Introduction to Information Systems (IS)

Introduction to Information Systems (IS)

1. Effects to Society

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     • IT can provide opportunities for people with disabilities
     • IT can provide people with flexibility in their work
     • Robots will take over mundane chores
     • IT will enable improvements in healthcare
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     • IT can cause health problems for individual
     • IT can place employees on constant cell
     • IT can potentially misinform patients about their health problems
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2. Impacts to Organization

   • Managers
     • IT may reduce the number of middle managers
     • IT will provide managers with real-time or near-time information, meaning that managers will have less time to make decisions
     • IT will increase the likelihood that managers will have to supervise geographically dispersed employees and teams
   • Non Managerial
     • IT may eliminate jobs
     • IT may cause employees to experience a loss of identity
     • IT can cause job stress and physical problems, such as repetitive stress injury

3. Computer-Based Information Systems

   • Components
     • Hardware
     • Software
     • Database
     • Network
     • Procedures
     • People
   • Types
     • Transaction Processing Systems (TPS)
     • Functional area information systems (FAISs)
     • Interorganizational information systems (IOSs)
     • Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
     • Electronic commerce (e-commerce)
     • Office automation systems (OASs)
     • Business intelligence (BI)
     • Expert systems (ESs)

4. Why Should Study IS?

   • Homo Conexus
   • Informed User
   • IT offers career opportunities
   • Managing Information Resources