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Information Technology

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any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and to support an organization’s information and information-processing needs

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Information System

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collects. processes, stores, analyzes, and disseminates information for a specific purpose

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What is IT doing to our world?

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Making it smaller and enabling more and more people to communicate, collaborate, and compete, thereby leveling the competitive playing field

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What does MIT Technology Review say about our generation?

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Homo Conexus, we practice continuous computing, surrounded by a movable information network

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Informed User

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person that is knowledgeable about information systems and IT; obtain greater value from whichever technologies user of IT

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Digital Transformation

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strategy that leverages IT to dramatically improve employee, customer, and business partner relationships; to support continuous improvement in business processes; and to develop new business models and businesses

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What IT drive digital transformation?

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big data, business analytics, social computing, mobile computing, the IoT, agile systems development methods, cloud computing, AI

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Chief Information Officer

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highest-ranking IS manager; responsible for all strategic planning in the organization

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IS Director

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manages all systems throughout the organization and the day-to-day operations of the entire IS organization

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Information Center Manager

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manages IS services, such as help desks, hot lines, training, and consulting

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Applications development manager

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coordinates and manages new systems development projects

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Project manager

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manages a particular new systems development project

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Systems analyst

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interfaces between users and programmers; determine information requirements and technical specifications for new applications

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operations manager

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supervises the day-to-day operations of the data and/or computer center

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programming manager

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coordinates all application programming efforts

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social media manager

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coordinates all social media development efforts and all social media monitoring and response efforts

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business analyst

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focuses on designing solutions for business problems; interfaces closely with users to demonstrate how IT can be used innovatively

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systems programmer

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creates the computer code for developing new systems software or maintaining existing systems software

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applications programmer

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creates the computer code for developing new applications or maintaining existing applications

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emerging technologies manager

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forecasts technology trends; evaluates and experiments with new technologies

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network manager

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coordinates and manages the organization’s voice and data networks

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database administrator

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manages the organization’s database and oversees the use of database-management software

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auditing or computer security manager

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oversees the ethical and legal use of information systems

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webmaster

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manages the organization’s website

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web designer

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creates websites and pages

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end user computing

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computers are located in all departments, and almost all employees use computers in their work

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data items

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refers to an elementary description of things, events, activities, and transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning (A, B, M, F,G)

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Information

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data that have been organized so that they have meaning and value to recipient (ex. GPA)

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knowledge

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data and/or information that have been organized and processes to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning, and expertise as they apply to a current business problem

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computer-based information system

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information system that uses computer technology to perform some of all of its intended task (CBIS)

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Information technology components

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hardware, software, database, procedures, and network

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Information technology platform

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hardware, software, networks, and databases

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Information technology services

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develop information systems, oversee security, and risk, and manage data

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Information technology infrastructure

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IT components plus IT services make up the organization’s

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application

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computer program designed to support a specific task or business process

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functional area information system

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collection of application programs in single department

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enterprise resource planning systems (ERP)

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two information systems that support entire organization, designed to correct lack of communication among the functional area Information Systems

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transaction processing system

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supports monitoring, collection, storage, and processing of data from the organizations basic business transactions, each of which generates data

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inter organizational information systems (IOSs)

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information systems that connect two or more organizations

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supply chain

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flow of materials, information, money, and services from suppliers of raw materials, information, money, and services from suppliers of raw material through factories and warehouse to the end customers

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electronic commerce

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systems enable organizations to conduct transactions, called business-to-business electronic commerce

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knowledge workers

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professional employee such as financial and marketing analysts, engineers, lawyers, and accountants. Create information and knowledge that they integrate into the business

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Business analytics systems

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provide computer-based support for complex, non routine decisions, primarily for middle managers and knowledge workers

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expert systems

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attempt to duplicate the work of human experts by applying reasoning capabilities, knowledge, and expertise within a specific domain

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Dashboards

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special form of IS that support all managers of the organization

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What does IT do to middle managers

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reduces the number, makes managers more productive and increases number of employees who can report to a single manager

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How does IT change manager’s jobs?

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provides managers with near-real-time information, meaning that managers have less time to make decisions, making their jobs even more stressful

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business process

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ongoing collection of related activities that create a product or a service of value to the organizations, its business partners, and its customer

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fundamental elements of business processes

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inputs, resources, outputs

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cross-functional processes

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each functional area must execute its specific process steps in a coordinated, collaborative way

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executing the process

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IS helps organizations execute processes efficiently and effectively

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monitoring process performance

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third contribution of IS is to help monitor the state of the various business processes

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business environment

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combo of social, legal, economic, physical, and political factors in which businesses conduct their operations

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globalization

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integration and interdependence of economic, social, cultural, and ecological facets of life, made possible by rapid advances in information technology

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market pressures

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generated by global economy, intense competition, changing nature of the workforce: globalization, changing nature of the workforce, powerful customers

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technology pressures

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technological innovation and obsolescence, information overload

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societal/political/legal pressures

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social responsibility, compliance with government regulations, protection against terrorist attacks, ethical issues

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digital divide

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wide gap between those individuals who have access to information and communications technologies and those who do not

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strategic systems

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provide organizations with advantages that enable them to increase their market share and profits to better negotiate with suppliers and to prevent competitors from entering their markets

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customer focus

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organizational attempts to provide superb customer service can make the difference between attracting and retaining customers and losing them to competitors

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make-to-order

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strategy of producing customized products and services

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competitive strategy

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statement that identifies a business’s approach to compete, its goals, and the plans and policies that will be required to carry out those goals

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strategic information systems

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provide competitive advantage by helping an organization to implement its strategic goals and improve its performance and productivity

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Competitive forces model

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Michael Porter’s, identifies five major forces that can endanger or enhance a company’s position in a given industry

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entry barrier

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product of service feature that customers have learned to expect from organizations in a certain industry

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value chain

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sequence of activities through which the organization’s inputs, whatever they are, are transformed into more valuable outputs, whatever they are

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primary activities

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relate to the production and distribution of the firm’s products and services

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support activités

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contribute to the firm’s competitive advantage by supporting the primary activities

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value system

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includes suppliers that provide the inputs necessary to the firm along with their value chains

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Business strategies

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cost leadership strategy:produce at lowest cost, differentiation strategy: offer different products than competitors, innovation strategy:add new products/services, operational effectiveness strategy:improve manner of internal business processes, customer orientation strategy: concentrate on making customers happy

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business-information technology alignment

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tight integration of the IT function with the organization’s strategy, mission, and goals

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utilitarian approach

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ethical action is the one that provides the most good or does the least harm

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rights approach

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ethical action is the one that best protects and respects the moral rights of the affected parties

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fairness approach

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posits that ethical actions treat all human beings equally or, if unequally, then fairly, based on some defensible standard

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common good approach

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highlights the interlocking relationships that underlie all societies

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deontology approach

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morality of an action is based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules rather than based on the consequences of that action

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code of ethics

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collection of principles intended to guide decision making by member of the organization

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fundamental tenants of ethics

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responsibility, accountability, liability

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ethical issues of IT

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privacy issues, accuracy issues, property issues, accessibility issues

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Two rules of privacy

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  1. right of privacy is not absolute. privacy must be balanced against the needs of society
  2. public’s right to know supersedes the individuals right to privacy
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digital dossier, profiling

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electronic profile of you and your habits

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privacy policies/codes

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organizations guidelines for protecting the privacy of its customers. clients, and employees

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opt-out model

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informed consent permits the company to collect personal information until the customer specifically requests that the data not be collected

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General Data Protection Regulation

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world’s strongest data protection laws, covers both personal and sensitive personal data

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