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ITBO201
AU
Kent Institute Australia
Every organization and sector requires a proper application of information technology. In the digital world, it helps in ensuring that the business processes are executed properly and the business operations are executed in a safe and secured methodology. As a result, it would be easier for the organization to deal with secured purchases, interaction with the customers online and even scheduling appointments accordingly (Luftman, Lyytinen and Zvi 2017). IT for business is also required for inventory management digitization and the previously existing issues are successfully removed, without any kind of problem. Moreover, the IT tools can be used for gaining maximum competitive advantages.
The application of IT in any business is referred to as quite beneficial as it helps the business in running more securely and efficiently. Hence, the risks can be successfully avoided and data management becomes quite easier. IT can also foster innovation within a business and it results in high level of smart applications, highly improved storage of data, easier and faster processing as well as wide informational dispersion (Rajaraman 2018). As a result, the effect of positive aspects in the business is improved and innovation increases value, enhances quality as well as boosts productivity accordingly. Moreover, the privacy aspects of the organizational processes and tools are improved.
We have got an idea of the overview of an information systems. A few vital topics were discussed in this week and these included common application of information systems and computer applications with differences between information literacy and computer literacy. Furthermore, the ideas of computer literacies, information literacies, business intelligence, transaction processing systems and MIS were also provided (Rusyn, Vysotska and Pohreliuk 2018). I even got an idea about four major components of the information system, differences within information and data, application of IS in functional business areas, competitive advantage, five forces model and job market.
Business intelligence can be defined as the historical, current as well as predictive views of business environments and operations and helps in providing maximum competitive advantages.
The most important information was that the usage of TPS can be beneficial for record keeping, inventory control and clerical operations. The inclusion of TPS and MIS ensures that the IT job market would be benefitted and the futuristic applications are quite effective.
I was able to learn that computer literacy and information literacy can be termed as quite vital for using a skill and understanding in respect to information and computers to gain efficiency (Jia, Guo and Barnes 2017). Hence, users should implement different applications of IS for success.
The topic covered in this specific week was computers. A computer is one of the most distinct applications in the technological world and also ensure that a computerized system would reduce the previously existing issues or complexities. The main objectives of the week were computer system with its components like CPU, ALU, motherboard, disk drive and a few others. It was also needed to understand the history of computer with different factors that differentiate the system’s computing power (Iivari 2017).
OS can be defined as the application that controls and manages computer software and hardware and the computer languages would be effective in providing instructions.
It is being interpreted that a computer can reduce the work pressure of users, by providing simpler and easier results with different computer operations. This is being done by focusing on the most distinctive factors that can represent as well as transfer data between network systems and computers.
I successfully learnt about RAID system that is being used for improved performance and fault tolerance (Vysotska et al. 2019). Five generations of computer languages are present and these include machine languages, assembly languages, and high level languages, fourth generation languages and NLP or natural language processing.
Our lecturer focused on databases, the application of data warehouses and even data marts. The definition of database, DBMS, designing of a logical database were made understood. It was also needed to ensure the physical and logical views of database would be appropriate and the major components of a DBMS would be vital for the users. The importance of normalization and relational model, SQL and DBA is focused in this week (Donets, Kuchuk and Shmatkov 2018). Moreover, the recent trends in database designing and usage as well as the vital components and functionalities of a data warehouse as well as data mart are discussed in this week.
A DBMS can be defined as a vital component of information systems for any kind of analysis, which can be done on the data, available in the database.
A specific aspect that can be interpreted as quite significant for the DBMS is that SQL is the standard 4th generation query language that is being utilized by DBMS packages like Oracle 12c and Microsoft SQL Server.
The involvement of OLAP, OLTP and ETL ensures that the data warehouse would be effective and these would be supporting the major applications of decision making for maintaining an integrated approach and also involving data mart accordingly (Darmalaksana et al. 2018).
For the 4th week, the topic of our discussion was related to personal, legal, ethical and organization issues or complexities of the information systems. We have been able to focus on the information privacy and methods for proper improvement of informational privacy and the importance of an acceptable use policy for an organization. Furthermore, it was needed to emphasize on the privacy of an email, censorship and data collection issues (Azmi and Sri 2020). The next distinct topic of our discussion was the ethical issues that are associated to IT with different principles of intellectual property successfully. The final topic of this weekly content was green computing with its connection within the work place and health of the employees.
I have known about the fact that an ethical and legal approach is required in every organization to ensure that the information system and technology would be effective and different data management issues are quite effective for managing information privacy and methodologies for managing the information privacy accordingly.
As soon as I had learnt about green computing, I was able to focus on the applications, so that there would be minimal impact on the environment (Marnewick 2017). Hence, sustainability is enhanced to a high level.
The 5th week’s content was for a discussion of emerging trends, technologies and applications. Different new trends in software as well as service distribution would be effective with the implementation of SaaS and application service providers. The other distinct topics discussed in this week included virtual reality components and applications with augmented reality and RFID (Silva et al. 2018). Furthermore, we have also been able to understand the importance of WiFi and grid utility as well as cloud computing.
