Tuesday, October 13, 2009

5th ass./MIS1/10-11M/MCP

What have you learned in MIS1?

Ive learned that in handling a business, if we implement certain strategies we should involve
information systems. In an organization, businesspeople uses strategies that hav'nt tried before
for them to be able to outperform its competitors to gain competitive advantage.
Using computer system also help an organization make their work faster and easier.

4th ass./MIS1/10-11M

Define the ff.

1. Effectiveness

-degree in which objectives are achieved and the extent to which target problems are resolved.

2. Effeciency

-a general term capturing the amount of waste or other undesirable features.

3. Productivity

-is a measure of output from a production process, per unit of input.

3rd ass./MIS1/10-11M

1. Explain why strategies and strategic moves are important in a business.
-Strategies and strategic moves are important in a business because it helps many businessman to achieve their common goals and to improve their ways in solving their problems in business.

2. Illustrate how information systems can give businessman a competetive advantage.
-Implementing information system in a corporation result to competetive advantage because it gives a better information. By using information system to implement certain strategies, such as maximizing sales and lowering cost.

3. Identify the basic initiatives for gaining a competetive advantage.
-reduce cost
-raise barriers to market entrants
-establish high switching cost
-create new product or services
-differentiate products or services
-enhance product or services
-establish alliances
-lock in suppliers or buyers

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

2nd ass. in MIS1/MCP/10-11M

1. Define close versus open system.
-close system is a system in which the specification are kept secret to prevent interference from the third parties while open system are systems that provide some combination of interoperability, portability, and open software standards.

2. What is information system?
-refers to the interaction between people, process,and technology.

3. Examples of inormation system.
-transaction processing
-management information
-decision support system
-office automation
-business intelligence

4. Components of information system.
-hardware and software
-data/information
-procedures/policies
-people
-purpose
-communication network

5. What is information map?
-is a researched-based approach for creating structured documents and communicatios
that are clear, concise, and user-focused.

6. Information technology.
-the study, design, development, implementation, suport or management of computer-
based information systems,particularly software applications and computer hardware.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

assignment in MIS / MCP / 10-11am

1. Explain why information system are essential for business?
->Provide manager with tools for organization evaluating and efficiency running their departments to provide past, present, and future prediction that helps in decision making.

2. Define data versus information.
->Data is unprocessed facts while Information is collection of process facts.

3. What is a system?
->Is an organize procedure, it is a method.