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What does an Information System do?
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Collects, processes, stores, analyzes and disseminates information for specific purpose
To provide accurate, timely and useful information
What does IS conceptualize?
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The bigger picture
What are the five parts of IS?
(5)
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- People
- Procedures
- Software
- Hardware
- Data
What is the formula for IS?
IS = ? +?
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IS = IT + Procedures & people that produce and utilize information
IS = Technology + People
What is information technology?
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Any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information processing needs of an organization
What are the 3 parts of IT?
IT = ? + ? + ?
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- ) Hardware
- ) Software
- ) Data
IT = Hardware + Software + Data
What are the three steps to develop information?
(3)
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- Input the data
- Put all the data together
- Deliver report about data
What are the three processes of IS?
(3)
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- ) Input
- ) Process
- ) Output
How is information data organized?
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It is organized so that it has meaning and value to the recipient
What is knowledge data?
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Information that has been organized and processed to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning and expertise
What is feedback?
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Output returned to appropriate members of organization to help evaluate or correct input stage
What are the levels of understanding?
(5)
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- Researching
- Absorbing
- Doing
- Interacting
- Reflecting
What are the levels of connectedness?
(4)
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- Gathering of parts
- Connection of parts
- Formation of a whole
- Joining of Wholes
Relationships between understanding and connectedness?
(4)
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- Data
- Information
- Knowledge
- Wisdom
Using IS effectively requires the understanding of the:
(3)
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- Organization
- Management
- IT
How do IS and IT interact?
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IS is the bigger picture of IT
What does MIS stand for?
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Management Information System
What is an MIS?
(5)
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Information system which collects (1), processes (2), stores (3), analyzes (4), disseminates information for a specific purpose (5)
Study of people, technology and organizations
Define Digital Persona of Business?
(3)
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- How businesses, customers and suppliers interact in the digital era
- Often changes the landscape of how businesses processes are done
- Impacts marketing, branding, communication and relationship building
What is social media?
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a group of internet based applications that build on ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0
Web 1.0
(4)
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∙ 1 way communication
∙ Read only
∙ Networking
∙ Multimedia
Web 2.0
(4)
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∙ 2 way communication
∙ Writeable
∙ Broadband
∙ Semantic
Web 3.0
(4)
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∙ Machine to machine
∙ Executable
∙ Semantic technologies
∙ Semantic
Requirements for user generated content:
(3)
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∙ Needs to be published
∙ Needs to show a certain amount of creative effort
∙ Needs to have been created outside a professional routines and practices
Characteristics of Web 2.0
(8)
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・Continually updated services ・Consuming and remixing data ・Network effects through participation ・Ability to tap into the collective intelligence of users ・Data made in new or never-intended ways ・Relies on user-generated and user controlled data ・Lets anyone act as a website developer ・It's a work in progress
Specifications of Web 1.0
(7)
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・Static pages ・Author controlled content ・Computers ・Users view content ・Individual users ・Marketing goal influence ・Data from a single source
Specifications of Web 2.0
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・Dynamic pages ・User controlled content ・Computers, cell phones, TV, PDA, game systems, car dashboard ・Users created content ・User communities ・Marketing goal relationship ・Data from multiple sources (mashup)
Types of mashups
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・Business
・Customer
・Data
A Mashup Application allows for:
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Different forms of applications to work together (Application Programming Interfaces – API)
Application Programming Interfaces (API) was intended to be:
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Used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other
What does Rich Internet Applications (RIA) enable:
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Other technologies to communicate together
A wiki is:
(2)
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・Dynamic
・A collectively authored set of webpages
Purpose of Wiki:
(2)
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・Make communication easier
・Manage knowledge of different people
Wiki Characteristics:
(3)
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・Web-based
・Interactive
・Collaboration
Things to remember about wiki:
(3)
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・They’re collaboration tools, make sure you have well controlled and keep it updated
・They’re intended to maintain a series of unique documents as their content evolves
・They have built-in version control
What is a Really Simple Syndication?
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An RSS application is developed to serve a specific purpose for a specific company
Convergence of information and communication, what has social media led to?
(3)
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・More channels for communication
・Personal communication and media consumption
・Social media being used for many other purposes
Social Media is:
(3)
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・Create and share content
・Online communication channels
・Computer-mediated technologies
Social Media downfalls:
(3)
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・Create and share content or participate in social networking
・Online communication channels (community-based)
・Computer-mediated technologies (sharing of ideas and info)
Social Media has to have:
(3)
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・End-users (who are you targeting)
・Use cases (how are you going to target)
・Functionality (why are you going to target)
Implications of Social Media for business:
(3)
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・Engage with customers, prospects, partners and your networks
・Create opportunity by communicating
・Mange your reputation
How to adopt the social business aptitude:
(4)
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・Maximize the potential of social media by using across business functions
・Rather than using social media as an inside-out promotion medium, leverage
・Insights for product research, competitive analysis and prediction of customer needs
・Update corporate governance policies and guidelines
Components of a social media strategy:
(3)
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・Objectives
・Tactics
・Metrics
PDCA (Deming Cycle):
(4)
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Plan
・Creating a social media strategy
Do
・Implementing tactics and campaigns aligned with the social media strategy
Check
・Regular (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) review of metrics created as part of the strategy to determine if business return on investment in social media has been achieved or not
Act
・Fine tuning the social media strategy, tactic, plan for campaigns, and even potentially refining or changing metrics or how measurements are performed
Effective social media management depends on:
(2)
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・Data driven management
・Metrics
Different Metrics for how effective social media management is:
(4)
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・Activity Metrics: Review
・Return on investment: sales and marketing, product development, HR
・Tactical Metrics
・Strategic Metrics
Social Media Strategy Components:
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・Objectives ・Customers ・Sharing ・Who ・Brand Alignment ・Monitor
Key Factors to social Media (SOCIAL):
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・Strategy ・Organization ・Criteria-Based Platform Selection ・Integration ・Awareness ・Leadership
Traditional Functions of the MIS department:
(4)
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・System development
・Computer operations
・Staffing, training, and developing
・Infrastructure, planning, development and control
New consultative functions of the MIS department:
(4)
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・Install and design
・System integration
・Innovative ideas
・Alliances with other business partners
MIS departments:
(3)
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・Information System department
・Information Technology department
・Information services department