The manner in which work is organized, coordinated, and focused to produce a valuable product or service characterizes how a firm does business. These activities are supported by flows of material, information, and knowledge among the participants, often through linked information systems.

How does the ability to download a Kindle e$-$book from Amazon, buy a computer online at Best Buy, and stream a music track from Apple Music illustrate the way information systems affect business processes?

Information systems eliminate delays in decision making.

New information technology frequently changes the way a business works and supports entirely new business models.

Information systems make it possible for many more people to access and share information.

Information systems replace sequential steps with tasks that can be performed simultaneously.

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