CH.10
*Threat- a person or organization that seeks to obtain or alter data.
*Vulnerability- An opportunity for threats.
*safeguard- Measures some organizations take to block the threat from obtaining the asset.
*target- the asset that is desired by the threat.
Human error- mistakes.
*pretexting- someone deceives by pretending to be someone else.
*Phishing- A similar technique for obtaining unauthorized data that uses pretexting via email.
*Phisher- Pretends to be a legitimate company and sends out email requesting confidential data.
*Spoofing- Another term for a person pretending be someone else.
*Sniffing
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Ch.9
*Business intelligence systems- Information systems that process operational, social and other data
identify patterns, relationships, and trends for use by business professionals and other knowledge.
*Patterns, relationships, and trends are known as business intelligence.
*decision support systems- Decision making BI systems.
*Data acquisition- The process of obtaining, cleaning, organizing and relating data.
*BI- Data Analysis- the process of creating business intelligence.
*Publish results- the process of delivering business intelligence to knowledge workers who need it.
*Push Publishing- Delivers business intelligence to users without any requests from the users.
*data warehouse-
-obtain data
-cleanse data
-organize and relate data
-catalog data
*granularity- a term that refers to the level of detail represented by the data.
*data mart- A data collection smaller than a data warehouse.
*reporting application-
-sorting
-filtering
-grouping
-calculating
-formatting
*Online Analytical Processing- Proves the ability to sum, count, average and perform other arithmetic operations on groups of data.
*measure- The data item of interest.
*dimension- A characteristic of a measure.
*Business intelligence systems- Information systems that process operational, social and other data
identify patterns, relationships, and trends for use by business professionals and other knowledge.
*Patterns, relationships, and trends are known as business intelligence.
*decision support systems- Decision making BI systems.
*Data acquisition- The process of obtaining, cleaning, organizing and relating data.
*BI- Data Analysis- the process of creating business intelligence.
*Publish results- the process of delivering business intelligence to knowledge workers who need it.
*Push Publishing- Delivers business intelligence to users without any requests from the users.
*data warehouse-
-obtain data
-cleanse data
-organize and relate data
-catalog data
*granularity- a term that refers to the level of detail represented by the data.
*data mart- A data collection smaller than a data warehouse.
*reporting application-
-sorting
-filtering
-grouping
-calculating
-formatting
*Online Analytical Processing- Proves the ability to sum, count, average and perform other arithmetic operations on groups of data.
*measure- The data item of interest.
*dimension- A characteristic of a measure.
ch 8.
social media providers- Facebook, google, linked in, twitter.
social networks- Social relationships among people with common interests.
viral hook-some inducement (A prize or reward).
Content Data- Data and responses to data that are contributed by users.
Connection data- A data about relationships.
Social CRM- A dynamic SM-based CRM process.
Crowd sourcing- the dynamic social media process of employing users to participate in product design or product redesign.
business to business consumer (B2C)- Relationships to market products with end users.
(B2B) business to business- Leads to retailers.
Capital- the investment of resources for future product.
Human capital- the investment in juan knowledge and skills for future profit.
social capital- The investment in social relations with execration of returns in the marketplace.
value of social capital- determined by the number of relationships in a social network.
influencer- your opinion may for a change in another's behavior and beliefs.
social media providers- Facebook, google, linked in, twitter.
social networks- Social relationships among people with common interests.
viral hook-some inducement (A prize or reward).
Content Data- Data and responses to data that are contributed by users.
Connection data- A data about relationships.
Social CRM- A dynamic SM-based CRM process.
Crowd sourcing- the dynamic social media process of employing users to participate in product design or product redesign.
business to business consumer (B2C)- Relationships to market products with end users.
(B2B) business to business- Leads to retailers.
Capital- the investment of resources for future product.
Human capital- the investment in juan knowledge and skills for future profit.
social capital- The investment in social relations with execration of returns in the marketplace.
value of social capital- determined by the number of relationships in a social network.
influencer- your opinion may for a change in another's behavior and beliefs.
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Ch 7.
