CHECKPOINT: THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT

Checkpoint: The Information Systems Department Josh Jablonski XBIS/219 September 21, 2012 Jonathon Robert

CHECKPOINT: THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT Checkpoint: The Information Systems Department The following is a brief summary of chapter two of the class text, Rainer, R. K., Jr., & Turban, E. (2009). Introduction to information systems: Supporting and transforming business (2nd Ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. A computer-based information system is made up of a network, database, software, and hardware. A network is a system that connects two or more computers together to share

information. A database is group of saved files, tables, graphs, or other related data. Software is a program or group of programs that allows shows up on the monitor of the computer and can be interacted with from the mouse and keyboard, which are also known as hardware. "The departmental information systems, also known as functional area information systems, each support a particular functional area in the organization. Two information systems support the entire organization: enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and transaction processing systems (TPSs). ERP systems tightly integrate the functional area IS via a common database, enhancing communications among the functional areas of an organization. A TPS supports the monitoring, collection, storage, and processing of data from the organizations basic business transactions. Information systems that connect two or more organizations are referred to as inter organizational information systems (IOSs). IOSs support many inter organizational operations, of which supply chain management is the best known. Electronic commerce systems enable organizations to conduct business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) electronic commerce. They are generally Internet based."(Rainer & Turban 2009) There are different organization levels, such as Executives, Knowledge workers, Middle managers, Lower-level managers, and Clerical staff. Executives use dashboards, while

CHECKPOINT: THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT Knowledge workers dashboards in addition to business intelligence systems and other expert systems. Lower-level managers utilize the same systems as Middle managers such as office

intelligence systems office automation systems, functional area information systems, dashboards, and expert systems, however, Middle managers use business intelligence systems too. The clerical staff usually uses functional area information systems and office automation systems for their daily job functions.

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Reference Rainer, R. K., Jr., & Turban, E. (2009). Introduction to information systems: (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.