Arafet Business

Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today

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Learning Objectives

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How are information Systems transforming business and what is their relationship to globalization Why are information systems so essential for running and managing a business today What is an IS? How does it work? what are its management, organization and technology components What academic disciplines are used to study IS ?How does each contribute to an understanding of IS? What is a sociotechnical systems perspective?

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Outline

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The role of Information Systems in Business Today Perspectives on Information Systems

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Contemporary Approaches to Information Systems

Hands-On MIS Projects (Practice Sessions)

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Role of IS in Business Today

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Private Businesses are making larger investments in IT ( Fig 1-1 showing evolution of IT expenses % vs Capital Invested in US firms)

Challenge: Spend Wisely to better compete and seek company generic goals:Leadership,Growth and Perennity. Pitfall: hasty choices results in waste of Capital and impacts overall results.

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Information technology capital investment, defined as hardware, software, and communications equipment, grew from 32 percent to 52 percent of all invested capital between 1980 and 2009.

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Role of IS in Business Today(2)

Increasing move to Mobile Technologies: Cell Phones, Blacberrys, iPhones,e-mail,online conferencing are now essential tools for business. In US, almost 50% access internet via mobile devices (2010).  Boom of dot-com sites:Consumer habits are drastically changing to shopping products/services online & Supply Chain adjusted to meet JIT needs of growing online demand (In Tunisia, e-commerce is far behind ! )  Boom of social networking medias: Firms are following the dots

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What’s new in MIS?

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Private Businesses are making larger investments in IT ( Fig 1-1 showing evolution of IT expenses % vs Capital...