8
Menurut Simon Bennett (2006, p15), ”Information
is conveyed by
messages
and
has
meaning.
Meaning
always depends
on
the
perspective
of
the
person who receives a message.”
Dari
pendapat
di
atas,
dapat
ditarik kesimpulan
bahwa
informasi
adalah
hasil dari proses yang mengubah data menjadi sesuatu yang lebih berarti dan
memiliki arti bagi penggunanya.
2.1.1.3 Pengertian Sistem Informasi
Berdasarkan pendapat Kenneth C. Laudon (2004, p8), “An information
system can be defined technically as a set of interrelated components that collect
(or
retrieve),
process,
store,
and
distribute information to support decision
making and control in an organization. In addition to supporting decision
making, coordination, and control, information system may also help managers
and workers analyze problems, visualize complex subjects, and create new
products.”
Berdasarkan
pendapat
Jeffery
L
Whitten
(2004,
p12),
“Information
System is an arrangement of people, data, processes, and information technology
that interact to collect, process, store, and provide as output the information
needed to support an organization.”
Berdasarkan
pendapat
O’Brien
(2005,
p6),
“An
information
system
can
be
any
organized
combination
of
people, hardware,
software,
communications
networks,
and
data
resources
that
collects, transforms, and
disseminates
information in organization. People have relied on information system to
communicate with each other using a variety of physical devices (hardware),
information processing instructions and procedures
(software),
communication
channel
(networks),
and
stored
data
(data
resources) since
the
dawn
of
civilization.”
Melihat definisi sistem dan
informasi serta definisi dari sistem informasi
sendiri
dapat
dikatakan
bahwa,
sistem informasi
adalah
suatu
sistem dimana
komponen-komponennya saling berhubungan dan bekerja sama
untuk mengubah
data menjadi informasi yang bermanfaat dan berguna bagi pemakai melalui
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