Computer Science 1032A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Job Design, Social Network, Project Management Software

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1032A/B
• Professor: Prof

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What is an information system: a system is a group of components that interact to achieve some purpose, an information system is a group of components that interact to produce information. 5 component framework of: computer hardware (ex. These 5 components are all linked together through networks. Social network join networks join people together and computer networks such as the internet tie software, hardware and data together to make information more accessible and powerful. In the past software: refer to computer components that were not hardware (e. g programs, procedures, user manuals: today is refer to programs or application. An important point to learn inthis class is that people are often the most cirtical part of an information system. Information systems are not just computers and data. Computer based information system (information system that include computer: there are information systems that do not include computers (ex calendar)