Students Learn About:
information systems
in context
- diagrammatic
representation of an information system in context
- Environment –
everything that influences and is
influenced by the information system
- Purpose – a
statement identifying who the information
system is for and what it needs to
achieve who the
information system is for includes
individuals and organisations
- the Information
System – a set of information
processes requiring participants,
data/information and information
technology built to satisfy a purpose
- information
processes – computer based and non-computer based activities
- information
technology – hardware and software used in information processes
- data – the raw
material used by information processes
- information – the
output displayed by an information system
- user – a person
who views or uses the information output from an information system
- participant – a special class of user who carries
out the information processes within an information system
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Students Learn To:
- diagrammatically
represent a given scenario that
involves an information system
- explain how an
information system impacts on its
environment and how it in turn impacts on the
information system
- describe the
environment and purpose of an information
system for a given context
- explain how a
given need can be supported by an
information system
- describe an information system in terms of its
purpose
- for a given
scenario, identify the people who are:
- in the
environment
- users of the
information system
- participants in
the information system
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 Updating... ĉ Joseph Lai, 14 Feb 2013, 08:10
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