IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 1-1 Steve Jobs, Apple Computer “If we'd given.

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 1-1 Steve Jobs, Apple Computer “If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them—not something they'd want now…” Steve Jobs, Apple Computer Chapter 1 Managing in the Digital World

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Learning Objectives 1-2 1. Explain what an information system is, contrasting its data, technology, people, and organizational components. 2. Describe types of jobs and career opportunities in information systems and in related fields. 3. Describe the dual nature of information systems in the success and failure of modern organizations

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Information Systems Today 1-4 The Knowledge Worker  Term coined by Peter Drucker in 1959  An individual who is relatively well educated and who creates, modifies, and/or synthesizes knowledge as a fundamental part of a job Knowledge Society  New Economy/Digital World  Digital Divide

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Information Systems: Definition 1-5 Combination of five key elements:  People  Hardware  Software  Data  Telecommunications networks

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Data: The Root and Purpose of Information Systems 1-6 Distinction between:  Data—raw, unformatted information  Example: 5433333353  Information—data that is transformed to have a meaning  Example: (543) 333-3353  Knowledge—body of governing procedures used to organize or manipulate data  Wisdom—accumulated knowledge

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 IT: The Components of Information Systems 1-8 Relationship of computer-based information systems to information technology and technology in general

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 IT: The Components of Information Systems—Technology 1-9 Any machine that can supplement or replace human manual work  Examples:  Heating system  Surgical laser

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 IT: The Components of Information Systems—Information Technology 1-10 A type of technology that is controlled by or uses information  Example: Manufacturing robot

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 1-11 IT: The Components of Information Systems—Computer- based IS Systems using computers to provide useful data to people  Example: Specific software used to analyze data 1-11

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 What Makes IS Personnel Valuable? 1-15 Integrated knowledge and skills in three areas:  Technical Competency—s kills in hardware, software, networking, and security  Business Competency— understanding of the nature of the business; this is key in addition to technical competency  Systems Competency— understanding of how to build and integrate large scale systems

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 The Dual Nature of IS 1-18 IS can make you or break you London Heathrow—The failure  Baggage handling system: original cost of $500 million  Disaster on opening day, costing $ 50 million due to over 28,000 bags being misrouted FedEx—The success  $ 38 billion family of companies—largest express transportation company  “Information hub for business where managing information is the business”

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 IS for Competitive Advantage 1-19 Both FedEx and London Heathrow were developing strategic information systems Only strategic information systems can help sustain competitive advantage

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Why Information Systems Matter 1-20 Nicholas Carr article— “IT Doesn’t Matter”  IT no longer a source of advantage on the firm level  Companies should focus IT on cost reduction and risk mitigation Many experts disagree with his arguments  Abbie Lundberg—Interview with Carr  Don Tapscott— “The Engine That Drives Success: The Best Companies Have the Best Business Models Because They Have the Best IT Strategies”  Many successful companies use IT to support a unique business strategy

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Operational Level 8-22 Day-to-day business processes Interactions with customers Decisions:  Structured ( Procedures is specified).  Recurring  Can often be automated using IS( Inventory System). BI used to:  Optimize processes  Understand causes of performance problems

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Managerial Level 8-23 Functional managers  Monitor and control operational-level activities  Focus: effectively utilizing and deploying resources  Goal: achieving strategic objectives Managers’ decisions  Semistructured  Moderately complex  Time horizon of few days to few months BI can help with:  Performance analytics  Forecasts  Providing key performance indicators on dashboards

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Executive Level 8-25 The president, CEO, vice presidents, board of directors Decisions  Unstructured  Long-term strategic issues  Complex and nonroutine problems with long-term ramifications BI is used to:  Obtain aggregate summaries of trends and projections  Provide KPIs across the organization

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Providing Inputs into BI Applications 8-27 Decisions made by different departments need to be based on the same underlying data “Single version of the truth”  BI systems access multiple databases or data warehouses  Data aggregated from operational systems  E.g., Transaction processing systems

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Transaction Processing Systems (TPS) 8-28 Operational level Purpose:  Processing of business events and transactions  Increase efficiency  Automation  Lower costs  Increased speed and accuracy Examples:  Payroll processing  Sales and order processing  Inventory management  Product purchasing, receiving, and shipping  Accounts payable and receivable

