BCA- 304 Lecture 1- Management Information System Sem – 1

Unit 1: Foundation of IS Topic 1: Introduction to IS in Business

Expected Questions

Q1 Explain Information Systems?

Q2. Explain three vital Roles of Information System?
Q3 Explain the Components of IS?

Notes:

An information system (IS) can be any organized combination of people, hardware, software,
communications networks, data resources, and policies and procedures that stores, retrieves,
transforms, and disseminates information in an organization.

People rely on modern information systems to communicate with one another using a variety of
physical devices (hardware) , information processing instructions and procedures
(software) ,communications channels (networks) , and stored data (data resources) .

Three vital roles that information systems can perform for a business enterprise:

• Support of business processes and operations.

• Support of decision making by employees and managers.

• Support of strategies for competitive advantage.

Components of Information Systems:include

1- Information System Resources: -which are People, hardware, Software, data & network.

2- Information System Activities- include

a) Input of Data Resources

b) Processing of Data into Information
c) Output of information Products
d) Storage of Data Resources
e) Control of System Performance

3- Information Products they produce: product is the result of an operation or purpose or

objective for which the system was designed.

Assignment :

Q1 Explain Information Systems?

Q2. Explain three vital Roles of Information System?
Q3 Explain the Components of IS?