Management

Managing Information and Information Technology

Managing Information and Information Technology

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Describe the role and importance of information in the manager’s job and identify the basic building blocks of information technology.
2. Discuss the basic factors that determine an organization’s information technology needs and describe the basic types of information systems used by organizations.
3. Discuss how information systems can be managed.
4. Describe how information systems affect organizations.