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Nature of Change Management
Term | Definition |
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Audit | process by which an organization's accounts and records are verified |
Business continuity | an organization's ability to function after a disaster |
Compliance | fulfilling the requirements of the law |
Consistency | stability; regularity |
Data | facts and figures |
Data processing | converting facts and figures into useful information |
Decision making | choosing among alternatives |
Hack | unauthorized access to a computer system |
Information | knowledge, facts, or data presented in a useful form |
Information management | the process of accessing, processing, maintaining, evaluating, and disseminating knowledge, facts, or data for the purpose of assisting business decision making |
Information overload | communication that is too much and/or comes too fast to process at one time |
Management information system | an integrated technology that assists with an organization's information management needs |
Outsourcing | acquiring assistance from outside organizations/consultants to obtain goods or services to accomplish business objectives or perform primary business activities |
Proprietary information | private information that belongs to an organization and cannot be released to the public |
Sarbanes-Oxley act | a U.S. regulation mandating that public businesses comply with specific accounting requirements |
Spam | Junk email that the recipient did not request; also known as unsolicited commercial email |
Trade secret | undisclosed information within a particular business or industry |
Virus | a computer program that downloads to your computer or network without your permission |
Wireless network | a computer connected without the use of wires or cables |