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Chapter 1
INFORMATION SYSTEM
Introduction
In 1959, Peter Ducker predicted :
New economic
K-economy
Caused by the
emergence of
Digital society / era powerful,
Internet era inexpensive,
easy to use
computers.
Short Discussion
What are the purposes of IT and computers in our life ? How
do we use it?
Resulted in :
GLOBALIZATION
Integration of economic throughout the world enabled by
technology
Consists of:
Economic changes
Cultural changes
Technological changes
Information System (IS)
Combination of :
Technology
Hardware , software and
an organizational settings)
Expanding Roles of IS
1. Data Processing: 1950s-1960s
Live videos
Data
raw material
data formatted
Knowledge
Wisdom
Accumulated knowledge
-Health
-Education
-employement
Unformatted data Formatted Data
Relationship
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Figure 1.1 Input-process-output
Data, Information and Systems
Information in Context
Synergy
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IT versus IS
IT IS
Machine technology that is Combination of h/w, s/w,
controlled by / uses info telecommunication networks that
(mechanical) people use to collect, create and
distribute data
Goal: mechanical / electrical Goal: provide useful data to
means people
Eg: robot Eg: use IT to manage sales in a
company
Business System
Careers in IS
Systems / Computer / IT Database administrators
analyst *
System designers
IS managers
IS consultants (eg:IBM)
System operators
Lecturers/ trainers /
System programmers professors
Network administrators Chief Information Officer
(CIO)
* forecasted to be top 10 jobs in next 10 years with big earning capacity
IS Personnel
Should have
Technical competency
Business competency
Systems competency
Types of IS
TPS
OAS
MIS
E-
Data EIS
Mining
commerce
ERP
Intelligent SCM KMS
Systems
GIS
CRM DSS
Classification of IS
Information Systems
operational supervisors.
Types of IS -DSS
Decision-Support Systems Decision-support systems
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