Respond to each essay question with 100 – 150 words.
1. Explain what an organization can do to facilitate collaboration and communication for corporate team projects. How does it add value to the overall project? Be specific and provide examples of applications that can be used.
2. In your own words, what is the difference between data, information and knowledge? Explain how each is used within information systems and how businesses should consider the uses of each? Be sure to provide examples in your explanation.
3. Describe why relational databases are more efficient AND effective for data management in organizations. How does the task of data normalization help to achieve these goals?
4. Explain what Business Intelligence (BI) system tools any manager needs to know about and be able to utilize in order for her/him to bring the most value to their company.
5. Explain what system development is and how it fits into an organization’s process management (consider: integration, outsource vs. insource, custom software vs. purchased).