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Foundations of Information
Systems in Business
vQuiz 1 : 10 %
vUTS : 30 %
vQuiz 2 : 10 %
vUAS : 40 %
vAssignment : 10 %
ACADEMIC NORMS
vMajor Components:
§ Games Management System (GMS)
§ Information Diffusion System (IDS)
Case #1: Athens Olympics Network
GMS:
vManaged access accreditations for the games
IDS:
vCollected and distributed event results and
rankings to press agencies and certain websites
vLive feed for broadcasters commenting on
events
vResults, rankings, statistics and biographies
available to commentators .3 seconds after the
athletes crossed the line
Case #1: Athens Olympics Network
Definition:
vThe use of Internet technologies to work and
empower business processes, electronic
commerce, and enterprise collaboration within a
company and with its customers, suppliers, and
other business stakeholders.
Definition:
The buying and selling, and marketing and
servicing of products, services, and information
over a variety of computer networks.
Types of Information Systems
Operation Support Systems
Definition:
vInformation systems that process data
generated by and used in business operations
vGoal is to efficiently process business
transactions, control industrial processes,
support enterprise communications and
collaboration, and update corporate databases
Examples of Operations
Support Systems
vTransaction Processing Systems (TPS) –
process data resulting from business
transactions, update operational databases, and
produce business documents.
Definition:
vInformation systems that focus on providing
information and support for effective decision
making by managers
Management Support Systems
vManagement Information Systems (MIS) –
provide information in the form of pre-specified
reports and displays to support business
decision making.
vEffectiveness
§ Support an organization’s business strategies
§ Enable its business processes
§ Enhance its organizational structure and culture
§ Increase the customer business value of the
enterprise
Developing IS Solutions
The Systems Development
Lifecycle
Ethical Challenges of IT
IT Career Trends
v Rising labor costs have resulting in large-scale
movement to outsource programming functions to India,
the Middle East and Asia-Pacific countries.
vControl costs
Case #2: Connecting the
Mobile Workforce
Productivity and Efficiency Improvements:
vPilots can access updated data electronically.
Definition:
A group of interrelated components, with a
clearly defined boundary, working together
toward a common goal by accepting inputs and
producing outputs in an organized
transformation process.
System Components
vInput – capturing and assembling elements that
enter the system to be processed
Fundamental Components of IS
vPeople, hardware, software, data and network
resources used