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• TYPICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

  • Accounting Information Systems

  • Marketing Information Systems

  • Product Information Systems
• TYPICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS: Accounting Information Systems

  • Record transacs & create financial reports
• TYPICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS: Marketing Information Systems

  • Helps business keep track of customers
• TYPICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS: Product Information Systems

  • The acts that take place within the busi to create the prod are recorded in the info system.
• TRADITIONAL RESOURCES

  • Marketing Research Firms

  • Trade Publications & Associates

  • Government Agencies & Libraries
• TRADITIONAL RESOURCES: Marketing Research Firms

  • Offers data in variety of forms for business needs

  • Focuses on the cust & the market

  • Looks at marketing trends & collects valuable demographic data
• TRADITIONAL RESOURCES: Trade Publications & Associates

  • Many comps use trade publications, books & journals for facts & forecasts about their industry.
• TRADITIONAL RESOURCES: Government Agencies & Libraries

  • Gov publications often include forecasts & results from RS studies
• ELECTRONIC DATABASES

  • Available in CD, DVD, and the internet

  • These databases provide info useful to the comp
• PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSETS

  • Provide another means for retrieving info.

  • Can store a variety of data, scheds, appts, etc
• INTRANETS

  • Are internal networks based on internet techs & standards.

  • May reside on the company's local area network (LAN).

  • Allow EMs to share data quickly & easily.
• INTERNET

  • Giant network of computers and smaller networks that spans the globe, is the world largest information source.

  • Intranets to extranets
• Extranet

  • An info network like intranet, but partially available to select outside users

  • Uses firewalls to limit the access of users

  • By using intranets, extranets and the internet, the company provides information to the workers.
• FINDING & SHARING INFORMATION

  • Web Browsers

  • Search Tools

  • Transferring Files
• FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (FTP)

  • Allows a copy of the file you req from a remote computer to be copied to your computer.

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  • E-Mail, Mailing Lists, & Newsgroups

  • Promoting Orgs

  • E-Commerce—Buying & Selling Online
• The Following Examples Describe a Few Ways that Businesses Use the Internet

  • Through E-mail, coworkers are able to commu with each other.
  • Workers can send messages from wherever.
  • An OW plans an out-of-state trip.
  • The airline reservations are made using a travel service on the net.
  • An investment broker accesses info on the net to get up-to-the-minute stock quotes.
• The Following Examples Describe a Few Ways that Businesses Use the Internet

  • A small-business owner uses a site to sell sports items such as baseball trading cards, league pennants, autographed products, & T-shirts.
  • A civic org uses a site to provide info abt the org.
  • It lists upcoming events & posts public service mess.
  • A clothing maker provides product info on a company Website.
  • Customers can workers.