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software, networks, and databases that allow information to be shared, stored, and manipulated.
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information technology with specialized organizational units headed by a chief knowledge officer or chief information officer.
Use information technology to compete more
information technology:
Facilitation of communication and information
sharing. Flattening of organizational structures. Faster decision making. Increased coordination and control. Structural flexibility.
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information technology:
Helps organizations take care of customers. Helps organizations work well with resource
suppliers.
Helps build and manage relationships with
strategic partners.
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following characteristics:
Timeliness Quality Completeness Relevance Understandability
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Internal information exchanges Top management Middle management First level of management
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Expert systems:
Software systems that use AI to mimic the thinking of human experts, thereby offering consistent and expert advice to decision makers.
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Problem solving is The process of identifying a discrepancy and taking action. A decision is A choice among alternative course of action.
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Risk environments
Lack complete information about action alternatives and their outcomes.
Uncertain environments
Information is so poor that probabilities cannot be assigned to likely outcomes of known action alternatives.
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Problem solvers
Reactive in gathering information and solving problems
Problem seekers
Proactive in anticipating problems before they occur
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Intuitive thinking
Approaching problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.
Multidimensional thinking
Applying both intuitive and systematic thinking
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making:
Availability heuristic
People use information readily available from memory as a basis for assessing a current event or situation.
Representativeness heuristic
People assess the likelihood of something happening based upon its similarity to a stereotyped set of occurrences.
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Should be done during step 3 of decision-making process. May result in better decisions and prevention of costly litigation.
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