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Module 1 - 5 Flashcards

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How does IT impact orgs.

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Reduce # middle managers
Inc # employees reporting to single manager
Prom opp will dec
Comp for prom will inc

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What is an info system?

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  • Message
  • Context of the message
  • Carrier (way to pass on the message)
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Three market pressures

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Market pressures
Technological pressures
Societal / political / legal pressures

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Market pressures

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Globalisation
Changing nature of workforce
Powerful customers

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Technological pressures

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Technological innovation and obsolescence- todays state of art products may be obsolete tomorrow- ever changing demands

Information overload - amount of information doubles almost every year, orgs need tools to handle these data processing demands

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Societal / political / legal pressures

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social responsibility
compliance with govt reg
ethical

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Competitive strategy

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statement that identifies a businesses approach to compete, goals and plans and policies required to carry out those goals

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Strategic information system

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provides competitive advantage by helping an organisation implement its strategic goals and increase its performance and productivity

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Competitive Forces Model

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  1. The threat of entry of new competitors; the threat new competitors will enter your market is high when entry is easy and low when there are significant barriers to entry. Entry Barriers are products or service features that customers have learned to expect from organisations in certain industry’s.
  2. The bargaining power of suppliers; supplier power is high when buyers have few choices and low when they have many choices. Therefore org prefer to have more suppliers so they have a stronger position to negotiate.
  3. The bargaining power of customers (buyers) ; high when they have multiple choices and low when they have fewer choices. For example- the internet have inc the bargaining power of buyers and loyalty programs dec the bargaining power of buyers.
  4. The threat of substitute products or services; if there are many alt to a product then the threat of substitution is high whereas if there are limited alternatives then it is low. For example- info based industries face the greatest threat of substitutions whereby CD’s or Books can be replaced by digital versions which are easily accessible to buyers. Switching costs are the costs in money and time, of a decision to buy elsewhere for example the cost to switch phone plans is high (financial nature)
  5. The rivalry among existing firms in the industry; threat of rivalry is high when there is intense competition among many firms in an industry.
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Business IT Alignment

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Tight integration of the ICT function with strategy … ICT function directly supports the business objectives of the organisation

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Six characteristics for good business IT alignment

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  1. Organisations view IT/ICT as an engine of innovation that continually transforms the business, often creating new revenue streams
  2. Org view their internal and external customers and customer service function as important
  3. Org rotate IT/ICT professionals across job functions and departments
  4. Org provide overarching goals that are completely clear for each IT/ICT employee
  5. Organisations ensure that IT/ICT employees understand how the organisations make and lose money
  6. Create a vibrant and inclusive company culture
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What is DATA, INFORMATION and KNOWLEDGE?

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Data is the raw (unprocessed) facts that have some relevancy (albeit unknown) to an individual or organisation
e.g. the raw score of 88% STATISTIC

Information is data that has been processed or given some structure that brings meaning to an ind or org
e.g. score of 88% for ISYS1000 CONTEXT

Knowledge is when we apply the data
e.g. 88% for ISYS1000 is a high distinction APPLICATION

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Databases minimise the following problems

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  • Data redundancy; the same data are stored in many places
  • Data isolation; applications cannot access data associated with other applications
  • Data inconsistency ; various copies of the data do not agree
  • Data security; keeping the org safe from theft , hackers etc
  • Data integrity; meet constraints and be reliable
  • Data independence
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Database

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a living, electronic representation of organisational reality. The reality consists of logically distinct entities of interest to the organisation that are interrelated to each other by business rules that enable their tracking and management by the database system.

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Database management systems:

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a database is a shared collection of logical related data (and a description of this data) designed to meet the information needs of a organisation.

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Data warehouse

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a repository of historical data organised by subject
Can be external to company / organisation
Supports decision makers in the organisation

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Data mart

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Low cost, scaled down version of a data warehouse

Designed for the end user needs in a strategic business unit or a department

18
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Three kinds of knowledge

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  1. Knowledge management
  2. Explicit knowledge (kinda info) e.g. policies
  3. Tacit knowledge e.g. experience, insights
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Business Intelligence

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comprehensive, cohesive and integrated set of tools and processes used to capture, collect, integrate, store and analyse data with the purpose of generating and presenting information to support business decision making

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Goal of BI is to allow

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Identify new business opportunities

Implement effective strategy based on insights provided

Providing competitive market advantage and long-term stability

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Architecture

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Data warehouse; collection of integrated subject orientated databases supply info required for decision making

Business analysts; tools for analysing data

Business performance management; methodologies and tools for strategising and monitoring performance

User interface; dashboard, how users interact with the system

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Benefits of BI systems

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Accurate real time view of overall corporate performance and its ind parts

Faster more accurate reporting better accountability

Improved decision making

Improved strategies, plans and tactical decision

Time savings

All views are of the same or contrived same data

Improved customer service

Increased revenue

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Business Analytics

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» BA refers to the skills, technologies, practices for continuous
iterative exploration and investigation of past business
performance to gain insight and drive, business planning

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Data Mining

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» refers to the process of searching for valuable business info in large
databases, data warehouses, or data marts. Involves:
1. predicting trends and behaviours
2. identifying previously unknown patterns

25
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Decision support systems (DSS)

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are computer-based information systems that combine models and
data in an attempt to analyse semi-structured and some
unstructured problems with extensive user/org. involvement

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DSS analysis

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Sensitivity analysis
What if analysis
Goal seeking analysis

27
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Business intelligence applications for presenting results

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drill down
critical success factors
key perf indicators
status access
trend analysis 
exception reading
28
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Network types

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PAN
LAN
WAN
MANS
The internet
29
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Local area network

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connects two or more devices in a limited geographic region usually within the same building, every device on the network can communicate with other devices on the network

30
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Wide area network

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required when org have to transmit data beyond the confines of LAN, typically connects multiple LANS, provided by carriers such as telephone companies, large capacity and typically combine multiple channels e.g. fibre optic cables and microwave or satellite
Contains routers

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Networks transmit two types of signals

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Analogue- sound along “waves” , parameters inc:

  • Amplitude; measures volume; higher the waves the louder the sound
  • Frequency; pitch; the more closely packed the waves are the higher the pitch

Digital- discrete pulses that are either on or off representing a series of bits (1s and 0s)

32
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Types of modems

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Dial up
Cable
Digital Subscriber Line

33
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Two major protocols in computer networks

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  1. Ethernet

2. TCP / IP

34
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Types of networking processing

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Distributed processing
Client / server computing
Peer to peer processing 
Intranet 
Extranet

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