*Structured Processes- Formally defined, standardized processes that involve day to day operations: accept a return, placing an order, purchasing, and so forth.
*Dynamic processes- Flexible, informal, and adaptive processes that normally involve strategic and less structured managerial decisions and activities.
*Workgroup process- Exists to enable workgroups to fulfill the charter, purpose, and goals of a particular group or department.
*Workgroup information- Exists to support one or more processes within the workgroup.
*Functional information Systems- Workgroup information systems.
*Functional Application- The program -Component of a functional information system.
*Enterprise processes- Span and organization and support activities in multiple departments.
*Enterprise information systems- Support one or more enterprise processes.
*Inter-enterprise processes- Span two or more interdependent organizations.
*Inter-enterprise information- Support one or more inter-enterprise processes.
*Process efficiency- A measure of the ratio process outputs and inputs.
*Process effectiveness- A measure of how well a process achieves organizational strategy.
*information silo- The condition that exists when data are isolated in separated information systems.
*data integrity- When an organization has inconsistent duplicated data.
*Business process reengineering- The activity of altering existing and designing new information systems.
*Inherent processes- predesigned procedures for using software products, saved organizations from the expanse delays, and risks of business process reengineering.
*Customer relationship management (CRM) system- A suite of applications, a database, and a set of inherent processes for magaging all the interactions with the customer, from lead generation to customer service.
*Customer life cycle- Marketing customer acquisition, relationship management, and loss/churn.
*Enterprise resource planning (ERP)- A suite of applications called modules, a database, and a set of inherent processes for consolidating business operations into a single, consistent, computing platform.
*ERP system- An information system based EPR technology.
*Structured Processes- Formally defined, standardized processes that involve day to day operations: accept a return, placing an order, purchasing, and so forth.
*Dynamic processes- Flexible, informal, and adaptive processes that normally involve strategic and less structured managerial decisions and activities.
*Workgroup process- Exists to enable workgroups to fulfill the charter, purpose, and goals of a particular group or department.
*Workgroup information- Exists to support one or more processes within the workgroup.
*Functional information Systems- Workgroup information systems.
*Functional Application- The program -Component of a functional information system.
*Enterprise processes- Span and organization and support activities in multiple departments.
*Enterprise information systems- Support one or more enterprise processes.
*Inter-enterprise processes- Span two or more interdependent organizations.
*Inter-enterprise information- Support one or more inter-enterprise processes.
*Process efficiency- A measure of the ratio process outputs and inputs.
*Process effectiveness- A measure of how well a process achieves organizational strategy.
*information silo- The condition that exists when data are isolated in separated information systems.
*data integrity- When an organization has inconsistent duplicated data.
*Business process reengineering- The activity of altering existing and designing new information systems.
*Inherent processes- predesigned procedures for using software products, saved organizations from the expanse delays, and risks of business process reengineering.
*Customer relationship management (CRM) system- A suite of applications, a database, and a set of inherent processes for magaging all the interactions with the customer, from lead generation to customer service.
*Customer life cycle- Marketing customer acquisition, relationship management, and loss/churn.
*Enterprise resource planning (ERP)- A suite of applications called modules, a database, and a set of inherent processes for consolidating business operations into a single, consistent, computing platform.
*ERP system- An information system based EPR technology.
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Ch. 6
"The Cloud"
*Cloud- The elastic leasing of pooled computer computer resources on the computer.
*elastic- Means the computing resources released can increased or decreased dramatically, programmatically, in a short span of time and that organizations just pay the resources they use.
*pooled- Cloud resources are pooled because many different organizations use the same physical hardware.
With "the cloud" resources are accessed over the internet.
-preferred in house hosting.
-Does not make sense for those required by law or industry standard practice to have physical control over their data.
*network- A collection of computers that network with one another over transmission wires or wirelessly.
*Personal network area- connects devices located around a single person.
*Local area network- Connects computers that reside in a single geographic location on the premises of the company that operates the LAN.
*Wide area network- Connects computers at different geographic locations.
*Internet- Network of networks.
