BUS 237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Information System, Fax, Qwerty

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Peter Tingling

Document Summary

Is: mis, sharktruth: builds communities through it like facebook and is incorporating those with people, social media: has influenced the way corporations/government interacts with public (to realize goals!!, google: focused on using technology to understand content. Privacy concerns: actor - hardware: computer, tablet, smartphone, server. Instructions - software: os, apps, programs: bridge - data: the basic building blocks of information, like facts or observations d. Instructions - procedures: formal or informal steps followed to achieve desired objective. (log in, fill forms, save: actor - people: people who interact with the system, development and use: evaluating and choosing this b. Is vs it: is adds people to the equation. Ict (information and communication technology): sector most closely related to is because it uses systems to network people across organizations/industries. a. i. Growing quickly and largest percentage of r&d in canada. a. ii. Revenue from service is growing faster than revenue from software : how business uses is a.