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ConTenTS

Part 1: Why MIS?

1: The IMPorTanCe of MIS 3

Q1 Why Is Introduction to MIS the Most Important Class in the
Business School? 5
What Are Cost-Effective Business Applications of Facebook or Twitter or Whatever Else
Will Soon Appear? 6
How Can I Attain Job Security? 6
How Can Intro to MIS Help You Learn Nonroutine Skills? 7
What Is the Bottom Line? 10

Q2 What Is MIS? 10
Components of an Information System 11
Management and Use of Information Systems 11
Achieving Strategies 12

Q3 How Can You Use the Five-Component Model? 13
The Most Important Component—You 13
All Components Must Work 13
High-Tech Versus Low-Tech Information Systems 15
Understanding the Scope of New Information Systems 15
Components Ordered by Difficulty and Disruption 16
Q4 Why Is the Difference Between Information Technology and
Information Systems Important? 16

Q5 What Is Information? 16
Definitions Vary 17
Where Is Information? 17
Q6 What Are Necessary Data Characteristics? 18

Accurate 18
Timely 19
Relevant 19