Virtual reality can be defined as the computerized, three dimensional images for creation of the illusions of interactions within the real world environment and AR is the branch of VR that eventually generates a specific virtual scene, which is being covered over the actual object.
We have able to interpret the significance of cloud computing and grid utility for maximum competitive advantages in the respective organization (Raj and Smys 2019). The technology of cloud computing eventually incorporates for ensuring that the uses would be effective and it would not include any kind of negative aspects accordingly.
I have understood that the application of blockchain is quite beneficial in the present digital world for ensuring that the credentials of users would not be exposed, under any circumstance and digital payment would be easier.
One of the most vital topics, covered in this weekly content was enterprise systems. The topics covered in this week included the process of supply chain management to be utilized with the implementation of SCM in an organization, customer relationship management as well as knowledge management systems in a successful manner (Soler, Melero and Luzón 2017). Furthermore, the impact of enterprise resource planning within an organization is also discussed in this specific week.
CRM refers to a set of processes, used by an organization for tracking and organizing the contacts with the clients. It helps in improving the services that are offered to the customers properly. KMS is a technique that is being utilized for improving the CRM systems by identification, storage and even distribution of the information to be utilized.
The major and the most distinct interpretation of the content include the importance of CRM, SCM and KMS and ERP would be effective for better success and competitive advantages as well as managing the respective information in an easier method.
I was able to learn about the process of elimination of barriers for the most effective customization and personalization in the most distinct methodology (Zhang et al. 2018). Moreover, the application of ERP can coordinate the resources and information as well as functionalities in the entire company.
In the 7th weekly content, the topic that our lecture covered was e-commerce with its respective advantages, disadvantages as well as business models. Furthermore, the major categories of e-commerce are also covered with a discussion of B2B and B2C ecommerce cycle. There are two vital types of ecommerce, which include mobile based and voice based and these could be applied with four supporting technologies (Henningsson, Yetton and Wynne 2018).
E-commerce can be defined as the process of building on traditional commerce by adding the flexibility, which networks often offer and there is a major availability of the Internet. Ecommerce and its role is being examined to reduce the negative impacts.
The important interpretation of these contents includes the application of six business models of e-commerce can be beneficial for the user like merchant, brokerage, advertising, mixed, informediary and subscription. These would be required for completing the performance of buying and selling of products as well as services.
I did not have much knowledge about the categories of ecommerce and their applications. However, after attending this lecture, I was able to learn about these categories for gaining benefits accordingly (Rjeib et al. 2018). The four supporting technologies of ecommerce include electronic payment, e-cash, web marketing and search engine optimization.
For the eighth week, we focused on the process of building successful information systems. A proper description of SDLC with different tasks in all five phases have been covered with examples for proper understanding and application of these technologies in an effective manner (Dushkin et al. 2018). Furthermore, the new trends in system analysis and design like SOA are being described with RAD, extreme programming, pair programming and agile methodology.
SDLC can be defined as a series of different phases that are performed in sequence and the output of every phase can become the input for the next phase. The tasks in different phases of SDLC are needed to be focused, so that operational, economic, technical, legal and scheduling feasibility are enhanced to a high level.
The most important information of the weekly content is that a prototype is needed to be created for better and effective results and also for ensuring that outsourcing would be possible as per the RFP and RFI.
I was able to learn about different trends in the system analysis and design stage of SDLC, so that the best result can be selected (Yuniarto et al. 2018). The application of agile methodology can be termed as the most effective for software development, so that iterative changes would be possible.
The topic covered in the specific week was management support system. The main topics in this discussion included phases of decision making process and different types of decisions to be undertaken for the organizational success factors. The implementation of a decision support system is also focused for better results and effectiveness and also ensuring that these results would be beneficial (Vuong et al. 2019). The other vital topics include executive information system, group support system and electronic meeting system as well as GIS.
The decision making process comprises of 3 kinds of decisions, which include structured, semi structured and finally unstructured decision within the business processes and operations, so that maximum efficiency would be gained and the result is beneficial.
It can be interpreted that the decision support system is effective for all three types of management, which include strategic management, tactical management and organizational management. Each of these management levels comprise of different attributes for undertaking the most suitable and effective decision and also ensure that the negative impacts are reduced.
I have successfully learnt about the importance of EIS and group support system for undertaking any kind of vital decision in the business and also reducing the overall impact successfully with groupware and electronic meeting systems (Xu, Li and Wang 2017). Moreover, GIS can be effective for displaying the geographic information properly.
In the 10th week, we covered this topic of intelligent information system. The discussions included definition of AI and process of AI applications in decision making process. Furthermore, the application of expert system and KBMS would be effective with case based reasoning with intelligent agents (Zhang et al. 2018). The other topics for our discussion included artificial neural network and genetic algorithms as well as natural language processing for an organization.
Artificial intelligence can be defined as the collection of related technologies, which can simulate as well as reproduce human thought and behaviour like thinking, reasoning and feeling. These technologies are applied in computers for knowledge enhancement.
The main interpretation of the weekly slide includes the incorporation of robots would be beneficial and the applications would be effective for different advantages like knowledge acquisition’s facility, knowledge bases, factual knowledge aspects, heuristics’ knowledge, meta-knowledge, management systems, user interfaces and explanation’s facility as well as inference engines.
