Week 5 - Chapter 3

New data and information is being created and stored every day. From photos, to videos, audio files, blog posts, emails, medical records and money transactions, the amount of information the digital age is mind-boggling to say the least. Finding ways to record and store all of it effectively and efficiently has become extremely important. To cope with the growing and diverse nature of information, organizations must adopt new systems to manage their data. And luckily for organizations and managers alike, IT and IS were designed to assist businesses with storing and interpreting information.

Database Management Systems (or DBMS) are programs that help users categorize and analyze the specific data stored inside the system and are vital asset in all areas in the business world. It is also important to note that data is not invulnerable to getting lost or damaged, so every business must make sure that is has a secure and up-to-date database system.

Gray, H., Issa, T., Pye, G., Troshani, I., Rainer, R. K., Prince, B., & Hugh, J. W. (2015). Management
information systems. Wiley.

Week 4 - Chapter 2

Business is an ever-expanding and competitive world filled with constant economic, social, and technological pressures, and with the arrival of the internet and with it the dawning of modern globalization IT has never been more prominent in business strategy. Familiar business practices like outsourcing, off-shoring, and supply-chaining would not have been possible without Information Technology.

With this "flattening" of the playing field in the business world, it has become vital for companies to find some way to stand out from their industry rivals. Whether it be having cheaper prices, making unique products or focusing more on innovation or customer services, an organization's competitive strategy is what ultimately will make each company sink or swim. 

Despite IT becoming so integrated in business life a lot of organizations are still indifferent or ignorant to its particular importance when it comes to growing and expanding their businesses. A common problem which will have its obvious consequences later down the line.

Gray, H., Issa, T., Pye, G., Troshani, I., Rainer, R. K., Prince, B., & Hugh, J. W. (2015). Management
information systems. Wiley.

Week 3 - Chapter 1

Over the last twenty or so years technology has created a society of world-wide digital communication, and for my generation in particular knowing how to use this near limitless resource of information and being an "informed user" is becoming especially vital for our daily lives and future careers. As technology and IT systems continue to develop so must our knowledge on how to use them develop as well, since no company today can survive without some form of IT or IS technology.

Information Technologies has, and will continue to transform the way we run our businesses. Bringing with it the opportunities of new jobs for people with disabilities as well as give employees more flexibility with what hours they work and where they work. Though with technology becoming so consistent in the work environment and our everyday lives new challenges such as increased numbers of depression and job-stress have risen in the workforce, leading to long term affects in peoples' lives. Understanding both the upsides and downsides to IT in the work environment will help us become more efficient in the future.

Gray, H., Issa, T., Pye, G., Troshani, I., Rainer, R. K., Prince, B., & Hugh, J. W. (2015). Management
information systems. Wiley.

Week 2 - Intro post

 Hi! I'm Genevieve but feel free to just call me Gen. Currently I am studying business in aspirations to become an accountant. I'm not terrific at math but numbers come into play a lot when achieving the word-count in assignments, hence "Numbers Forecast".