Question 2 How do information systems support the major business functions? a. Sales Marketing and Finance b. Logistic and Human Resource c. Describe with some examples that your familiar with Answer An information system (IS) is an arrangement of people‚ data‚ processes‚ and information technology that interact to collect‚ process‚ store and provide as output the information needed to support an organization. Information systems and organizations influence one another. Information systems are built
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Statistics can be very helpful in providing interpretation of reality but also can be used to distort our understanding. Discuss some of the ways in which statistics can be used or misused in different Areas of Knowledge to assist and mislead us‚ and how we can determine whether to accept the statistical evidence that is present to us. When you turn on the news‚ what do you hear? 1 in 10 people in South Africa have AIDS ‚ Unemployment Reaches New High of 9.3 Percent ‚ etc. Statistics is supposed
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How Information Flows and is Used in an Organization Rafael Astolpho Information Systems Fundamentals/CIS/207 September 29th‚ 2014 University of Phoenix How Information Flows and is Used in an Organization Going through the three individual courses this week in regards to Data Storage‚ Security‚ Recovery and Disposal has given me a new set of eyes on how information flows and is used among an organization’s computer infrastructure. What I found amazing about these processes is just
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ACCT90030 Information Processes & Control Faculty of Business and Economics Department of Accounting Seminar 5 exercise – Sales phase control assessment‚ sample solution Examine the supplied flowchart‚ and partially complete control analysis framework for processing sales orders at AB Hi-Fi. Your task is to: 1) Complete Steps 1 to 4 of the control analysis 2) Prepare a single PowerPoint slide that recommends one change you would make to the process (explain or illustrate the change) and
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OUTPUT PROCESS 1. The outputs of the order process are reports of credit holds‚ customer invoice when product is delivered and paid for‚ processing the product order‚ inventory check (product availability)‚ shipping instructions‚ and reports of back orders. The Diagram: The diagram starts off with one of the business processes called sales. A customer faxes‚ mails or calls in an order to the company. The order is taken down by a representative who manually takes down mandatory information required
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In her chapter “How Do You Know”‚ Ilana Gershon introduces the concept of second order information. Second order information refers to the conjecture of the background information or concealed meaning of a communicated message. The communicated message’s phrases are analyzed beyond their initial literal meanings in order to decipher any expectations or intentions the message may deliver. Various mediums of communication allow for different ways to interpret second order information and new communicative
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In capacity U.S. Steel (USS) is the largest integrated steel producer in North America and the largest in the United States. Headquartered in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ it can produce about 27 million tons annually. The world’s largest steel maker‚ Europe’s Arcelor‚ produces more than 40 million tons annually‚ while South Korea’s POSCO‚ the second largest‚ produces about 30 million tons. In fiscal 2003 U. S. Steel’s total revenue was $9.3 billion. Its third largest customer is the Ford Motor Company
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CIN502 Information Systems in Organization Topic 4: Decision Support and Artificial Intelligence The following questions needs to be answered before the next tutorial/lab class. Short – Answer Questions 1. What are the four types of decisions discussed? Structure Non-Structure Recurring Decision Non-recurring Decision 2. What are the four steps in making a decision? Intelligence Design Choice Implementation 3. What is a DSS? Describe its components. A system that is design
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Global E-Business: EHow Businesses Use Information Systems Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems E- LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Define and describe business processes and their relationship to information systems to information systems. • Evaluate the role played by systems serving the various levels of management in a business and their relationship to each other. • Explain how enterprise applications‚ collaboration
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