Introduction to

Information System
Would You Paint Your House with Yogurt?
 Five Main Function of Manager
1. Planning
– Devising both short-range and long-range plans for the
organization and setting goals to achieve them
2. Organizing
– Deciding how to use resources, such as people, and materials
3. Staffing
– Hiring and training workers
4. Directing
– Guiding employees to perform their work in a way that
supports the organizational goals
5. Controlling
– Monitoring the organization’s progress toward reaching its
goals
Figure 1. A Traditional View of an Organization

Strategic Management

Tactical Management

Operational Management

Nonmanagement Employees
 What is MIS?

MIS may be defined as a set of

formal business system designed to
provide information for an
organization.
 The New Management Model

Strategic Management

Tactical Management
Strategic Management
Operational Management Tactical Management

Operational Management
Nonmanagement Employees
Nonmanagement Employees
 The New Management Model

The impact of groupware

“ A groupware distributes knowledge from
those who have it to those who need it.”
 The New Management Model

Teamwork
• The availability of networks and groupware
coincides nicely with the concept of
organizing employees into task – focused
teams.
• Each team is composed of people whose skills
are needed for the task at hand.
WHAT IF THE TEAM IS BEHIND SCHEDULE?
History of Information System

First Generation (1939-1954) –vacuum tube

History of Information System

Second Generation (1954-1959) – transistor

History of Information System

Third Generation (1959-1971) – integrated circuit

History of Information System

Fourth Generation (1971-1991) – microprocessor

History of Information System

Fifth Generation (1991 and beyond)

Moore’s Law

Moore’s Law means that the power of a

computer doubles about every 18 months for a
given cost. The computer you could purchase
15 years from today would be 1,024 times as
powerful yet would cost the same as today’s
model.
Parts of a Computer Hardware
1. Monitor
2. Motherboard
3. CPU
4. RAM memory
5. Expansion card
6. Power supply
7. CD/DVD ROM drive
8. Hard Disk/ Hard drive
9. Keyboard
10.Mouse
 Introduction to Computer Architecture
Communication Architecture
 Evolution of Computer Applications
The Physical System of the Firm

Input Transformation Output

Resources process Resources
The Management Information Systems Challenge
 3 Aspects of MIS Challenge

1. What business do
2. Customer moment value
3. The role of information technology
What business do?

“The goal of the business (and the only

reason it will continue to stay in business)
is to service its customer base.”
Customer Moment of Value

1. Time (When the customer wants it)

2. Location (Where the customer wants it)
3. Form (How the customer wants it)
4. Perfect Delivery (In a manner guaranteed to
satisfy the customer)
“Just get them there on time!”
The Role of Information Technology
1. Knowing the time at which the customer’s
moment of value occurs
2. Knowing the location at which the customer’s
moment of value occurs
3. Knowing the form at which the customer’s
moment of value occurs
Your Resource Focus: Information, Information
Technology, and People

INFORMATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The “I” in IT The “T” in IT
Planning for,
developing,
managing and
using
coordinated
efforts of ...

PEOPLE
The glue that binds the “I” and “T” in IT