What Is Management Information Systems

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is management information systems?

• A) A field concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing information
• B) The function of selling a good or service and focuses on increasing customer sales, which increases company revenues
• C) A general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of people, technologies, and procedures-collectively called information systems-to solve business problems
• D) Includes the methods, tasks, and techniques organizations use to produce goods and services

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