MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

CHAPTER I

INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN GLOBAL BUSINESS TODAY

In managing or running a business, information systems support is the basis for every course of a business. Without the use of information technology in the enterprise, it is difficult for the company to continue to advance and evolve, therefore the information systems become very important in helping running a company in the global economy. Organizations trying to become more competitive and efficient by transforming itself into a digital company that uses digital technology in terms of core business processes, customer relationships, suppliers, and employees. Businesses today use information systems to achieve the organization's objectives, namely operational excellence, new products, services and business models, supplier customer relationships, enhance decision-making processes, and competitive advantage
business continuity. Therefore, the company must turn to technology and information systems to achieve all of the above needs.

From a technical perspective, an information system can be defined as a set of interconnected components, collect, store, and disseminate information from the environment and the organization's internal operations to support organizational functions and decision-making, communication, coordination, monitoring, analysis and depiction. Information systems transform raw data into useful information through three basic activities, namely input, process and output ( image ). From a business perspective, information systems providing solutions to the problems or challenges faced by the company and provide real economic value for the company.

Speaking about the information system, the system has a three- dimensional information ( elements ), namely the elements of management, organization, and technology, in which each element of ( dimensions ) that has the power to provide solutions to challenges and environment business problems. Which was referred to a broader understanding of the information system. Aspects of information systems management include leadership, management and strategy behavior. Aspects of the technology consists of hardware, computer software, data management and networking / telecommunications. Organizational aspects of information systems involves a hierarchical organization, functional expertise, business processes, culture, and political groups.

Organizational capital and the right business model is the use of information systems, as information systems are part of a sequence of activities add value to obtain, modify, and distribute information with the aim of improving decision-making processes, improve corporate performance, and ultimately increase profitability. Information technology can not deliver this value if not accompanied by changes in the organization and management of the so-called complementary assets. This complementary assets including the latest business models, new business processes, organizational culture that support, management support and incentives for innovation, training, and social assets such as standards, laws and regulations, and telecommunications infrastructure. Companies that invest in fixed on the complementary assets are commonly referred to as capital management and organization, receiving superior returns on their information technology investments.
Studies dealing with the issues of information systems and approaches that contributed from technical and behavioral disciplines. Disciplines contribute to the technical approach are computer science, quantitative methods, and operations research. disciplines that contribute to behavioral approaches are psychology, sociology, and economics.

Skills requires an understanding of information systems and organizational aspects of the management of information systems. So also the technical aspects of computer expertise aimed for. Skills approach to information systems taking both technical and behavioral for studying information systems. Field of information systems created by combining information systems expertise all these disciplines with practical orientation in the development of solutions for problems of real-world systems and the management of information technology resources .

 Sources: Management Information Systems 12ed: Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon, 2012.