things at a time. Mental models may therefore reveal, for example, that a Management Information System is the best system to provide information to managers regarding the measuring of the performance of employees. Inevitably, the connection between information usage and models has an affect on the design of the information system; mental and mathematical models are two interesting techniques that factor in to the nature of the information system that ultimately exists.
3.) Information systems are important in many contexts; perhaps the most compelling reason to study information system is that they ultimately can make or break a healthy work environment. In so far as strong information systems can provide tools and data that make jobs healthy and sane, so too weak information systems can disrupt work patterns and make jobs unhealthy and maddening.
Information systems, if they adapt to advancing technology, can make work easier and more efficient; if they donÆt, the workplace can become frustrating. In this, the degree to which an employee is inspire
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