
-the study design development implementation support or management of computer
based information system particularly software.

5. Components of Information System
- Hardware & Software
- Data/Information
- Procedures/Policies
- People
- Purpose
- Communication Network

6. Examples of Information System?
- Transaction Processing System
- Management Information System
- Decision Support System
- Office Automation
- Business Intelegence