The Importance of MIS Chapter 1 Slide 2 1-2 "But Today, Theyre
Not Enough. Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As
Prentice Hall Reliability, honesty, integrity good but... GearUp
needs employees with: Abstract reasoning skills Systems thinking
skills Collaboration skills Experimentation skills Slide 3 1-3
Study Questions Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing
As Prentice Hall Q1: Why is Introduction to MIS the most important
class in the business school? Q2: What is MIS? Q3: How can you use
the five-component model? Q4: Why is the difference between
information technology and information systems important? Q5: What
is information? Q6: What are necessary data characteristics? Q7:
2023? Slide 4 1-4 Q1: Why Is Introduction to MIS the Most Important
Class in the Business School? Copyright 2014 Pearson Education,
Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall Learn to assess, evaluate, and
apply emerging information technology to business Gain marketable
skills and perspectives Moores Law creates infinite opportunities
for innovation Slide 5 1-5 Moores Law Copyright 2014 Pearson
Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall Slide 6 1-6
Consequences Moores Law Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.
Publishing As Prentice Hall What happens when data storage and
communications costs are essentially zero? YouTube, iPad, Facebook,
Woot.com, Pandora, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare Cost-effective
business applications of Facebook and Twitter Companies using
technology and techniques in ways never been seen before Slide 7
1-7 What Other Cost Effective Business Applications of Facebook,
Twitter, or Whatever Will Soon Appear? Copyright 2014 Pearson
Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall Are Facebooks Like and
Twitters Follow applications cost-effective? Do they generate
revenue worth and expense of running them? What about cloud apps?
Someone in marketing, not in a technical field, must answer those
questions Slide 8 1-8 How Can I Attain Job Security? Copyright 2014
Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall "The only job
security that exists is a marketable skill and the courage to use
it. Any routine skill can and will be outsourced to lowest bidder
Message: Develop strong nonroutine cognitive skills Slide 9 1-9
What Is a Marketable Skill? Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.
Publishing As Prentice Hall Slide 10 1-10 Job Growth over the Past
Twenty Years Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As
Prentice Hall Slide 11 1-11 Bottom Line of MIS Course Copyright
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1-12 Q2: What Is MIS? Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.
Publishing As Prentice Hall Slide 13 1-13 Development and Use of
Information Systems Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.
Publishing As Prentice Hall Business professionals need to: Take
active role in IS to ensure systems meet their needs Understand how
information systems are constructed Consider users needs during
development Learn how to use information systems Take into account
ancillary IS functions (security, backups) Slide 14 1-14 Achieving
Strategies Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As
Prentice Hall MIS empowers users to achieve business objectives
Information systems exist to assist business people Information
systems exist to help achieve business goals and objectives Slide
15 1-15 Q3: How Can You Use the Five- Component Model? Copyright
2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall Slide 16
1-16 Purpose of the Five-Component Model Copyright 2014 Pearson
Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall Understanding scope of
new information systems Components ordered by difficulty to change
and amount of disruption Slide 17 1-17 The Most Important Component
YOU Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice
Hall Quality of your thinking Change way your brain works Know how
to use information systems Consider different low-tech versus
high-tech alternatives Understand scope of new information systems
Slide 18 1-18 Using MIS InClass 1: Information Systems & Online
Dating Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As
Prentice Hall Match by using a proprietary algorithm
www.Chemistry.com (personality test)www.Chemistry.com
www.Eharmony.com (compatibility matching system)www.Eharmony.com
www.Perfectmatch.com (Test based on Duet)www.Perfectmatch.com
Particular groups or interests www.Conservativedates.com
www.Liberalhearts.com www.Goodgenes.com Slide 19 1-19 Q4: Why Is
the Difference Between IT and IS Important? Copyright 2014 Pearson
Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall Information technology
(IT) 1.Products 2.Methods 3.Inventions 4.Standards IT = hardware +
software + data Slide 20 1-20 Q4: Why Is Difference Between IT and
IS Important? (cont'd) Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.