*Intranet- A private internet used exclusivley within an organization.
*Protocol- A set of rules and data structures for organizing communication.
*Bluetooth- Another common wireless protocol used to make PAN connections.
*(ISP) Internet service provider- When you are connecting to the internet you are actually connecting to this.
*(DSL) Digital subscriber line- Operates on the same lines as voice telephones, but it operates so it does not interfere with voice telephone service.
*Cable Lines- Provide high speed data transmission using cable television lines.
*WAN wireless- A third way you can connect your computer, mobile device, or other communicating device.
*Hop- The movement from one network to another.
*Packet- message.
* Carriers- As your message Moves across the internet it passes through (networks owned by large telecommunication) known as carriers.
*Net neutrality principle- Where all data is treated equally.
*IP address- An internet address.
*Public IP adresses- Identify a particular device on the public internet.
*ICANN- Internet Corporation for assigned names and numbers.
*Private IP address- Identify a particular device on a private network, usually on the LAN.
-IP addresses have two common formats
the most common IPv4. The second is called IPv6.
*Domain name- A worldwide unique name that is affiliated with a public IP address.
*URL( Uniform resource locator)- An address on the internet.
*Three -tier architecture- A design of user computers and servers that consist of three categories, or tiers.
*The server tier consists of of severs that run web servers and process application programs.
*database tiers -Consists of computers that run a DBMS that processes requests to retrieve data.
*Web page- A document coded in, usually html.
*WEb servers- programs that run on server tier computer and manage traffic by sending and recieving Web pages to and from clients.
*commerce server- An application program.
*(SOA) Service oriented architecture- According to this philosophy, all interactions among computing devices are defined as services in a formal, standardized way.
*encapsulated- No department has or need any knowledge of who works in another department nor how it will be processed.
*TCP/IP protocol architecture-
-this protocol has five layers
Data communications and software vendors write computer programs that implement the rules of a particular protocol.
* Hypertext transfer protocol (http)- protocol used between browsers and web servers.
*https- (you have a secure transmission)
*Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)- used for email transmissions
* FTP (Fire transfer protocol)- Is used to move files over the internet.
*WDSL- a standard for describing the services, inputs and outputs and other data supporting a Web service.
*SOAP- A protocol for requesting web services and for sending web response to Web service requests.
*XML- A markup language used for transmitting documents. (Contains much meta data)
*JSON- A markup language used for transmitting data (Contains little meta data)
*Saas (Software as a service)- provides not only hardware infrastructure, but an operating system and application programs as well.
*Paas (Platform as a service)- Whereby vendors provide hosted computers, an operating system, and possibly a DBMS.
*infrustructure as a service (Iaas)- The cloud of hosting a bare server computer data storage.
*Content Delivery Network- A system of hardware and software that stores user data in many different geographical locations and makes those data available on demand.
*Virtual Private Network (VPN) Uses the internet to create the appearance of private, secure connections.
*Tunnel- A virtual, private pathway over a public or shared network from the VPN server in Chicago.
*Private Cloud- A cloud owned and operated by an organization for its own benefit.
*Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)- A subset of a public cloud that has highly restricted, secure access.
"The Cloud"
*Cloud- The elastic leasing of pooled computer computer resources on the computer.
*elastic- Means the computing resources released can increased or decreased dramatically, programmatically, in a short span of time and that organizations just pay the resources they use.
*pooled- Cloud resources are pooled because many different organizations use the same physical hardware.
With "the cloud" resources are accessed over the internet.
-preferred in house hosting.
-Does not make sense for those required by law or industry standard practice to have physical control over their data.
*network- A collection of computers that network with one another over transmission wires or wirelessly.
*Personal network area- connects devices located around a single person.
*Local area network- Connects computers that reside in a single geographic location on the premises of the company that operates the LAN.
*Wide area network- Connects computers at different geographic locations.
*Internet- Network of networks.
*Intranet- A private internet used exclusivley within an organization.
*Protocol- A set of rules and data structures for organizing communication.
*Bluetooth- Another common wireless protocol used to make PAN connections.
