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| Management Information Systems |
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A group of components that interact to produce information.
Combines the people and procedures they use to make technology work for business |
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Not all information systems require computerization |
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| True: Ex. The dewey decimal system (used in libraries) is often considered an information system. |
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Information systems tend to be designed/created by the users themselves. |
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| False: Information systems are designed and created by business analysts and systems designers at the request of senior managers or entrepreneurs with a specific need |
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| How does IS differ from IT? |
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• Information Systems (IS) = systems of hardware, software, data, procedures and people that produces information
• Information Technology (IT) refers to methods, inventions, standards and products, the raw technology components of IS
IS includes people in the equation! |
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IT alone is enough to help organizations reach their goals. |
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| False: IT must be embedded into an IS to help accomplish objectives. The technology must be combined with people and procedure components in order to be useful. |
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1. Hardware - the electronic components and associated gadgetry that constitute a computer system
2. Software (Programs) - the programs/apps that run, operate on computer systems
3. Data - basic building blocks of information like facts and observations
4. Procedures - instructions/processes that you follow to achieve your desired objective
5. People - actors who want to achieve a particular outcome by interacting with the system |
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| In Canada, what does Industry Canada define IT as? |
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| Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sector |
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Knowledge of IT is only required if you want to pursue a career in that field. |
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| False: How to choose/use IT effectively is an increasingly important skill to have. To be effective these days, we need to know how to do more than the basics |
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| According to the ICT Labour Trends Outlook by the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), Canadian employers in the high tech sector need individuals with which 3 skills? |
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o Technical skills
o Specific technology and industry experience
o Satisfactory communication and other business skills |
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- Technology is getting easier to use
- IT keeps growing
- Shrinking of device size |
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| A group of components that interact to achieve some purpose |
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| MIS comprises the development and use of information systems that help organizations achieve their goals and objectives |
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Development and use on info systems
Information systems
Goals and objectives - achieving these goals |
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Social media are changing the way small business connects with its customers. |
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| The ICT sector includes companies involved in... |
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Software and computer services
Cable and other program distributors
Telecommunications services
ICT manufacturing
ICT wholesaling |
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- Noted that the density of circuits on an integrated chip was doubling approximately every two years or so
- This prediction has been generally accurate for more than 40 years
- It is one of the few predictions in area of IT that has really stood the test of time |
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The cost of computers has declined over the past 55 years or, the same amount of money can buy increased computer capacity. |
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| 4 predictions by David Ticoll about what will happen in the next decade in ICT |
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- Unlimited storage will be almost free
- Analytical software will reveal hidden treasures
- The real and virtual world will collide as wide-area networks become cheap, reliable, and widely available
- These technology trends will enable deep, powerful, performance-enhancing innovations that will be felt in almost every industry |
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1) Moore's Law & the cost of computers = also declining so we are getting more computer capacity these days for less money
2) Network effects - the lock in of certain technologies - the value that is received increases signficiantly as the number of users increase
3) Shrinking device size and tendency for ubiquity |
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IT is difficult to predict |
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| True: it is all about innovation, which yields unexpected results. The ICT sector has enabled a lot of what Schumpeter called "creative destruction" |
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