IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND

• DATA
• INFORMATION
• BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
• IT RESOURCES
• IT CULTURES

DATA

• Raw facts that describe the character of an event

INFORMATION

• Data converted into a meaningful and useful context

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

• Application and technologies that are used to support decision-making efforts

IT RESOURCES

• People use
• information
• information technology to work with

IT CULTURES

• Information-Functional Culture-Employees use information as a means of exercising influence or power over others.
• Information-Inquiring Culture-Employess across departments search for information to better understanding .
• Information-Discovery Culture-Employess across departments are open to new insights about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to created competitive advantages.
• Information-Sharing Culture-Employess across departments trust each others to use information to improve performance speacilly problems and failures.