Foundations of
Information Systems in
Business
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Learning Objectives
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Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Section 1
Foundation Concepts:
Information Systems in Business
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The IS Function
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Section 2
Foundation Concepts:
The Components of Information Systems
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What Is a System?
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People Resources
IS Specialists
End Users
Hardware Resources
Machines the computing devices
themselves
Media where data is stored
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Software Resources
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Data Resources
Data unorganized facts and figures
Information data organized so that it has
value to the organization
Network Resources
Communications Media- the physical
pathways over which signals travel
Network Infrastructure hardware,
software, and data technologies needed to
support communications networks
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