Done Exams!

Yay I'm done, I'm done and I'm as free as a bird! Now I can really enjoy my summer. Man there were some pretty nice weather over the last few weeks that I was stuck in a classroom studying. But now's the chance to go out and enjoy it!

My last exam was Management Information Systems, and I can say that it was probably the worst out of all 5 I wrote. Definitely not a good way to end the year. I'm not sure if a lot of people out there know what Management Information Systems are, so I'd like to share with you guys today.

The course basically talks about IT management software; using different technology to run a business. First it explained how to analyze the company based on threats and opportunities, then how to identify their competitive advantage and business strategy, but all that is pretty routine I think.

After that it introduces the business management software, and the types of software are endless. If you guys want, I can explain some of them which are all kind of neat (there are really cool accompanying class videos he showed us too). In the business management software side, we start talking about how we can specifically pick IT that will directly benefit our competitive advantage and our main value proposition/business strategy (which is sorta like a vision statement, but more focused).

Then it talks about how the data would be gathered, and who would use the data. Also what levels of management need the information: operational, managerial, strategic.

I probably make it sound more bland than it actually is... But it's cool! We learnt about ubiquitous computing (mobile, laptops, RFID, basically computing on-the-go), Amazon's recommendation agent (bet you didn't even realize it was there!) and Document Management System (it's more than just a scanner and folder).

Let me know if you guys wanna know more about any of these business systems, I'd be happy to write about it =).