1. Pertemuan 02 Chapter 01 : Information System: Concepts and Management
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Tahun : 2008
Pertemuan 02 Chapter 01 : Information System: Concepts and Management

2. Learning Outcomes
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3. Rincian Materi Information Systems: Concepts and Definitions
Types of Information Systems
Examples of Information Systems
Managing Information Resources
The Plan of Introduction to Information Systems - Supporting and Transforming Business Book in the Chapter 1.1.5
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4. Introduction to Information Technology
Authors: Turban, Rainer and Potter
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Slides by: Hellene Bankowski, Professor, Philadelphia University 4
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5. Information Systems: Concepts and Management
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Information Systems: Concepts and Management
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6. Chapter Outline 1.1 Information Systems: Concepts and Definitions
1.2 Types of Information Systems
1.3 Examples of Information Systems
1.4 Managing Information Resources
1.5 The Plan of This Book
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7. Learning Objectives
Differentiate among data, information and knowledge.
Differentiate between information technology infrastructure and information technology architecture.
Describe the components of computer-based information systems.
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8. Learning Objectives (Continued)
Describe the various types of information systems by breadth of support.
Identify the major information systems that support each organizational level.
Describe how information resources are managed and identify the roles of the information systems department and the end users.
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9. 1.1 Information Systems: Concepts and Definitions
Data Item. Elementary description of things, events, activities and transactions that are recorded, classified and stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning.
Information. Data organized so that they have meaning and value to the recipient.
Knowledge. Data and/or information organized and processed to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning and expertise as they apply to a current problem or activity.
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10. Information Systems: Concepts and Definitions (Continued)
Information Technology Architecture. A high-level map or plan of the information assets in an organization, which guides current operations and is a blueprint for future directions.
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11. Information Systems: Concepts and Definitions (Continued)
Information Technology Infrastructure. The physical facilities, IT components, IT services and IT management that support an entire organization.
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12. Information Systems
Information System (IS). Collects, processes, stores, analyzes and disseminates information for a specific purpose.
Computer-based Information System (CBIS). An information system that uses computer technology to perform some or all of its intended tasks.
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13. Basic Components of Information Systems
Hardware is a device such as a processor, monitor, keyboard or printer
Software is a program or collection of programs that enable hardware to process data.
Database is a collection of related files or tables containing data.
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14. Basic Components of Information Systems (Continued)
Network is a connecting system (wireline or wireless) that permits different computers to share resources.
Procedures are the set of instructions about how to combine the above components in order to process information and generate the desired output.
People are those individuals who use the hardware and software, interface with it, or uses its output.
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15. Application Programs
Application program is a computer program designed to support a specific task , a business process or another application program.
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16. 1.2 Types of Information Systems
Information Systems that support specific functional areas and operations include:
Functional Area Information System
Transaction Processing System (TPS)
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System
Interorganizational Information System
Electronic Commerce Systems
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17. Types of Information Systems (Continued)
Functional area information systems or departmental information systems
Function: Support the activities within specific functional areas.
Example: System for processing payroll.
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18. Types of Information Systems (Continued)
Transaction processing system (TPS)
Function: Process transaction data from business events.
Example: Walmart checkout point-of-sale terminal.
Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP)
Function: Integrate all functional areas of the organization.
Example: Oracle, SAP
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19. Types of Information Systems (Continued)
Interorganizational information systems (IOS) are information systems that connect two or more organizations and support interorganizational operations such as supply chain management.
Function: Manage flows of products, services and information among organizations.
Example: Walmart Retail Link System connecting suppliers to Walmart.
Supply chain describes the flow of materials, information, money and services from raw material suppliers through factories and warehouses to the end customers.
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20. Types of Information Systems (Continued)
Electronic Commerce Systems
Function: Enable transactions among organizations and between organizations and customers.
Business-to-Business (B2B)
Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
Example:
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21. Support for Organizational Employees
Knowledge workers are professional employees such as financial and marketing analysts, engineers, lawyers and accountants.
They create information and knowledge about a specific subject area and integrate it into an organization.
Act as advisors to middle managers and executives.
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22. Support for Organizational Employees (Continued)
Office Automation System (OAS)
Function: Support daily work activities of individuals and groups.
Example: Microsoft Office
Support: Clerical staff, lower and middle managers and knowledge workers.
