Week 1 and 2
Team A has summarized about last week from what we discussed with the discussion
questions as well as our individual thoughts about different acts how technology has promoted
their change. Last week was our first week of class in which we discussed several different
topics relating to business in the computer field. We discussed the ethical challenges surrounding
the movie and music industries as they related to the internet, collaborating tools that we use in
our personal and work life and different concepts of Microsoft Word that we might not have
been aware of. Along with our group work, we were also giving a list of different political acts
that have effect the technology world and were told to argue the two acts and why or how they
added to the change of technology.
Our discussion questions were centered on these topics; ethics in the movie and music
industry, collaborative tools used in our work and home life and, capabilities of Microsoft that
we may not have been aware of. We have all agreed that it is illegal and unethical to download
music and buy bootlegged videos. We believe that because these items have been made readily
available to us, that due to the hard work from the individuals involved, it is unfair that they
should be allowed to, in one way or another, work for free.
Information systems helps individual and business do all kinds of tasks with more
efficiency. We learnt that the amount of data collected through information systems are used to
make some companies emerge and others expand to new markets. We understand that companies
change their business process and implement certain policies. With the changes in
communication and collaboration it is forced to keep up with the ways different ways consumers
find product information. Furthermore, the transactions , web searches, applications, and posts
that are done
References: Grauer, R. T., Poatsy, M. A., Mulbery, K., Hulett, M., Krebs, C., & Mast, K. (2011). Microsoft® Office 2010: Volume 1. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Rainer, R. K. & Cegielski, C. G. (2011). Introduction to information systems: Supporting and transforming business (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.