1. Introduction – The Power of Information Systems David Weltman, PhD Information Systems & Operations Management www.uta.edu/faculty/weltman

2. Quotes “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.”

3. Quotes “Make your own products obsolete. Otherwise somebody else will do it.” "Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When ____ came up with the _____, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it." Nov. 9, 1998

5. Opportunities

9. What organization invented the 1 st PC?

10. What organization invented the first PDA? What was it called?

17. Creativity and Innovative Thinking

18. Hello There!?

21. The Value Chain The set of integrated internal processes that combine to deliver value to customers.

22. The Supply Chain A set of business processes that allow multiple independent entities (suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, and so on) to function as one “virtual” organization.

23. The Big Picture

24. IT Adoption – Why? Reduce Costs Improve Efficiency Improve Decision Making Innovate Gain Competitive Advantage Survival

25. Some Ramifications Major growth for package movement organizations. Wireless growth. Purchasing moving to the Internet. Newspaper readership decline. Blog readership rise. Internet advertising growth. Growth of digital information storage. Changes in jobs and careers.

26. Competitive Advantage

28. Example - Walmart Sales per square foot Retail Average Target Walmart

29. Example – JC Penny and TAL Apparel

30. An Information System is... a (hopefully) interrelated set of components that collect, process, store, and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization.

31. Data and Information

32. System Software and Application Software Preprogrammed instructions that control and coordinate the computer hardware components in an information system. Computer Hardware System Software Application Software User Windows, ZOS, Linux,Oracle RDBMS, Unix Excel, SAP, CRM, O/E, Web Browser

33. 2010 WW IT Spent $3T 2010 WW IT Spent $1.5T How much is being spent? Country GDP

34. $217 China 2010* Gartner Group May 14 th, 2010 est.

37. 1. Which country has the greatest number of internet users? 2. Which country has the largest percent of its overall population on the internet?

38. Source: internet world stats Sept 2009

40. The Mainframe Era 1940’s-1950’s1960’s Vacuum Tube Computer Big Government, DOD Universities Research Hot Unreliable Transistor Computer Bell Labs Made large-scale modern computing practical Small, reliable

41. The PC Era 1976 PC (served individual) Apple 1 (April 1 st ) Easy to use, out of the box Apple was the PC industry leader General purpose device 1981 IBM PC MS-DOS Intel Processor Open Spec’s 1984 Apple Macintosh Windows/GUI Easy to use Everything integrated Elegant design Proprietary

42. The PC Era 1985+

43. The Internet Era 1993+