CHAPTER 1

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MIS) & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT).

IT	MIS
Concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing info.	General name for business function and academic discipline covering the application of people, tech and procedures to solve business problem.
Enable business success and innovation.	Similar to accounting, finance, operations and human resources.

IT CULTURES

1.      Information-Functional culture - employees use info as a means of exercising influence or power over others.

2.      Information-Sharing culture – employees from differ department trust each other to use info to improve performance.

3.      Information-Inquiring culture – employees from differ department search for information to improve understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new directions.

4.      Information-Discovery culture – employees from differ departments are open to a new insights about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages.