Business Driven Technology chapter 1

information

Data - raw facts that describe the characteristic of an event

•Information - data converted into a meaningful and useful context

•Business intelligence – applications and technologies that are used to support decision-making efforts

                                                  IT Resources

•People use

•Information technology to work with

•Information

                                                       IT Cultures

•Organizational information cultures include:

Information-Functional Culture - Employees use information as a means of exercising influence or power over others. For example, a manager in sales refuses to share information with marketing. 

         This causes marketing to need the sales manager’s input each time a new                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  sales strategy is developed

•Information-Sharing Culture  - Employees across departments trust each other to use information (especially about problems and failures) to improve performance.

•Information-Inquiring Culture - Employees across departments search for information to better understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new directions.

•Information-Discovery Culture - Employees across departments are open to new insights about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages