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Learning Objectives
• 1-1 How are information systems transforming business, and why are they so essential for
running and managing a business today?
• 1-2 What is an information system? How does it work? What are its management,
organization, and technology components? Why are complementary assets essential for
ensuring that information systems provide genuine value for organizations?
• 1-3 What academic disciplines are used to study information systems, and how does each
contribute to an understanding of information systems?
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What’s New In Management Information
Systems
• Technology
– Cloud computing
– Big data and the Internet of Things (IoT)
– Mobile digital platform
• Management
– Online collaboration and social networking software
– Business intelligence
– Virtual meetings
• Organizations
– Social business
– Telework
– Co-creation of business value
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Operational Intelligence
• Improvement of efficiency to attain higher
profitability
• Information systems, technology an important tool
in achieving greater efficiency and productivity
• Walmart’s Retail Link system links suppliers to
stores for superior replenishment system
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Competitive Advantage
• Delivering better performance
• Charging less for superior products
• Responding to customers and suppliers in real
time
• Examples: Apple, Walmart, UPS
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Survival
• Information technologies as necessity of business
• Industry-level changes
– Example: Citibank’s introduction of ATMs
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• Management
– Monitoring service levels and costs
• Technology
– Handheld computers, bar-code scanners, networks, desktop
computers, and so on
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• Business perspective
– Calls attention to organizational and managerial nature of
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Technical Approach
• Emphasizes mathematically based models
• Computer science, management science,
operations research
Behavioral Approach
• Behavioral issues (strategic business integration,
implementation, etc.)
• Psychology, economics, sociology
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Thank You
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