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Terminology

Terminology. (to p2). General concept of the MIS discipline Definitions ( p25-27 of paper from EJIS , refer to my website for copy ) of: IT IM IS MIS. (to p3). TECHNICAL APPROACHES. COMPUTER SCIENCE. OPERATIONS RESEARCH. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE. MIS. SOCIOLOGY. POLITICAL SCIENCE.

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Terminology

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  1. Terminology (to p2) • General concept of the MIS discipline • Definitions (p25-27 of paper from EJIS, refer to my website for copy) of: • IT • IM • IS • MIS (to p3)

  2. TECHNICAL APPROACHES COMPUTER SCIENCE OPERATIONS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT SCIENCE MIS SOCIOLOGY POLITICAL SCIENCE PSYCHOLOGY MIS Discipline (to p1) BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES

  3. Their Relationships? Information Technology IS/MIS IS/MIS* Information Management Figure 3 of handout (to p4) *IS = MIS

  4. Question: • Which terminology do you think is a better one when • writing a paper • labeling an academic program • labeling a department in industry (to p5) (to p6) (to p11)

  5. writing a paper • it very much depends on the nature of the literature … however, the terms of IS and IT will still be the top list of all! • Now, perhaps the combination of above with Internet or e-trading become a main substitution! (why?!) (to p4)

  6. labeling an academic program • We examining this question from the prospective of academic programs in HK (to p7)

  7. Samples of Relevant academic programs in HK# (to p8) # Based on a survey conducted in the year of 1991

  8. From Academic programs in HK • How to differential them? • Now, let us examine these programs based on the subject contents of knowledge they designed: • Hardware • Software • Management (to p9)

  9. Weighting of computer-application programs in HK (to p10)

  10. Academic programs • Changing trends? • Most revolution has based on the adoption of Internet approach and alters their titles as: • E-commerce/E-business • Internet networking • E-supply chains (a new dimension of applied IT) (to p4)

  11. From Industry jobs • Prior to Y2K, the following titles are commonly adopted: • EDP, DP, MIS, IT • now? • Networking, Internet, MIS, IT, Social medial • IT Auditing • (of course, it is still very much depended on the nature of the firm and their business, for instant • ITSC for our U • IT and Telecomm for the Dow Corning )

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