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crobinson2013

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Describe the field of management information systems. List some of the areas that attract much of the interest in this field.
 
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Dave heads the information technology department of a small company based in Atlanta that sells customized T-shirts over the Internet. The company has seen a surge in popularity and is planning to expand its operational base to four more cities.
 
  However, Dave has now been asked to come up with a strategy to cut down on the costs incurred in maintaining multiple servers in different cities to host the marketing and e-commerce sites. Which of the following measures will help Dave achieve his objective?A) procuring server hardware from multiple vendors, instead of just one
  B) isolating each of the cities' servers and running dedicated operating systems on them
  C) using virtualization to run multiple operating systems on a single server system
  D) leasing private lines to transmit information between the corporate sites



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Answer to Question 1

The study of information systems, how people, technology, processes, and data work together, is a lively discipline involving university faculty, private-sector analysts, government agencies, and more. Many refer to the field as management information systems (MIS), and academic departments in colleges and universities often bear that name.
The field draws researchers and practitioners from business, computer science, psychology, sociology, public administration, and many other subjects, all of whom have an interest in learning more about how the systems that can be created to help organizations do more with less, make companies more competitive, increase productivity, and improve the lot of people around the world.

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