WGU Information Systems Management C724 Module 1

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Information system ✔✔This consists of all the components that work together to process data into useful information. Information ✔✔This is data that has been organized to provide value to an... organization. Data ✔✔The input the system accepts to produce useful information Software and data ✔✔Two out of six of the main components of a computer-based information system. Hardware ✔✔Is the computer and all of its peripherals Software ✔✔Programs comprised of pre-coded instructions written in a programming language which the end user typically uses to interact directly with the IS. Network ✔✔A group of two or more computers and other devices connected to each other. First level managers ✔✔Management information systems focus on technology, people, and organizations. They primarily serve these people. TPS, MIS, DSS, EIS ✔✔This system organizes and presents data and information using internal and external data sources in support of senior executives as a four-level pyramid that depicts different types of information systems, as they relate to different hierarchical levels within an organization. [Show More]

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