Publishing As Prentice Hall You can buy IT, but can never buy an
IS! People require training, overcoming employees resistance to
change, managing employees using new system IS = IT + People +
Procedures Slide 21 1-21 Why Is the Difference Between Information
Technology and Information Systems Important to You? (contd)
Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall
Avoid a common mistake: Cannot buy an IS Can buy, rent or lease
hardware, software and databases, predesigned procedures People
execute procedures to employ new IT Requires training, overcoming
employees resistance, and managing employees who use system Slide
22 1-22 Q5: What Is Information? Copyright 2014 Pearson Education,
Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall 1.Knowledge derived from data, and
data are recorded facts or figures 2.Data presented in a meaningful
context 3.Data processed by summing, ordering, averaging, grouping,
comparing, or other similar operations 4."A difference that makes a
difference" Slide 23 1-23 Does this graph contain information?
Where Is Information? Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.
Publishing As Prentice Hall Slide 24 1-24 Q6: What Are Necessary
Data Characteristics? Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.
Publishing As Prentice Hall Data Characteristics of Good
Information Slide 25 1-25 Ethics Guide: Ethics of Misdirected
Information Use Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing
As Prentice Hall Overhear a conversation between a real estate
agent and the couple competing with you to purchase a condo. Should
you listen? Should you use the information you hear? Receive same
information through an email accidentally sent to you. Should you
read the email? Should you use the information to your advantage?
Slide 26 1-26 Ethics Guide: Ethics of Misdirected Information Use
(contd) Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As
Prentice Hall While selling computer software, a customer
mistakenly sends you an internal email that contains max imum
amount they can pay. Do you share the email with others? Do you
notify the person who sent it? Do you use the information or recuse
yourself from the deal? Whats the ethical thing to do? Whats the
best long-term business thing to do? Explain. Slide 27 1-27 Ethics
Guide: Ethics of Misdirected Information Use (contd) Copyright 2014
Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall A friend
inadvertently emails you personal medical data. You read the email
and learn embarrassing information about the friend. Your friend
asks if you read the email. What should you say? Slide 28 1-28
Ethics Guide: Ethics of Misdirected Information Use (contd)
Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall
Suppose you are a network administrator with unrestricted access to
mailing lists. You insert your email address into several lists and
receive confidential information. One email shows that your best
friends department is going to be eliminated. Do you warn him/her?
Slide 29 1-29 Ethics Guide: Ethics of Misdirected Information Use
(Summary) Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As
Prentice Hall How do you define legal and ethical? Can something be
against corporate policy and still be legal? What is your personal
policy about dealing with misdirected information? Did your
thinking change as a result of this discussion? If so, how? Slide
30 1-30 Q7: 2023 Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing
As Prentice Hall Most computers wont look like a computer
Computers-in-a-product 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 and get accredited degree? Slide 31 1-31 Guide:
Passwords and Password Etiquette Copyright 2014 Pearson Education,
Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall Never write down or share your
password Never ask anyone for their password Use do-si-do move
Slide 32 1-32 Creating a Strong Password Copyright 2014 Pearson
Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall 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 Slide 33 1-33 Five-Component
Careers Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As
Prentice Hall Slide 34 1-34 Active Review Copyright 2014 Pearson
Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall Q1: Why is Introduction
to MIS the most important class in the business school? Q2: What is
MIS? Q3: How can you use the five-component model? Q4: Why is the
difference between information technology and information systems
important? Q5: What is information? Q6: What are necessary data
characteristics? Q7: 2023? Slide 35 1-35 Case Study 1: The Amazon
of Innovation Copyright 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As
Prentice Hall Slide 36 1-36 Amazons Business Categories Copyright
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retailing Own inventory Associates program Consignment Order
fulfillment Cloud services Slide 37 1-37 Amazon (contd) Copyright
2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall Operates
on very thin margins Drives its employees incredibly hard Amazon
Web Services (AWS) Organizations lease time on Amazons computer
equipment Sells order fulfillment services Elastic Cloud 2 (EC2)
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