Management Information System (MIS), Hypertext, and Hypermedia

Management Information System (MIS), Hypertext, and Hypermedia

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We live in the global era which technology rules almost all of our life. By using technology, we can do many things such as reading, listening to music, typing, watching videos, and many others. We, willy nilly should use it well if we don't want to miss anything. In technology field, especially internet, there are so many terms that refer to something important. Here, there are MIS, hypertext, hypermedia, and multimedia that I am focusing on.    

Management Information System (MIS) is the study of people, technology, organizations, and the relationships among them (Mays Business School) which is commonly used in business schools to generate information in order to improve efficiency and the effectiveness of decision making, including systems termed decision support systems, expert systems, and executive information systems.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_information_system)

(http://www.sjsu.edu/isystems/)

Nowadays, almost all of the domain in real life can not be separated with technology, including in business and economy domain. In the 21st century, information as the lifeblood of organizations came and go through technology such as computer. The MIS is focused on preparing students to excel professionally and contribute meaningfully to the knowledge/information economy so that they can face the world well. As the managers of information and technology within the organizations, MIS professionals bring technology and business together to deliver information solutions that help organizations meet their goals.
(http://www.sjsu.edu/isystems/)

Hypertext is basically the same as regular text that can be read, edited, or searched. Unlike the printed book, hypertext is non linear which can be read sequentially from the beginning to the end. More than that, hypertext is connected to other texts which still have relation with the source text. When you click the word/phrase which has connection/link to other text/source, it will lead you to other website that have the relation with the word you have clicked. For more understanding, you can see the picture bellow.

(http://www.iicm.tugraz.at/0x811bc82b_0x0005f59f)

Hypermedia is a superset of hypertext. Hypermedia documents contain links not only to other pieces of text, but also to other forms of media - sounds, images, and videos. Images themselves can be selected to link to sounds or documents. This means that browsers might not display a text file, but might display images or sound or animations. Hypermedia simply combines hypertext and multimedia.

Multimedia means that computer information can be represented through audio, video, and animation in addition to traditional media where every type of information can be represented, stored, transmitted and processed digitally.

(http://www.iicm.tugraz.at/0x811bc82b_0x0005f59f)
(http://www.rc.au.net/papers/www-0595/wwwhype2.html)
(http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/ISE_Multimedia/node10.html)