acca test book Business Information Management pps

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Paper 3.4

Business Information Management

AIM

This paper aims to ensure that students

can exercise judgement and technique in

identifying, implementing and managing

information systems as part of the strategic

management of the organisation.

OBJECTIVES

On completion of this paper candidates

should be able to:

• identify the information requirements of

different levels of management and

understand how information is used to

support the objectives of the organisation

• apply a coherent approach to business

analysis including the identification of the

current business situation and the gap

between that and the required business

objectives

• identify and implement desirable and

feasible changes resulting from business

analysis

• prepare a detailed business case to

support system changes and use the

appropriate tools to support business

analysis

• identify opportunities to use information

systems to improve the competitive

position of an organisation

• identify the impact of the development

of information systems on the

organisation and its environment.

POSITION OF THE PAPER IN THE

OVERALL SYLLABUS

This paper assumes the knowledge and

understanding of the underpinning principles

of Paper 2.1 Information Systems.

SYLLABUS CONTENT

1 Organisational information

(a) From a business perspective an

information system is an

organisational and management

solution, based on information

technology, to any challenge posed

by the environment.

(b) Levels of management and types of

information/system required.

(c) The tasks of the manager. The

requirements for effective

information management.

(d) Types of information system

(i) strategic information systems

(ii) management information systems

(iii) transaction processing systems

(iv) automation and support systems

(v) batch processing.

2 Knowledge management and

information systems

(a) Data workers and knowledge workers

(i) distribute knowledge: office

automation systems

(ii) share knowledge: group

collaboration systems

(iii) create knowledge: knowledge

work systems

(iv) capture and codify knowledge:

artificial intelligence systems.

(b) Data management

(i) principles of database

management systems

(ii) principles of datamining and data

warehousing.

3 IS and the strategic planning process

(a) The organisation and information

management

(i) the business context

3.4 Business Information Management

2.1 Information Systems