Chapter 1 In Class Notes (Powerpoint) (complete) Flashcards
What are the 4 Non-routine skills in MIS
- Abstraction
- System Thinking
- Collaboration
- Experimentation
example of abstraction
ability to construct a model or representation and also to manipulate models
example of system thinking
model system components and show how inputs and outputs relate to each other.
Example: Can you go to a grocery store and look at a can of green beans and connect that can to U.S. immigration policy.
Example of collaboration
develop plans and ideas with others. Provide and receive critical feedback. The activity of two or more people working together to achieve a common goal, result, or work product.
example of experimentation
create and test new ideas
The five-component framework is a model of the
components of an information system. What are the 5
Hardware, Software, Data, Procedures, & People
Information Systems vs Information Techonlogy
Information Technology (IT) refers to the products,
methods, inventions, and standards that are used for
the purpose of producing information. Pertains to the
hardware, software, and data components
• An information system (IS) is an assembly of
hardware, software, data, procedures, and people
that produces information.
Can you buy an IS
nope
information
knowledge derived from data
is a medical model that
proposes the customization of healthcare, with
decisions and practices being tailored to the
individual patient by use of genetic or other
information
personalized medicine
the link between business and information technology
You
What Are Necessary Data Characteristics? 5 of them
Accurate Timely Relevant Just sufficient Worth it's cost
How Can I Attain Job Security?
- Develop non-routine cognitive skills and ability
- Knowledge and skills are your job security— -Ability to cope with rapid technological change
Q1: Why Is Introduction to MIS the Most
Important Class in the Business School?
– Learn to assess, evaluate, and apply emerging
information technology to business
– Gain marketable skills and perspectives
– Moore’s Law creates infinite opportunities for innovation
Helps you learn abstraction, systems thinking,
collaboration and experimentation
Moore’s Law
the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles approximately every 18 Month’s
Q2: What Is MIS?
• MIS is about Management, Use and Aligning IS to
Achieve Business Strategies
• The five-component framework is a model of the
components of an information system (more later)
MIS says business professionals need to? (5 things)
Take an active role in IS to ensure that systems meet their needs Understand how IT systems are constructed Consider users’ needs during development Learn how to use information systems Take into account ancillary IT functions (Security, Backups, etc.)
Q3: How Can You Use the Five-
Component Model? (Summary)
– Consider high-tech vs. low-tech alternatives
– Understand scope of new systems (and cost)
– Remember components ordered by difficulty and
disruption
Q4: Why Is Difference Between
Information Technology and Information
Systems Important?
• Information Technology (IT) refers to the products,
methods, inventions, and standards that are used for
the purpose of producing information. Pertains to the
hardware, software, and data components
• An information system (IS) is an assembly of
hardware, software, data, procedures, and people
that produces information.
• New IT is the precursor to new IS.
What Is Information?
knowledge derived from data
What is Data
Data processed by summing, ordering, averaging,
grouping, comparing, etc.
Where is information
In your head
Abraham Maslow’s Hammer
“It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to
treat everything as if it were a nail.”
Personalized medicine is a
medical model that
proposes the customization of healthcare, with
decisions and practices being tailored to the
individual patient by use of genetic or other
information (Wikipedia).
• It’s the same in IS
the link between business and information
technolgy is?
You
IS Professionals – Think Like
Marketers
How Do We Think Like Marketers and
Manage Data –> Information?
Get to Know Your Audience
What Should I Find Out about my audience?
• Health Space: Know personal characteristics – Age – Gender – Ethnicity – Socioeconomic status – Geographical location • MIS – 5 W’s – Functional Requirements? – Accessibility? – Utility and Scope?
Conditioned Behaviors define
Behaviors become habits (conditioned) by
consistently pairing a stimulus with desired response
Q6: What Are Necessary Data
Characteristics? (5 of them)
- Accurate
- Timely
- Relevant
- Just sufficient
- Worth its cost
Just sufficient –
Higher you rise in management, the
more data you will be given, and more need to ignore
Rules for strong password:
– Use nine or more characters
– Do not use your name or company name
– Do not use complete dictionary word
– Use a different password from previous passwords
– Use both upper- and lower-case letters, numbers and
special symbols
Four Things You Should Learn
• Learn components of an IS.
• Understand every business professional needs to
take an active role in systems development.
• Know difference between IT and IS.
• Use strong passwords and follow professional
password etiquette.
Guide: Passwords and Password
Etiquette
- Never write down or share your password
- Never ask anyone for their password
- Use “do-si-do” move
Q7: 2022?
• Most computers won’t look like a computer
• Everyday items will have computers in them
– What will that mean to industry in general? Who will be
the winners and losers?
• Why go to class if you have a classroom in a “box”?
