Thursday, 15 May 2014

Information systems in Business



Author: Msizi Mathe(920993)



The information systems used in business are mainly used by management to run organisations with optimum efficiency. These systems assist the organisation in the process of collecting, storing and distributing information for the organisation. The information is then used to make major business decisions and help improve a businesses Customer Relationship Management.



Initially IBM was at the forefront of the production and manufacture of the software and hardware used in the business systems used in business, these computers would take up a whole room and required a whole team in order for it to function. As time went by computers became faster and less complicated to use but data needed to be integrated in order for a business to function efficiently. This was not possible until the invention of the World Wide Web(WWW) by Tim Berners-Lee.



Today we live in what is called “the age of information”. This means information is a key factor in society and therefore a key factor in business. Major organisations make important decision based on the information they have found on the internet. For example a person being interviewed for a job may not get that particular job due to inappropriate pictures they posted on Facebook.  Organisations nowadays rely on information to assist them in improving business operations to reach optimum efficiency. An organisation may find out about a new technology on the market on the internet.



The future of information systems in business lies in enhancing the technologies that we already have at our disposal and making them better, there will also be invention of technology that allows for information in business and it will help combat the challenges faced by organisations in general, and it is definite that information will be frequent and accurate with the improvement of technology so the future looks bright.



The information systems used in organisations are generally more dependant on information systems and this comes as no surprise, which means the more information systems improve, the more efficient organisations become.



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