Week 1

For the first lecture of MIS, Haidar Bilal has taught us about the various challenges organisations in the 21^st century experiences.

The first part of the lecture consisted of informing us about how to utilise TurnItIn (the coursework software), how to know the submission dates, and the content of each coursework and so on and so forth.

The three waves of change

These are theories created by engineers to explain phases of changes.

·         First wave: based on agriculture and hard work, primitive stage.

·         Second wave: industrial revolution, began late 18^th century and lasted over 100 years.

·         Third wave: information age.

Information systems today:

The correct information at the right time to the right people is essential.

Knowledge society: leveraging information and creative value with information.

The knowledge worker.

E-business innovations and opportunities

Data: the root and purpose of information system

·         Information systems: people. Hardware, software, data and telecommunications networks

·         Data: input with no meaning

·         Information: data that has been given a meaning

·         Knowledge: ability to understand information and make decisions and predictions.

The megatrends in information

1 – Megatrends: mobile computing

·         Belief of post-pc era

·         In developing world mobiles often surpass traditional PCs

Increased connectivity, ability to manage business in real time

2 – Megatrends: social media

·         More than 1.7 billion users a month with Facebook

·         Organisations use social media to connect with their ustomers

3 – Megatrends: cloud computing

·         Web technology allows using the internet as a platform for applications data

·         Cloud computing often referred as ‘fourth wave’

4 and 5 – Megatrends: internet of things

4 Big data:

·         IDC predicted that in 2016 2.5 exabytes a day were generated

·         This number is estimated to multiply by 50 by 2020

5 internet of things: interconnected and automatically share data over the internet

·         By 2008, more devices were connected to the internet than people living on earth

·         More opportunities

·         Security concerns

During the seminar, my lecturer (Sussie) has kindly explained to me how the coursework will enrol and how I and my team will be marked.

She has handed me information on how to create a blog on blogger.com and put content there.

During the seminar, my lecturer (Sussie) has kindly explained to me how the coursework will enroll and how me and my team will be marked.

She has handed me information on how to create a blog on blogger.com and put content there.