*(ISP) Internet service provider- When you are connecting to the internet you are actually connecting to this.
*(DSL) Digital subscriber line- Operates on the same lines as voice telephones, but it operates so it does not interfere with voice telephone service.
*Cable Lines- Provide high speed data transmission using cable television lines.
*WAN wireless- A third way you can connect your computer, mobile device, or other communicating device.
*Hop- The movement from one network to another.
*Packet- message.
* Carriers- As your message Moves across the internet it passes through (networks owned by large telecommunication) known as carriers.
*Net neutrality principle- Where all data is treated equally.
*IP address- An internet address.
*Public IP adresses- Identify a particular device on the public internet.
*ICANN- Internet Corporation for assigned names and numbers.
*Private IP address- Identify a particular device on a private network, usually on the LAN.
-IP addresses have two common formats
the most common IPv4. The second is called IPv6.
*Domain name- A worldwide unique name that is affiliated with a public IP address.
*URL( Uniform resource locator)- An address on the internet.
*Three -tier architecture- A design of user computers and servers that consist of three categories, or tiers.
*The server tier consists of of severs that run web servers and process application programs.
*database tiers -Consists of computers that run a DBMS that processes requests to retrieve data.
*Web page- A document coded in, usually html.
*WEb servers- programs that run on server tier computer and manage traffic by sending and recieving Web pages to and from clients.
*commerce server- An application program.
*(SOA) Service oriented architecture- According to this philosophy, all interactions among computing devices are defined as services in a formal, standardized way.
*encapsulated- No department has or need any knowledge of who works in another department nor how it will be processed.
*TCP/IP protocol architecture-
-this protocol has five layers
Data communications and software vendors write computer programs that implement the rules of a particular protocol.
* Hypertext transfer protocol (http)- protocol used between browsers and web servers.
*https- (you have a secure transmission)
*Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)- used for email transmissions
* FTP (Fire transfer protocol)- Is used to move files over the internet.
*WDSL- a standard for describing the services, inputs and outputs and other data supporting a Web service.
*SOAP- A protocol for requesting web services and for sending web response to Web service requests.
*XML- A markup language used for transmitting documents. (Contains much meta data)
*JSON- A markup language used for transmitting data (Contains little meta data)
*Saas (Software as a service)- provides not only hardware infrastructure, but an operating system and application programs as well.
*Paas (Platform as a service)- Whereby vendors provide hosted computers, an operating system, and possibly a DBMS.
*infrustructure as a service (Iaas)- The cloud of hosting a bare server computer data storage.
*Content Delivery Network- A system of hardware and software that stores user data in many different geographical locations and makes those data available on demand.
*Virtual Private Network (VPN) Uses the internet to create the appearance of private, secure connections.
*Tunnel- A virtual, private pathway over a public or shared network from the VPN server in Chicago.
*Private Cloud- A cloud owned and operated by an organization for its own benefit.
*Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)- A subset of a public cloud that has highly restricted, secure access.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Ch. 5
*database- A self describing collection of integrated records.
*columns- Bytes are grouped (student name and student and student name)
*byte- A character of data.
*Rows- Columns or fields are grouped into this.
*Table or file- A group of similar groups or records.
*key or primary key- Column or group of columns that identifies a unique row in a table.
*Foreign keys- Keys of a different foreign table than the one in which they reside.
*relational databases- Data bases that carry their data in the form of tables that represent relationships using foreign keys.
*Metadata- Data that describes date.
*Database management system (DBMS)- A program used to create, process, and administer a database. (SQL Server Microsoft) -license free
*Database administration- can be used to set up a security system involving use accounts, passwords, permissions, and limits for processing the database.
*Database application- A collection of forms, reports, queries, and application programs that serves as an intermediary between users and database data.
*Queries- Search based on values provided by the user.
*Reports- Structured representation of data using sorting, grouping, filtering, and other operations.
*Forums- View data; insert new, update existing, and delete existing data.
*Applications Programs- Provide security, data consistency, and special purpose processing. (Handle out of stock situations)
*graphical queries- Created when the user clicks on a graphic.
