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Introduction to Information Systems and Business Processes

• Information systems are crucial assets that are of high strategic value and expensive to acquire, operate, and maintain for organizations.
• Information systems provide reliable, up-to-date, and integrated information that is necessary for organizations to assess their business, answer what-if questions, and make decisions.
• Information technology deals with the technology used to manage information, including hardware and software.
• An information system is a computer-based system that manages information for a particular purpose and connects technology, organizations, and people.
• The elements of an information system include hardware, software, databases, networks, people, and procedures.
• Data is raw facts that become meaningful when processed and contextualized, while information is processed and contextualized data that is meaningful.
• Fine-grained information offers detailed insights that enhance analysis, interpretation, and decision-making, while coarse-grained information is more general and lacks specificity.
• Knowledge provides contextual explanation for business intelligence, which refers to the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data to gain insights and support decision-making in a business context.
• The types of information systems include transaction processing systems, functional area information systems, enterprise resource planning systems, management information systems, decision support systems, and supply chain management systems.
• Operational information systems help with everyday tasks and activities, tactical information systems focus on achieving specific objectives and goals set by the organization's strategic plans, and strategic information systems provide top-level management with the information they need to make big-picture decisions that align with the organization's goals.
• Business processes are sets of tasks that are connected and done in a certain order to achieve a specific goal in a company, and they can be modelled, analyzed, and improved.
• Process modelling is creating a picture or diagram that shows how a business process works, and BPMN is a standardized way of drawing diagrams to represent and document business processes that help people understand, analyze, and communicate complex processes.