Flashcards in Lecture 1 Deck (10)
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Information systems
The study of complimentary networks of hardware and software that people and organizations use to collect, filter, process, create and distribute data.
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Piccoli: Information systems
Formal, sociotechnical, organizational systems, designed to collect, process, store and distribute information.
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Piccoli: Components of information system
- Structure
- People
- Technology
- Process
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Piccoli: Social system
- Structure
- People
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Piccoli: Technical system
- Technology
- Process
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Information system, IS centered view:
- Hardware
- Software
- Data
- People
- Procedures
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Information system, managerial view:
- People
- Business processes
- Information systems
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Language/Action Perspective (LAP)
- Focuses on what people do when communicating.
- Does not start with technology, but with people communicating.
- Information System of an organization can be defined as the structure by means of which people communicate.
- Communication is not primarily transfer of data, but developing a relationship.
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Digital transformation
Use of new technologies, in order to enable major business improvements. Blurs the distinction between IT strategy and Business strategy.
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