Tasks for "What are information systems?"

Task 1: What are information systems?

Do a search on the Internet or in the library to help you answer the following questions.

• What is the definition of Information systems and to what extent your finding is different?
• Describe the terms information system, information, and data. What is the difference between data and information? Indicate examples of data and information.
• Draw a simple diagram of information system. On this diagram, have you indicated input, output, people, etc? Can you indicate the entities in the environment of the information system?
• Draw the diagram with one of the information systems at this University in mind. Indicate examples for the input, output, people, etc?

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Task 2: What is globalisation?

• What can you say with reference to the information that Gujarat-based BT operator requires to effectively serve the customer?

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Task 3: What is Knowledge economy?

• Nokia is company that uses knowledge as a primary resource for managing its business processes and revenue generation. Can you explain the transformation of this company and how it uses information to do what it does intelligently?
• ARM Holding is a British company. What does it do? What do you think is the company's primary asset?

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Task 4: Transformation of the Enterprise

• Draw a diagram of hierarchical presentation of traditional organisation. Explain in your words and with reference to the diagram how the organisation operated
• Draw a hierarchical diagram of transformed organisation. Explain, in what ways this is different from the traditional organisation.

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Task 5: Core business functions in the organisation

For this task you may have to do some research on the Internet or at the library.

• How would you define a business process? Use examples to explain these.
• Reflect on working culture within a digital firm and indicate in what ways these will be different from a traditional firm

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