McLeod CH01

Management
Information Systems,
Raymond McLeod
Jr.
and
George
P.
10/e
Schell

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Part I: Essential
Concepts Chapter 1
Introduction to Information
Systems

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Learning Objectives
► Understand

how computer hardware has evolved to its present level of sophistication.
► Know the basics of computer and communications architectures.
► Understand the distinction between physical and virtual systems.
► Describe how business applications have evolved from an initial emphasis on accounting data to the current emphasis on information for problem solving.
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Learning Objectives (Cont’d)
► Understand

what enterprise resource planning systems are and the reasons for their popularity. ► Know how to tailor information systems to managers based on where they are located in the organizational structure and what they do.
► Understand the relationship between problem solving and decision making and know the basic problem-solving steps.
► Know what innovations to expect in information technology.
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History of Information
Systems
► Evolution

in Computer Hardware
 Mainframe
 Multitasking
► Smaller Computers
 Minicomputers
 Microcomputers
 Personal computers (PC)
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Introduction to Computer
Architecture
► Hardware-processor,

keyboard, monitor, mouse, printer, etc.
► Software-application, operating, etc.
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Introduction to Computer
Architecture (Cont’d)
► Modem-hardware

device that modulates the digital signals from a computer into analog