Multi-user processing- (Buying concert tix at the same time as multiples)
*Lost update problem- (someone buys your concert tix at the same time and gets them)
*Entity-relationship (E-R data model)- Atool for constructing data models.
*MongoDB- Open source docu. to store video footage.
*ACID- (atomic, consistent, isolated, durable) transactions.
*Normal forms- to remove duplicative data.
*data integrity problem- “accounting and finance” - “Accounting”
1:N one-to-many
N:M Many-to-many
*Crows feet- angled lines.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Chapter 4
*Computer hardware consist of electronic components and related gadgetry that input, process, output, and store data according to instructions encoded in computer programs or software.
* Central processing unit (CPU)- Sometimes called "The brain of the computer".
-The CPU selects instructions, processes them, performs arithmetic and logical comparisons, and stores results of operations in memory.
- A computer with two CPUs is called a *dual-processor computer.
*Quad processor computers have four CPUs.
*Main memory- The CPU reads data and instructions from memory and then stores the results of computations in main memory.
- Main memory is sometimes called RAM for random access memory.
*Storage hardware- All computers have storage hardware and it's used to save data and programs.
*Personal computers- Classic computing devices that are used by individuals.
*Tablets- Ipads.
*Server- A computer that is designed to support processing requests from many remote computers and users.
*Clients- In computing environments servers can send Web pages, email, files or data to PCs. PCs, tablets, and smart phones that access servers are called clients.
*Server farm- A collection of, typically, thousands of servers.
- Computers represent binary digits, called bits.
*Bit- A bit is either a zero or a one.
*Self driving car- Also known as a driverless car.
-Self driving cars make things cheaper.
-Self driving cars make things safer
-Self driving cars will disrupt businesses
*3-D printing- Can print out metal or plastic objects.
*Operating system- A program that controls the computer's resources.
*Native applications- Programs that are written to use a particular operating system. (Sometimes called thick-client applications)
*Web application- (Thin-client app.) Designed to run within a computer browser such as firefox, Chome, Opera, or Edge (Formerly internet explorer).
*Microsoft windows- The most popular operating system.
*Application software- Performs a service or function. (Excel or Word)
*site license- A flat fee that authorizes the company to install the product.
*Horizontal-market application- Software provides capabilities common across all organizations and industries.
*Vertical market application- Software serves the needs of a specific industry.
*One- of a Kind application- Software is developed for a specific and unique need.
* Firmware- Is installed into devices such as printers, print servers, and various types or communication devices.
*Host operating system- Runs one or more operating systems as applications.
*Virtual Machines- Those hosted operating systems are virtual machines.
*PC virtualization- A personal computer, such as a desktop or laptop, hosts several different operating systems.
*Server virtualization- A server computer hosts one or more other server computers.
*Computer hardware consist of electronic components and related gadgetry that input, process, output, and store data according to instructions encoded in computer programs or software.
* Central processing unit (CPU)- Sometimes called "The brain of the computer".
-The CPU selects instructions, processes them, performs arithmetic and logical comparisons, and stores results of operations in memory.
- A computer with two CPUs is called a *dual-processor computer.
*Quad processor computers have four CPUs.
*Main memory- The CPU reads data and instructions from memory and then stores the results of computations in main memory.
- Main memory is sometimes called RAM for random access memory.
*Storage hardware- All computers have storage hardware and it's used to save data and programs.
*Personal computers- Classic computing devices that are used by individuals.
*Tablets- Ipads.
*Server- A computer that is designed to support processing requests from many remote computers and users.
*Clients- In computing environments servers can send Web pages, email, files or data to PCs. PCs, tablets, and smart phones that access servers are called clients.
*Server farm- A collection of, typically, thousands of servers.
- Computers represent binary digits, called bits.
*Bit- A bit is either a zero or a one.
*Self driving car- Also known as a driverless car.
-Self driving cars make things cheaper.
-Self driving cars make things safer
-Self driving cars will disrupt businesses
*3-D printing- Can print out metal or plastic objects.
*Operating system- A program that controls the computer's resources.
