assignment# 3

1. Explain why strategies and strategic moves are important in the business.
It is important for a business to have strategic moves for it to survive in the competitive industry. It would help in the smooth flow and efficiency of the business. It is important in gaining edge againsts its competitors.

2. Illustrate how IS can give business a competitive advantage.
Information technology is the most advance way in gaining a competitive advantage.

3. Identify the Basic initiatives for gaining a competitive advantage.
Be unique. You should have authenticity or your own identification and originality. Identify your target market. And apply Information System.

assignment #2

1. Define close vs. open system
-open system, a system that is capable of self maintenance on the basis throught out of resources from the environtment.

2. What is information system?
-is usually a commerce & business administration dicipline & Frequently involves software dev't.

3. What is information map?
-it is derive from an analysis of the foxcitions, activities & transactions to achives its goal & strategies such as teaching Research Governance or Finace

4. Infomation technology
-The study, design, developments, implementation, support, management of computer system. Particularly software application & computer hardware.

5. Components of information system.
*Hardware & software
*Data/ Information
*Procedures/ Policies
*People
*Purpose
*Communication

6. Example of Information System
* Transaction Processing System
*Management Infomation System
*Decision Support System
*Office Automation
*Business Intellegence

assignment#1

1. Explain why information system are essential to the business?
A management information system (MIS) is a subset of the overall internal controls of a business covering the application of people, documents, technologies, and procedures by management accountants to solve business problems such as costing a product, service or a business-wide strategy. Management information systems are distinct from regular information systems in that they are used to analyze other information systems applied in operational activities in the organization.[1] Academically, the term is commonly used to refer to the group of information management methods tied to the automation or support of human decision making

2. define data vs. iformation
data are piece of information that present the quantitative or quantative attrbutes of a variable or set of variable
information a concept has a diversity of meanings from everybody usage to technical settings

3. System
a set of intterracting or intrdependent enteties forming are integrated whole