I have understood about case based reasoning for ensuring that the existing problems would be resolved and monitoring and surveillance would be possible (Silva et al. 2018). Moreover, I was able to learn about contextual computing that can identify the feelings and process of media uses accordingly.
The 11th weekly content was related to the Internet, Intranets and the Extranets. The incorporation of the Internet is termed as one of the most vital and significant applications for ensuring that the information systems would be working and the evolution would be understood. Organizational tools, directories and search engines are focused and the most common Internet services are also described by our lecturer. The other topics included widely used web applications, purpose of Intranets, Web 2.0 and Web 3.8 eras.
The Internet can be referred to as a worldwide collection of several networks and computers for maintaining and gaining maximum competitive advantages and the knowledge of the users is enhanced to a high level.
There are different Internet services, which mainly include discussion groups, newsgroups, Internet relay chat, instant messaging, Internet telephony and voice over Internet protocol. It is also interpreted that the application of Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 would be effective and these would reduce the issues successfully and the future applications would be successful (Azmi and Sri 2020).
I have learnt about the concept of Internet of Everything, which was new to me. It refers to a web-based development, where individuals, procedures, data and even things are interlinked through the Internet with RFID and other wireless systems.
Thus, a distinct conclusion can be drawn that the role of IT in business has been extremely effective for ensuring that better communication is possible with the involvement of information system and a stronger public image is created in this aspect. Hence, the customers can contact with the business easily and the business related benefits are improved to a high level. It is also required for developing new and innovative approaches and helps in better promotion as well as marketing aspect of the respective business. In this report, I have analyzed the contents of my entire unit of IT for business organization.
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Donets, V., Kuchuk, N. and Shmatkov, S., 2018. Development of software of e-learning information system synthesis modeling process.
Dushkin, A.V., Kasatkina, T.I., Novoseltsev, V.I. and Ivanov, S.V., 2018, March. An improved method for predicting the evolution of the characteristic parameters of an information system. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 973, No. 1, p. 012031). IOP Publishing.
Henningsson, S., Yetton, P.W. and Wynne, P.J., 2018. A review of information system integration in mergers and acquisitions. Journal of information Technology, 33(4), pp.255-303.
Iivari, J., 2017. Information system artefact or information system application: that is the question. Information Systems Journal, 27(6), pp.753-774.
Jia, Q., Guo, Y. and Barnes, S.J., 2017. Enterprise 2.0 post-adoption: Extending the information system continuance model based on the technology-Organization-environment framework. Computers in Human Behavior, 67, pp.95-105.
Luftman, J., Lyytinen, K. and Zvi, T.B., 2017. Enhancing the measurement of information technology (IT) business alignment and its influence on company performance. Journal of Information Technology, 32(1), pp.26-46.
Marnewick, C., 2017. Information system project's sustainability capabality levels. International Journal of Project Management, 35(6), pp.1151-1166.
Raj, J.S. and Smys, S., 2019. Virtual structure for sustainable wireless networks in cloud services and enterprise information system. Journal of ISMAC, 1(03), pp.188-205.
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Rusyn, B., Vysotska, V. and Pohreliuk, L., 2018, September. Model and architecture for virtual library information system. In 2018 IEEE 13th International Scientific and Technical Conference on Computer Sciences and Information Technologies (CSIT) (Vol. 1, pp. 37-41). IEEE.
Silva, B.S., Coelho, H.V., Cavalcante, R.B., Oliveira, V.C.D. and Guimarães, E.A.D.A., 2018. Evaluation study of the national immunization program information system. Revista brasileira de enfermagem, 71, pp.615-624.
Soler, F., Melero, F.J. and Luzón, M.V., 2017. A complete 3D information system for cultural heritage documentation. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 23, pp.49-57.
Vuong, Q.H., Ho, M.T., Vuong, T.T., La, V.P., Ho, M.T., Nghiem, K.C.P., Tran, B.X., Giang, H.H., Giang, T.V., Latkin, C. and Ho, C.S., 2019. Artificial intelligence vs. natural stupidity: Evaluating AI readiness for the vietnamese medical information system. Journal of clinical medicine, 8(2), p.168.
Vysotska, V., Lytvyn, V., Burov, Y., Berezin, P., Emmerich, M. and Fernandes, V.B., 2019. Development of Information System for Textual Content Categorizing Based on Ontology. In COLINS (pp. 53-70).
Xu, W., Li, M. and Wang, X., 2017. Information fusion based on information entropy in fuzzy multi-source incomplete information system. International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 19(4), pp.1200-1216.
Yuniarto, D., Suryadi, M., Firmansyah, E., Herdiana, D. and Rahman, A.B.A., 2018, August. Integrating the readiness and usability models for assessing the information system use. In 2018 6th International Conference on Cyber and IT Service Management (CITSM) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
Zhang, G., Li, Z., Wu, W.Z., Liu, X. and Xie, N., 2018. Information structures and uncertainty measures in a fully fuzzy information system. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 101, pp.119-149.
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