*Native applications- Programs that are written to use a particular operating system. (Sometimes called thick-client applications)
*Web application- (Thin-client app.) Designed to run within a computer browser such as firefox, Chome, Opera, or Edge (Formerly internet explorer).
*Microsoft windows- The most popular operating system.
*Application software- Performs a service or function. (Excel or Word)
*site license- A flat fee that authorizes the company to install the product.
*Horizontal-market application- Software provides capabilities common across all organizations and industries.
*Vertical market application- Software serves the needs of a specific industry.
*One- of a Kind application- Software is developed for a specific and unique need.
* Firmware- Is installed into devices such as printers, print servers, and various types or communication devices.
*Host operating system- Runs one or more operating systems as applications.
*Virtual Machines- Those hosted operating systems are virtual machines.
*PC virtualization- A personal computer, such as a desktop or laptop, hosts several different operating systems.
*Server virtualization- A server computer hosts one or more other server computers.
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Chapter 3
-An organizations goals are and objectives are determined by its competitive strategy.
Five forces determine industry profitability.
*Bargaining Power of customers- Strong force: Toyota's paint (they have a customer that will purchase at high volume)
*Threat of substitutions- Strong Force: Frequent traveler's choice of auto rental.
*Bargaining power of suppliers: New car dealers (because they control that the "trie price" is without the customer knowing the true accuracy of the price that particular car.
*Threat of the new entrants: Corner latte stand (because of easy business replication)
*Rivalry: Used car dealers (Many options to choose from from a customers perspective)
-An organization responds to the structure by using a competitive strategy.
~Model~
Cost
(A) Industry wide- Lowest cost across the industry.
(B) Focus- Lowest cost within an industry segment.
Differentiation-
(A) Better product/service across the industry.
(B) Better productive/service within an industry segment.
*Value- The amount of money that a customer is willing to pay for the resource.
*Margin- The difference between the value that an activity generates and the cost of the activity.
*Value chain- a network of value-creating activities.
~Primary Activity
*Inbound Logistics-Recieveing storing, and disseminating inputs to the products.
* Operations/Manufacturing- Transforming inputs into the final product.
*Outbound logistics- Collecting, storing, and physically distributing the products to buyers.
*Sales and Marketing- Inducing the buyers to purchase the products and providing a means for them to do that.
*Customer Service- Assisting customers' use of the products and thus maintaining and enhancing the products' value.
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*Linkages- interactions across the value activities.
Ex: Manufacturing systems use linkages to reduce inventory costs.
*Business process- A network of the activities that generate the value by transforming inputs into outputs.
*The ( Cost ) of the business process in the cost of the inputs plus the cost of the activities.
*activity- Each activity is business function that receives inputs and produces outputs.
*Repository- A collection of something.
Ex: A database
-An organizations goals are and objectives are determined by its competitive strategy.
Five forces determine industry profitability.
*Bargaining Power of customers- Strong force: Toyota's paint (they have a customer that will purchase at high volume)
*Threat of substitutions- Strong Force: Frequent traveler's choice of auto rental.
*Bargaining power of suppliers: New car dealers (because they control that the "trie price" is without the customer knowing the true accuracy of the price that particular car.
*Threat of the new entrants: Corner latte stand (because of easy business replication)
*Rivalry: Used car dealers (Many options to choose from from a customers perspective)
-An organization responds to the structure by using a competitive strategy.
~Model~
Cost
(A) Industry wide- Lowest cost across the industry.
(B) Focus- Lowest cost within an industry segment.
Differentiation-
(A) Better product/service across the industry.
(B) Better productive/service within an industry segment.
*Value- The amount of money that a customer is willing to pay for the resource.
*Margin- The difference between the value that an activity generates and the cost of the activity.
*Value chain- a network of value-creating activities.
~Primary Activity
*Inbound Logistics-Recieveing storing, and disseminating inputs to the products.
* Operations/Manufacturing- Transforming inputs into the final product.
*Outbound logistics- Collecting, storing, and physically distributing the products to buyers.
