BUSI 1402 Study Guide - Final Guide: Offshoring, Computer Hardware, Social Web
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Information systems (is): is an integrated man/machine system for providing information to support the operations, management, and decision-making functions in an organization. The system utilizes computer hardware and software, manual procedures, management and decision midels. Professor borje langefors introduced the infological equation: i = i (d,s,t) Last 31 years we have transformed our lives around information technology. Last 16 years we have become web-enabled to a point that web browsing is an expected skill. Last 11 years it became pervasive in our world. Puzzles set of circumstances in which there is no ambiguity whatsoever once some thought has been given to what is happening or needs to be done. i. e. crosswords puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, suduku. Problem a gap between an initial and a goal states. Has no single answer that is definitely known to be correct. At the heart of the problem there is an issue that needs to be tackled.
