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BMIS235 MIS An Introduction to MIS

BMIS235 MIS An Introduction to MIS. Jason Chou-Hong Chen , Ph.D. Professor of MIS School of Business Gonzaga University Spokane, WA 99258 USA chen@jepson.gonzaga.edu. BMIS235. Read syllabus thoroughly and understand all policy Attendance, Assignments

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BMIS235 MIS An Introduction to MIS

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  1. BMIS235 MIS An Introduction to MIS Jason Chou-Hong Chen, Ph.D. Professor of MIS School of Business Gonzaga University Spokane, WA 99258 USA chen@jepson.gonzaga.edu

  2. BMIS235 • Read syllabus thoroughly and understand all policy • Attendance, Assignments • Online Quizzes due midnight every Sunday, • EXAMS • Group Case • Seat chart etc. • Methodology vs. Technology • Text books

  3. Why Information Systems? (Why take IS?) • “IT is a business force now. It amounts to _______ of US firm annual capital expenditures and increasingly affects firm organize, do business, and compete. Business managers who choose not to reckon with it do so at their and their firm’s peril. by Peter G.W. Keen one-half N

  4. Is Computer Age Over ?

  5. Interactive Computing Mini/Micro provide user with computer power (as of Mainframe) but with little cost Advances in telecommunications(link terminals/PC mainframe) Software advances in application packages (e.g. , DBMS, spreadsheet PC as DSS tool to access information stored in the center computer files to support management decision-making process. The Information Age vs. the Computer Age The Computer Age Time-sharing Computer 1960’s End of the computer age Beginning of the information age

  6. Computer Age vs. Information Age • Computer age refers to the love affair with hardware (and its speed of processing data) • Information age refers to the trend toward treating information as a corporate resource that supplies executives with timely, accurate information for more effective decision making.

  7. I.S. Literate • More than being computer literate • Knowing what information you need for a particular task • Knowing what data is needed to generate the information • Knowing how to generate and manage the information • Knowing what the information tells you • Knowing basic concepts of computer organization • Knowing how to operate a computer • Simply put it, being I.S. literate implies that you need to know how to use information technology to become more _________

  8. What is Management Information Systems? discipline use management • It is a ________ that studies the ____, ___________, and ____________of information systems to improve individual productivity, organizational performance, and welfare of the society • A system is a group of components that interact to achieve some purpose. • As a system, it is a man-machine system that incorporates different components to work together to serve specific purposes development

  9. IT’s Impact on All Aspects manage • The way we _________ businesses • University Administrative Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • The way we ________ • Online gaming • Movie making: animation • disney.go.com • The way we __________________ • Instant messenger, Internet phone, instant sharing of files • Retailing: Amazon.com, tedbaker.com • Auction: eBay.com entertain communicate & shopping

  10. Why are business majors required to take an MIS course? • You should: • Have sufficient knowledge to be an informed and effective consumer of information technology products and services • Be able to _____ pertinent questions • Be able to correctly _________ the responses to your questions with IS/IT • Be able to _______ wise decisions and manage effectively using IS/IT ask interpret make

  11. MIS • Management • Information • Systems Which component is mostly important?

  12. Computers Impact The good news: Computers allow us to work 100% faster. The bad news: more They generate 300% ______ work.

  13. What is Technology? If it's green, it's biology, if it stinks, its chemistry, if it has numbers its math, technology if it doesn't work, it’s __________

  14. Objectives of the MIS information Deliver the right _________ to the right ________, at the right________ , with the right ______. Ultimately, MIS should improve the workers’ ____________. people time form productivity

  15. The Twenty-first Century will ... • The twenty-first century will witness only two kinds of companies: • those that exploit Information Technology (IT) • those that are ____________ • out of business Source: Quality Information and Knowledge, Huang et. al., Prentice Hall

  16. What is the class about ? Therefore, this class is about the_____, the _____, and the ______ of acquiring, creating,managing, and using the information in the information age. need value means

  17. Why choose IS as a major/concentration? By Kevin Hamilton “Would I advise a student to become an IS major? It depends on what you want to do. I believe it’s one of the best degrees because it’s so broad-based. It sets you up for about any career in business.” “You can start as a technical person, and later move into another part of the business. Unlike accounting or finance, where it’s rare to leave your discipline. IS professionals can move among business disciplines. You might work in finance on one project and marketing on the next. Granted is not as simple as saying, ‘OK, today I want to work on a brand-marketing campaign.’ but the background in MIS allows for choice and flexibility. Three, four, or five years out you might discover that you really want to specialize in supply chain operations. If so, your knowledge of IS and your broadly based business background will open that door and set you up to succeed.”

  18. Video Information Age-The Future of Technology (6:07) Information Age – The Future of Technology

  19. Video Information Age – The Future of Technology Video: Information Age-The Future of Technology (6:07

  20. Next class • Complete reading Chapter 1. • Prepare UYK - Using Your Knowledge (#2) on p.25

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