1. INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY

2. LEARNING GOALS
Describe the major characteristics of the digital world.
Explain data, information, and information.
Discuss the use of information systems in organizations.
Describe the features of working in the digital world.
Describe ethics and the ethical problems posed by the digital world.

3. The Nature of the Digital World
Globalization
The digitization of goods
Speed
The merger of products and services
The role of ideas
New markets and pricing

4. Data versus Information
Data – raw facts
Intel stock price – $32.375
Temperature – 75° F.
Information – facts within a given context
Intel stock price after the 2-1 stock split yesterday settled at $32.375/share – now you know the number of shares and their value
The temperature at midnight in Times Square, NYC was 75° F – NYC winter heat wave still continues

5. The Value of Information
Accuracy
Timeliness
Accessibility
Engagement
Application
Rarity

6. Information Systems
A set of interrelated information technologies that work together to process, store, collect, and distribute information
Major parts
Hardware
Software
Databases
Networks

8. Information Systems in Organizations
An organization is an administrative and functional structure applied to people working toward a specific goal.
Understanding the organizations IT needs means understanding the administrative and functional structure.
Hierarchical
Matrix
Other

9. Administrative Information Systems
Transaction Processing Systems (TPS)
Office Automation Systems (OAS)
Knowledge Work Systems (KWS)
Management Information Systems (MIS)
Decision Support Systems (DSS)
Executive Information Systems (EIS)
InterOrganizational Systems (IOS)

10. Functional Information Systems
Finance and Accounting Systems
Marketing and Sales Systems
Manufacturing and Operations Systems
Human Resources Management Systems

11. Interaction of Administrative and Functional IS

12. Working in the Digital World
The digital world caused major changes in business and in the ways individuals work.
Creation of knowledge workers
People who create new knowledge or modify existing knowledge
Mental not physical
Advanced education
College degree
Professional certifications – MCSA
Telecommuting – working from home or other remote location

13. Ethics in the Digital World
A set of principles of right conduct
The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession
Ethical is not always the same as legal.
Ethics in the digital world are confusing.
Legal system has not kept pace with the technology developments.

14. Major Ethical Issues in the Digital World
Privacy
Identify theft
Sale of confidential personal information
Intellectual Property
Old Napster
Freedom of Speech
Social Concerns