1. 1 MIS 444 Information Resource Management Ahituv, Neumann, & Riley Ch. 1: Introduction

2. Ahituv, Neumann, & RileyCh. 1: IntroductionSlide 2 Information as a Resource Produced by information systems Vital to the operation and management of organizations Not a natural resource subject to great expense or political constraints Not acquired mostly outside the organization Potentially the most cost-effective resource

3. Ahituv, Neumann, & RileyCh. 1: IntroductionSlide 3 Three Basic Concepts Information: data that has been processed and is meaningful to a user System: a set of components that operate together to achieve a common purpose Organization: the users of information produced by an information system belong to a system called the “organization”

4. Ahituv, Neumann, & RileyCh. 1: IntroductionSlide 4 Information System Structure Centralized Decentralized Distributed Most organizations are served by a federation of information systems, rather than a single information system

5. Ahituv, Neumann, & RileyCh. 1: IntroductionSlide 5 Components and Disciplines Communication theory: coding and transmission of events Systems analysis: logic and methods of converting data to information Computer science & software engineering: data processing technology Computer and information economics: economic valuation of a system

6. Ahituv, Neumann, & RileyCh. 1: IntroductionSlide 6 Components and Disciplines, cont’d. Decision theory, statistics, and microeconomics: underlie computer and information economics Cognitive psychology: human parts of the process Artificial intelligence: machine simulation of human processes

7. Ahituv, Neumann, & RileyCh. 1: IntroductionSlide 7 Other Disciplines Management science Management theory Organizational theory General systems theory

8. Ahituv, Neumann, & RileyCh. 1: IntroductionSlide 8 The Successful System Profitable Improve Performance Applied to Major Problem (Mission) User Satisfaction

9. Ahituv, Neumann, & RileyCh. 1: IntroductionSlide 9 The Successful System(cont.) “The development of an information system is not merely a technological project, for it also has managerial, organizational, and behavioral implications”

10. Ahituv, Neumann, & RileyCh. 1: IntroductionSlide 10 Systems Life Consists of a continuing series of decisions. We live, work, and function in various systems.

11. Ahituv, Neumann, & RileyCh. 1: IntroductionSlide 11 Critical Variables User involvement User attitudes and cognitive style Top-management support Budgets User education and training Psychological climate (i.e., culture) Organizational maturity Resource availability Organization size Etc.