*Sales and Marketing- Inducing the buyers to purchase the products and providing a means for them to do that.
*Customer Service- Assisting customers' use of the products and thus maintaining and enhancing the products' value.
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*Linkages- interactions across the value activities.
Ex: Manufacturing systems use linkages to reduce inventory costs.
*Business process- A network of the activities that generate the value by transforming inputs into outputs.
*The ( Cost ) of the business process in the cost of the inputs plus the cost of the activities.
*activity- Each activity is business function that receives inputs and produces outputs.
*Repository- A collection of something.
Ex: A database
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Chapter 2 Collaboration Information Systems
The real life problems with collaborative work is not everyone is able to make the same commitment. It's Hard to get everyone in the same place at the same time because everyone has different lives and different obligations. People are also different. there are different types of learners. Some people learn best by reading, some by watching.
*Cooperation- A group of people working together.
*Collaboration- A group of people working together to achieve a common goal via a process of feedback and iteration.
*operational decisions- those that support operational, day-to-day activities.
*Managerial decisions- Decisions about the allocation and utilization of resources.
*strategic decisions- Those that support broad-scope, organizational issues.
*Structured decision- An understood and accepted method for making the decision.
*Unstructured decision- Process for which there is no agreed-on decision making method.
*Problem- A perceived difference between what is and what ought to be.
*Webinar-virtual sales presentations
*Screen sharing- Looking at the sam white board.
*Virtual meeting- Do not meet at the same time and possibly not at the same time.
*File server- stores files.
*google drive-free service stores (Drive) into a virtual cloud
*workflow- manage activités in a predefined process.
*libraries-shared directories.
*Cooperation- A group of people working together.
*Collaboration- A group of people working together to achieve a common goal via a process of feedback and iteration.
*operational decisions- those that support operational, day-to-day activities.
*Managerial decisions- Decisions about the allocation and utilization of resources.
*strategic decisions- Those that support broad-scope, organizational issues.
*Structured decision- An understood and accepted method for making the decision.
*Unstructured decision- Process for which there is no agreed-on decision making method.
*Problem- A perceived difference between what is and what ought to be.
*Webinar-virtual sales presentations
*Screen sharing- Looking at the sam white board.
*Virtual meeting- Do not meet at the same time and possibly not at the same time.
*File server- stores files.
*google drive-free service stores (Drive) into a virtual cloud
*workflow- manage activités in a predefined process.
*libraries-shared directories.
Collaboration benefits:
-Different ideas from different minds
- Different perspectives
-Different values and strong points from different employees
-Different core values coming together to come to a conclusion
-Easier work load.
-Fairness
Some say the best form of learning is by watching because feelings get attached to our memories.
List of reasons why it may be difficult to collaborate:
Wastes time covering old ground.
Cell phone calls interrupt meeting (Family or Private obligations).
Not reading meeting minutes. (People don’t about the meeting until while it’s currently happening).
Poor combination can also be a factor
Interpersonal conflicts with other associates or people can be huge factor for how smooth the meeting will run.
Characteristics of Collaboration and Cooperation.
*Collaboration includes Feedback and iteration.
Cooperation lacks Feedback and iteration loop.
The primary Purposes of Collaboration:
Become informed:
Share data and communicate interpretations
Develop and document shared understandings (Someone may find a new discovery by using his idea incorporated with another persons idea.
*Make decisions- With validation from others its easier to come to one collaborative conclusion.
*Solve problems- While one person has an idea, the other people can say why this idea does or doesn’t work whether they may have tried the idea or not.
*Managing projects- With many people collaborating in different groups it creates a better perspective on the collaborative ideas on a certain project. It makes the project easier to manage if everyone is working together versus is someone is working alone.
Requirements for a successful collaboration include:
-Completing the work on time, on budget
-Growth in team compatibility
-Meaningful and satisfying experience
Chapter 1:
MIS will teach you:
-How technology technology fundamentally changes business.
-Why executives try to find ways to use new technology a sustainable competitive advantage.
-Assess, evaluate, apply emerging information technology to business.
