CHAPTER ONE : BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY

Hi and Assalamualaikum for the readers. : D

Today, my entry is about the relationship between business and technology. As I am a student from background of business, it is important to learn and  master the uses of IT. 

For this entry, I am briefing the first chapter I'm studying for IT, titled Business Driven Technology, describing about ;
- Information age and the differences among data, information, business intelligence, and knowledge.
- Different departments in a company and why they must work together to achieve success.
- Explain system thinking and how management information systems enable business communications.

Now, we go through one by one... 

1 ) Competing in the Information Age

A fact is the confirmation or validation of an event or object.
Information age is about time where people can click anything on computer with easily to get  information.
This mean, people will be convenient when they know what is technology and how to search information using technology.

2 ) Information Technology's Role in Business

Understanding information technology is everywhere in business. Why? Because many magazines, articles and etc that related to business contains a technology-related article and advertisement indicates that information technology is everywhere in business. 

a) Information technology's impact on business operations.

Why? It is because informations technology plays a critical role in deploying such initiatives by facilitating communication and increasing business intelligence. For example, instant messaging and WiMax allow people across an organization to communicate in new and innovative ways.

3 ) Information Technology Basics

Information Technology (IT) is a field concern with the use of technology in managing and processing information. 
Management information system is a business function just as marketing, finance, operations, and human resources are business functions. Formally defined, management information systems ( MIS ) is a general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of people. technologies and procedures-to solve business problems. When starting to learn about management information system it is important to understand the following :
a) Data, information and business intelligence
b) IT resources
c) The challenge : departmental companies
d) The solution : management information systems