1. Introduction to information systems
By: Dinesh Bajracharya
Nepal

2. Organization
Organization is a group of people working together to achieve some common goals and objectives.
Different employees with different knowledge, skill level and experience work in the organization
Employees of organization need reliable, complete, timely information to execute their tasks and activities.

3. Information system
Information is a processed data. Everybody needs information to perform their tasks and activities.
Information System: is a computer system which takes raw data as input, processes it using one or more modules (functions) and give information as output.
Users provide feedbacks about the output given by Information system. Those feedbacks are incorporated by Information system.

4. Components of IS
Data
Hardware
Software
People
Computer Network

5. Things to know about successful implementation of Information system
Organization
Management
Information Technology Infrastructure

6. Strategic Role of information system
Information System helps to execute different strategies easily by providing accurate, timely and complete information.
Some of the strategies
Find niche market
Product differentiation
Improving customer care and service

7. Information system for decision making process
Decision is judgment given by someone about some problem or situation. Information system helps to make decisions
Information system can
help to understand problem situation
Find different solutions with advantages and disadvantages for the problem

8. Types of Information System
Nature and functioning of information systems differ from each other.
Different managers of organization need different information to process business processes.
Information systems are developed for specific purposes.
Information system can be distinguished on
Management hierarch
Functional units of organization

9. Enterprise System
Enterprise systems are information systems which integrate several functional areas of the organization and provide integrated view of the system.
It takes data from several sources and feeds data to different applications to support proper functioning of organization’s internal business activities.
Supply chain management, customer management system and knowledge management

10. Ethical issues that are raised by the use of information technology
“ethics is concerned with the right or wrong behavior, actions of individuals or organizations”
Information systems have facilitated organizations in may ways; but at the same time also have raised several ethical issues:
Information right
Property right:
Responsibility, accountability and liability
Quality of information system
Life of users