An information system is a set of interrelated components working together to collect, retrieve, process, store, and disseminate information for the purpose of facilitating control, coordination, and decision making in businesses and other organizations. Information systems consist of technology, people, and organization components. They provide the means for inputting, storing, processing, distributing and communicating information. A computer program is the set of instructions that directs computer processing. It is analogous to a blueprint or recipe for combining raw materials.
Software tells the computer how to store, process, distribute and communicate information.
Describe the elements of each of them . Information systems cannot be effective unless they are designed to encourage productivity and are easy to use. Users must be properly trained in the use and value of the systems. Organizations shape information systems because they are specialized, with a division of labor, hierarchically organized and structured. The upper levels of the hierarchy consist of management, and the lower levels are made up of non-managerial employees.