Week 8 Chapter 5

This week's class delved into Business Intelligence (BI), focusing on its pivotal role in managerial decision-making processes. Managers are crucial in guiding organizations towards their objectives by efficiently utilizing available resources. Decision-making is a systemic process encompassing three phases: Intelligent, Design, and Choice, where managers navigate through information to arrive at optimal decisions.

Business Intelligence entails leveraging data warehouses and data marts to provide users with access to vital company data. Users can analyze this data through various BI tools, facilitating informed decision-making. Manufacturers often offer integrated bundles of BI software, allowing organizations to streamline their data analysis processes effectively.

Within the realm of BI applications, multidimensional analysis, data mining, and Decision Support Systems (DSS) stand out. Multidimensional analysis enables users to glean insights from current and historical data swiftly. Data mining involves extracting valuable information from large databases and facilitating trend prediction and pattern identification.

Gray, H., Issa, T., Pye, G., Troshani, I., Rainer, K. (2014). Management Information Systems,

Week 7 Chapter 4

In this blog, I will be covering this week's chapter, Telecommunications and networking 

A computer network connects devices via communication channels to enable data transfer. Analogue signals consist of continuous waves with variable frequency and amplitude, whereas digital signals are discrete pulses representing binary numbers (1 or 0). Cable (e.g., fibre optic) and broadcast (e.g., microwave) are two communication channels. Network protocols manage data exchange between connected devices. Processing can be dispersed across numerous computers, in client/server architecture, or through peer-to-peer communications.

The Internet, which began as a US Department of Defence project, now encompasses all organisational systems. Intranets promote internal communication and collaboration, whereas extranets provide restricted access to company intranets for inter-organizational communication. These technologies improve connectivity and information sharing within and among organisations.

There are also numerous network applications

- Discovery

- Communication

- E-learning and distance learning

- Virtual universities

- Telecommuting

Gray, H., Issa, T., Pye, G., Troshani, I., Rainer, K. (2014). Management Information Systems,

Week 5 Chapter 3

 Week 5 Chapter 3

In this week's blog, I will be providing information about Data and Knowledge Management.  

This chapter discusses how accuracy, completeness, timeliness, consistency, accessibility, relevance, and conciseness are traits of high-quality data. A thorough organisational approach to information management is included in data governance. The strategic element of data governance is master data management, which makes it easier to store, maintain, share, and synchronise timely, accurate, and consistent data across corporate processes and applications.

The file management system of the 1950s–1970s gave way to the database management strategy of today in the evolution of data management. Databases handle many data management issues, such as data independence, security, integrity, redundancy, isolation, and inconsistency. Databases reduce these issues by centralising data storage and putting strong management procedures in place, guaranteeing data accessibility and dependability for all applications and organisational activities. 

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Gray, H., Issa, T., Pye, G., Troshani, I., Rainer, K. (2014). Management Information Systems,