What is “Information Systems”?
Welcome to our world: the world of information systems (IS). It is an exciting world where the borders change daily, the landscapes vary dramatically, the limits go far beyond the skies and many places have hardly been explored. In fact, most of our world is still uncharted territory. Fun is to be found around almost every little corner, often just across the road from those other big corners where frustration is lying aplenty.
You may have chosen IS as your major, or have had it imposed on you by your curriculum; you may be looking forward to the challenges it will present, or regard it as a hurdle to be overcome. Either way, it’s important to begin with an understanding of what you can expect from the subject, and what the subject will expect from you.
IS is not simply about computers - it’s about how businesses can make the best use of computer technology to provide the information needed to achieve their goals. In the same way as your own needs and priorities are unique to you, each organisation has different goals and requirements, and the successful implementation of IS requires a through understanding of the business issues involved, as well as the different technologies that are available. Most of the time there is no single “correct answer”, and you will need to draw on your own knowledge and judgement when planning or using an information system. The purpose of this introductory course is to provide you with a basic knowledge of the different elements of information systems: the building blocks that can be combined in a variety of different ways to suit particular business needs.
Perhaps the best way to illustrate the importance of IS, is to consider the impact that it has on your own life. Try to imagine what your daily life would be like without information systems: you might be able to survive without your student fee account, but can you also imagine no television, no cellphone, no fax, the end of mass air travel as we know it, the collapse of the banking system ...? Most of our lives would be affected dramatically. Now stop to consider the times that you have been irritated or frustrated by the inefficiency of a large organisation (Home Affairs? University registration?), and you will see that technology alone is not the solution to business problems – computers are simply one element of a complete system intended to support the flow of information within a business environment.
المادة المعروضة اعلاه هي مدخل الى المحاضرة المرفوعة بواسطة استاذ(ة) المادة . وقد تبدو لك غير متكاملة . حيث يضع استاذ المادة في بعض الاحيان فقط الجزء الاول من المحاضرة من اجل الاطلاع على ما ستقوم بتحميله لاحقا . في نظام التعليم الالكتروني نوفر هذه الخدمة لكي نبقيك على اطلاع حول محتوى الملف الذي ستقوم بتحميله .
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