1. Perhaps the most striking face about natural disasters in relation to AIS controls is that A) There are a large number of major disasters every year. B) Losses are absolutely unpreventable. C) Many companies in one location can be seriously affected at one time by a disaster. D) Disaster planning has largely been ignored in the literature. 2. Which of the following best describes lapping? A) Applying cash receipts to a different customer’s account in an attempt to conceal previous
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Information Systems‚ Global Business and E-business Management Information Systems Chapters 1 and 2 (Laudon and Laudon‚ 2010) Information Systems‚ Global Business and E-business Lecturer: Richard Boateng‚ PhD. • • Lecturer in Information Systems‚ University of Ghana Business School Executive Director‚ PearlRichards Foundation‚ Ghana Email: richard@pearlrichards.org 10.1 www.vivaafrica.net | Dr. Richard Boateng (richard@pearlrichards.org) | © 2010 by Prentice Hall Information
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Use of internet? The Internet is used for many things‚ such as electronic mail‚ online chat‚ file transfer‚ and the interlinked web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web. The most used service on the Internet is the World Wide Web (which is also called the "Web"). The Web contains websites‚ blogs‚ and also wikis like Wikipedia. Webpages on the Web can be seen and read by anyone (unless the page needs a password‚ or it is blocked). The second major use of the Internet is to send and receive
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1. DBMS a) Problem with the traditional file environment In most organizations systems tended to grow independenty without a company-wide plan. Accouning‚ finance‚ manufacturing‚ human resources‚ and sales and marketing all developed their own systems and data files. Each application of course‚ required its own files and its own computer program to operate. For example‚ the human resources functional area might have personnel master file‚ a payroll file‚ a medical insurance file‚ a pension
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business . Information system are the foundation of fast paced supply-chain. The internet allows many business to sell ‚ advertise ‚ and solicit customer feedback online. Organizations are trying to become more competitive and efficient by digitally enabling their core business processes and evolving into digital firms. The internet has stimulated globalization by dramatically reducing the cost of producing ‚ buying ‚ and selling goods on a global scale. New information system trends include the
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dollars in Information Technology (IT) infrastructure‚ the software was redundant. Additionally‚ Vicro was put in a risky position. Issues and consequences According to the case‚ there are four main issues when Vicro using the new software as follow. 1. Miscommunication * Between shareholders and Vicro management The intension of the investment was to redesign processes‚ by which‚ improving overall system performance. The stakeholders believed that the information system would address
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Types of Information Systems Office Information Systems (OIS) An OIS is an information system that uses software‚ hardware and networks to improve work flow and allow communications among employees. 1. Software systems used: word processing‚ spreadsheets‚ databases‚ e-mail‚ Web browsers‚ Web page authoring and personal information management. 2. Technology systems used: voice mail‚ fax‚ videoconferencing and
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in HOW MUCH DO CREDIT CARD COMPANIES KNOW ABOUT YOU? 1. What competitive strategy are the credit card companies pursuing? How do information systems support that strategy? 2. What are the business benefits of analyzing customer purchase data and constructing behavioral profiles? 3. Are these practices by credit card companies ethical? Are they an invasion of privacy? Why or why not? IS THE IPAD A DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY? 1. Evaluate the impact of the iPad using Porter’s competitive
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POLYTECHNIC OF NAMIBIA School of Information Technology Department of Business Computing Private Bag 13388‚ 13 Storch Street‚ Windhoek‚ NAMIBIA Tel: ++264 (0)61 207 2052 Fax: ++264 (0)61 207 2051 Management Information Systems (MNS210S) Mr. Eliazer Mbaeva Mr. Dunston kawana Due date: 08 April 2013 Instructions: Use this page as cover page for your assignment. Complete the assignment (individual work). No marks will be allocated for plagiarized projects. NB!!! Maximum of 4 Pages including
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The three major Information System (IS) professional core competencies are technical‚ business and systems. These three competencies are important to any organization. Technical knowledge and skills includes proficiency in hardware‚ software‚ networking and security. Most of the technical work is outsourced to different providers to cut down on overhead. The technical personnel have to make sure that the operating systems‚ applications software are up to date and install new updates. They should
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