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Architecture of a TPS: Processing 8-31 Online processing  Immediate results Batch processing  Transactions collected and later processed together  Used when immediate notification not necessary

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Architecture of a TPS: Outputs 8-32 Counts, summary reports Inputs to other systems Feedback to systems operator

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Management Information Systems 8-34 Managerial level Purpose:  Produce reports  Support of midlevel managers’ decisions Examples:  Sales forecasting  Financial management and forecasting  Manufacturing, planning and scheduling  Inventory management and planning  Advertising and product pricing

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Decision Support Systems (DSS) 8-37 Decision-making support for recurring problems Used mostly by managerial level employees Interactive decision aid What-if analyses  Analyze results for hypothetical changes  Example: Microsoft Excel

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Executive Information Systems 8-40 Aka Executive support system Executive level Purpose:  Aid in executive decision making  Provide information in highly aggregated form Examples:  Executive-level decision making  Long-range and strategic planning  Monitoring of internal and external events and resources  Crisis management  Staffing and labor relations

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Geographic Information System (GIS) 8-45 Use of geographically referenced information  Finding optimal location for a new store  Identification of areas too wet to fertilize (see figure)  Locating target customers  Infrastructure design

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Health information technology (HIT) provides the umbrella framework to describe the comprehensive management of health information across computerized systems and its secure exchange between consumers, providers, government and quality entities, and insurers. Health information technology (HIT) is in general increasingly viewed as the most promising tool for improving the overall quality, safety and efficiency of the health delivery system (Chaudhry et al., 2006). Broad and consistent utilization of HIT will: Improve health care quality; Prevent medical errors; Reduce health care costs; Increase administrative efficiencies Decrease paperwork; and Expand access to affordable care. 1-46

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Health information technology… cont. Interoperable HIT will improve individual patient care, but it will also bring many public health benefits including: Early detection of infectious disease outbreaks around the country; Improved tracking of chronic disease management; and Evaluation of health care based on value enabled by the collection of de-identified price and quality information that can be compared 1-47

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Learning Objectives 8-49 1. Describe the concept of business intelligence and how it is used at the operational, managerial, and executive levels of an organization. 2. Explain the three components of business intelligence: information and knowledge discovery, business analytics, and information visualization.

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Opening Case— Managing in the Digital World: Apple Computer 1-50 Apple changed the way in which everyday people use computers Long list of successful products Success of iPod: tight integration with iTunes and AppStore

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Apple Computers 1-51 A company’s survival may depend upon those employees who fail over and over as they try new ideas (Consultant & author Tom Peters) Apple has had many failures:  Mac TV, PowerMac G4 Cube, Lisa, Newton, etc. Apple’s overall success shows that a company without an interesting list of failures probably isn’t trying hard enough.

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Bionic Contact Lens 1-52 Bionic eye implants for blind and partially blind people are being developed Problems that must be solved first: Plastics for electronic must be biocompatible LED must be small enough to fit over the eye without causing discomfort, and yet must be functional Where will the power for the device come from?

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 The Two Steves—Jobs & Wozniak 1-53 Knew each other in high school Started selling Apple computers in 1976 Both left Apple in 1985 In 1996 Jobs returned to become Apple’s CEO

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Worldwide Internet Usage 1-54 In 2008 about 17 percent of active Internet users were located in the United States Internet usage:  Highest—North America: 74 percent of population  Lowest—Africa: 5.3 percent of population

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Online Rights Not Always Universal 1-55 Governments in some countries regulate access to information on the Web (e.g., China) Reporters Without Borders call this behavior unethical What is the role of companies such as Microsoft in dealing with these governments? Who owns Web-posted data? Should the Internet create its own laws?

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Guerilla Wi-Fi 1-56 Digital divide is the “haves” and the “have-nots” in the IT world One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) attempted to overcome this. Meraki Network was founded to provide affordable Wi-Fi for these new computers $50 Mini (wireless routers about the size of two stacked iPhones) can be piggy-backed so that one Mini connected to the Internet can relay the connection to other Minis, thus forming a large network

IS Today (Valacich & Schneider) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Published as Prentice Hall 6/13/2015 Business Career Outlook 1-57 Globalization trend is increasing the need for “Global Skills”—What can you do?  Gain international experience  Learn more than one language  Sensitize yourself to global cultural and political issues In Addition—Immerse yourself into the culture:  Learn about local food  Watch locally produced television  Read books and newspapers

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