Data, Information and System

Lesson Topics:

• Distinction between Data and Information
• Description of types of Information: Tactical,  Operational, Strategic, Statutory.
• Division of Management into different hierarchical levels.
• Type of Information needed at different levels of management.
• Division of organizations into several functional  areas and their information requirements
• Attributes of Information.

Learning Outcomes:

• Able to define and describe concepts of a data, information and system.
• Understand types of information and needed them in different levels.
• Understand the division of organizations into several functional  areas and their information requirements and a ttributes of Information.