COIS 1620- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 13 pages long!)

• School: Trent University
• Department: Computing & Information Systems
• Course: COIS 1620
• Professor: Brian G.Patrick

Document Summary

Chapter 1 managing in the digital world. Post-pc era an era characterized by the proliferation of new device form factors, such as tablets or smartphones, which complement or even replace traditional pcs and laptops. Knowledge worker a term coined by peter drucker to refer to professionals who are relatively well educated and who create, modify, and/or synthesize knowledge as a fundamental part of their jobs. Knowledge society a term coined by peter drucker to refer to a society in which education is the cornerstone of society and there is an increase in the importance of knowledge workers. E-business a term used to refer to the use of a variety of types of information technologies and systems to support every part of the business. Digital divide the gap between those individuals in our society who are computer literate and have access to information resources such as the internet and those who do not.