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Introduction To Business Information Systems: IT For Business and Business Professionals
Introduction To Business Information Systems: IT For Business and Business Professionals
Introduction To Business Information Systems: IT For Business and Business Professionals
Information Systems
by
James Norrie, Mark Huber, Craig Piercy,
And Patrick McKeown
Chapter 1
IT for Business and
Business Professionals
Copyright 2010 John Wiley & Sons
Canada, Ltd.
What We Will Cover
• Why IS matters
• What Is an Information System?
• What’s in IT for Me?
• What’s in IT for an Organization?
• What’s in IT for Society?
Figure 1.1 Moore's Law illustrates the rate of change in technology capability over time, and the
resulting effect on cost Source: Intel Corporation.
Concept Definition
System A recognizable whole that consists of a
collection of interrelated parts that interact
with each other to transform inputs into
outputs to achieve a goal
People People or organizations that have both an
interest in and an influence on the creation,
implementation, or operation of an IS
Information The physical components, typically hardware,
Technology software, and connectivity, that make up an
IS. Technology enables processes to perform
the steps they were designed to accomplish
Concept Definition
Decision A choice made from one or more alternatives
to follow or avoid some course of action
Business A positive return on the investment of
Value resources that is created through the effective
and efficient integration of an organization’s
people, information, information technology,
and business processes
Figure 1.3 The productivity zone occurs at the intersection of people, processes, and technology. A
successful IS system integrates all three of these components to create business value
Figure 1.6 Indexed Growth in GDP at Basic Prices for the ICT Sector and the Canadian Economy, 2002–2010
Source: Information and Communications Technologies Statistical Overview, Information and Communications
Technologies Branch Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications Sector, Industry Canada,
updated April 2009.