-Help you to attain knowledge needed by future business professionals.
*The goal of of MIS- To Achieve business strategies.
The Key elements:
Management and use
Information systems
Strategies
*Bell’s Law- A new class of computers/technology forms roughly 10 years.
- Today’s highly successful business could be bankrupt quickly because technology changed and it didn’t.
Technology is constantly changing and it is important i our society today. The constant changing of people and ideas are what fuels MIS and the industries that come. Our ideas our revolutionary and humans are constantly in motion which is why it’s important for MIS to evolve as we evolve. It is the information age. With MIS we now are able to discover new passageways and short cuts to information and create products that help us learn more about each other and what we as people could do working with different sources of information.
During this digital revolution for example with google glasses, companies have stemmed to even greater technological ideas that are even more technologically sound than former ideas. The Apple Watch was created as a way to stem from from not just a watch thats digital, but to a digital watch thats also a phone. The new self-driving cars are just a test, but it has qualified to keep the mystery going of whether or not it can be used in the future.
Notes: *Moore’s Law: Computers are getting exponentially faster. Th cost of the data is approaching zero.
*Metcalfe’s Law- More digital devices are connected together. The value of the digital and social networks is increasing exponentially. Network speed is increasing exponentially.
*Nielsen’s Law- Network speed is increasing. Higher speeds enable new products, platforms, and companies.
*Kryder’s Law- Storage capacity is increasing exponentially. The cost of storing data is approaching zero.
Monday, September 5, 2016
Why MIS is important.
MIS is important because it allows people to share and create more information that could help others for even better ideas for information technology that could be used in the future. People who work in companies that need to use MIS will have a better platform for using the information they've learned to create even greater ideas. For example, before Facebook became a networking website, it started as just a site for University goers to create a profile on and rate people’s attractiveness. That site later branched into a public networking website used for friends, family and other forms of networking. With the format of the idea for the website. Mark Zuckerberg was able to create a worldwide phenomenon. Through information systems and formatting he was able to use the same concepts from the original website uses and change the format into a website that became widely successful.
Without information systems certain applications on Apple computers may have never been thought of or created for students or any users to come by them.
An individual once used MIS and asked the question, “How do we create something equivalent to Microsoft word for MAC users?” The Mac application Pages, for example, is another form of Microsoft Word that can be used very similarly to help Mac users create word documents on a device that does not come with Microsoft Word. The formatting of this computer application came from the usage of MIS and someone who new the standardization of creating such an application that could be user friendly on a Mac computer for any user that doesn’t use a PC computer.
Without the use of information from a prior operating system, there wouldn’t have been a Pages application created as a replica for Microsoft word for students like me to use for school. People have found that without certain applications on computers for high school, or college students like me, people will not bother to invest in a product that cannot do the job. ith using MIS a manager can easily communicate with their employees and make sure their employees are up to speed on information. If new information is added and can be sent out to other employees everyone in the company will be on the same page and more progress can be made at a faster route with combined information.
If there is something wrong with a company’s website, for example if Facebook or a twitter account was hacked, an individual could reach out through MIS to multiple individual
who could help fix the glitch or problem. If a twitter account is hacked, an individual can get the message to someone who can use MIS to get the message out or to hopefully fix the problem by shutting down the account and make others aware in the workforce of that problematic encounter.
Recently Apple has has a virus that has spread to several iPhone’s and Apple was able to create an update fix the issue with phones that hopefully were not affected. the company came up with a public announcement to all iphone users that the phone update will protect them from the virus. The signal sent out through MIS was a crucial and costly situation as iPhone users would have to pay for hundred dollars out of pocket if their phone was effected by that particular virus. This was one of the first times Apple has had to deal with an issue that caused many to panic over their use of the product. With the use of MIS employees were able to transport importnat information and relay the issue with one another to fix the problem. Once an application was made to fix the issue with the global virus Apple sent out a downloadable fix to every iPhone. Through MIS and other uses of informations systems technology people are able to adapt and connect with world around them. MIS has created and set standards for years to come and will hopefully always live on in the technological world.
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