After reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to:
Understand the concept of a system and how it relates to information systems.
Explain why knowledge of information systems is important for business professionals, and identify five areas of information systems knowledge that they need.
Give examples to illustrate how the business applications of information systems can support a firm's business processes, managerial decision making, and strategies for competitive advantage.
Provide examples of several major types of information systems from your experiences with business organizations in the real world.
Identify several challenges that a business manager might face in managing the successful and ethical development and use of information technology in a business.
Provide examples of the components of real world information systems. Illustrate that, in an information system, people use hardware, software, data, and networks as resources to perform input, processing, output, storage, and control activities that transform data resources into information products.
Demonstrate familiarity with the myriad of career opportunities in information systems.