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23. Support for Organizational Employees (Continued)
Management Information System (MIS)
Function: Produce reports summarized from transaction data, usually in one functional area.
Example: Report on total sales of each customer.
Supports: Primarily for middle managers, sometimes for lower level managers as well.
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24. Support for Organizational Employees (Continued)
Decision Support System (DSS)
Function: Provide access to data and analysis tools.
Example: “What if” analysis of changes in a budget.
Supports: Primarily for Middle managers and knowledge workers
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25. Support for Organizational Employees (Continued)
Expert System (ES)
Function: Mimic human expert in a particular area and make a decision.
Example: Credit card approval analysis.
Supports: Knowledge workers
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26. Support for Organizational Employees (Continued)
Executive Information System (EIS)
Function: Present structured, summarized information about aspects of business important to executives.
Example: Status of production by product.
Supports: Top managers of the organization.
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27. 1.3 Examples of Information Systems
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28. 1.4 Managing Information Resources
Which IT Resources are Managed and By Whom?
During the early 1950s, Information Systems Department (ISD) managed ALL of the only computing resource, the mainframe.
Today, computing resources are located through the organization and almost all employees use computers in their work.
This system is known as end user computing.
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29. Managing Information Resources (Continued)
The major categories of information resources are hardware, software, databases, networks, procedures, security facilities and physical buildings.
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30. Managing Information Resources (Continued)
The Role of the IS Department
The ISD is responsible for corporate-level and shared resources and for using IT to solve end users’ business problems.
End users are responsible for their own computing resources and departmental resources.
ISD and end users work together as partners to manage the IT resources.
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31. Managing Information Resources (Continued)
ISD has changed from a purely technical support role to a more managerial and strategic one.
Director of ISD has changed from a technical manager to a senior executive called the chief information officer (CIO).
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32. Traditional Major IS Functions
Managing systems development and systems project management.
Managing computer operations, including the computer center.
Staffing, training and developing IS skills.
Provide technical services.
Infrastructure planning, development and control.
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33. New (Consultative) IS Functions
Initiating and designing specific strategic IS.
Incorporating the Internet and e-commerce into the business.
Managing system integration including the Internet, intranets and extranets.
Educating the non-IS managers about IT
Educating the IS staff about the business
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34. New IS Functions (Continued)
Supporting end user computing.
Partnering with the executives.
Managing outsourcing.
Proactively using business and technical knowledge to “seed” innovative ideas about IT.
Creating business alliances with vendors and IS departments in other organizations.
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35. IT Offers Career Opportunities
The demand for traditional IT staff – such as programmers, business analysts, systems analysts and designers – is substantial.
In addition, well-paid jobs in Internet and e-commerce, mobile commerce, network, security, object-oriented programming, telecommunications and multimedia design are available too.
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36. 1.5 The Plan of This Book
The major objective of this book is to help you understand the roles of information technologies in today’s digital organizations.
The book is designed to help you think strategically about information systems.
The book demonstrates how IT supports all of the functional areas of the organization.
Each chapter introduces a major topic in Information Technology
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37. The Plan of This Book (Continued)
Topics introduced by chapter include:
Chapter 1- Basics of information technology and information systems.
Chapter 2 – How organizations are using information systems to gain a strategic advantage in an extremely competitive business environment.
Chapter 3 – Ethics, security and privacy.
Chapter 4 – How to manage data so that it can be used effectively to make decisions.
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38. The Plan of This Book (Continued)
Chapter 5 – Telecommunications and networks including the Internet.
Chapter 6 – Electronic Commerce.
Chapter 7 – Wireless communications.
Chapter 8 – Information Systems of today.
Chapter 9 – IS for managerial decision making.
Chapter 10 – How organizations acquire or develop new applications.
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39. Copyright 2007 Wiley & Sons, Inc.
All rights reserved. Reproduction or translation of this work beyond that permitted in section 117 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act without express permission of the copyright owner is unlawful. Request for further information should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The purchaser may make back-up copies for his/her own use only and not for distribution or resale. The Publisher assumes no responsibility for error, omissions, or damages caused by the use of these programs or from the use of the information herein.
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40. The Plan of This Book (Continued)
Additional IT information provided in:
Technology Guide 1 – Hardware
Technology Guide 2 – Software
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