Andrew Parenti Jeremy Wang MIS 220 20 September 2011 MIS: In Your Pocket 1) Efficiency; that’s the name of the game in today’s business world. Why would a business want to waste time trying to uncover some buried information when it can just pull it up with the click of a button? Many companies have answered this question by adapting to a more technological and modernized world. One company‚ whose name has become synonymous with technological advancements‚ is Apple. Their newest products
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information‚ collects signatures‚ and provides global positioning systems (GPS) locations on each individual box it delivers” (Laudon and Laudon‚ 2011‚ p.8). The ChainLinq application‚ integrated into the iPhone‚ allowed the drivers to record pickups‚ status updates‚ and signatures with date and time stamp; as well as “GPS locations pinpointed on a Google map” (Laudon and Laudon‚ 2011‚ p.8). All the data collected were uploaded onto the company’s server in real-time. Not only did the iPhone help Morgan
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MIS in your Pocket. Ch 1 Problem 1) The applications described here in the book are i) MEDITECH which offers the physicians with the most updated medical records on a mobile phone ii) Epocrates Essentials: a medical reference applications which is similar to a Wikipedia but except specialized in medical diseases and drugs. iii) E-mail‚ calendar‚ and contacts from Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. iv) ChainLinq Mobile which links with GPS to provide almost real time position and status
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Paige DeVriendt Case Study 1 MIS 220‚ T/TH 11AM Professor Wang MIS In Your Pocket Q1: The kinds of applications that are described in this case study are as simple as e-mail‚ calendar‚ photo sharing‚ and text messaging applications to applications like the one used for MEDITECH electronic medical records system‚ Epocrates Essentials‚ ChainLinq Mobile‚ and the app developed by Timothy Childs to help control machines in his business. These types of applications help employees stay better kept
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Management Information Systems MANAGING THE DIGITAL FIRM‚ 12TH EDITION GLOBAL EDITION Chapter 5 IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Management Information Systems CHAPTER 5: IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IT Infrastructure • IT infrastructure: – Set of physical devices and software required to operate enterprise – Set of firmwide services including: • • • • • • Computing platforms providing computing services Telecommunications services Data management
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How to answers Case Studies Chapter 1 Pages 54-55 1. What are the inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? Inputs: The inputs include package information‚ customer signature‚ pickup‚ delivery‚ time-card data‚ current location (while en route)‚ and billing and customer clearance documentation. Processing: The data are transmitted to a central computer and stored for retrieval. Data are also reorganized so that they can be tracked by customer account‚ date‚ driver
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Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 12 Enhancing Decision Making 1) Many decisions have elements of both types of decisions and are semistructured‚ where only part of the problem has a clear-cut answer provided by an accepted procedure. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Ref: 380 AACSB: Reflective thinking skills CASE: Content A-level Heading: 12.1 Decision Making and Information Systems 2) Senior executives face many unstructured decision situations‚ such
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Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 14 Project Management‚ Business Value‚ and Managing Change 1) Between 30 and 40 percent of all software projects are "runaway" projects that far exceed original schedule and budget projections. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Ref: 442 AACSB: Reflective thinking skills CASE: Content A-level Heading: 14.1 The Importance Of Project Management 2) As a member of senior management‚ the CIO is responsible for strategic level
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Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 11 Managing Knowledge 1) Wisdom is thought to be the collective and individual experience of applying knowledge to the solution of problems. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Ref: 350 AACSB: Reflective thinking skills CASE: Content A-level Heading: 11.1 The Knowledge Management Landscape 2) Wisdom management refers to the set of business processes developed in an organization to create‚ store‚ transfer‚ and apply knowledge
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Management Information Systems‚ Cdn. 6e (Laudon et al.) Chapter 8 Securing Information Systems 1) The potential for unauthorized access is usually limited to the communications lines of a network. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Ref: 247 AACSB: Use of information technology CASE: Content A-level Heading: 8.1 System Vulnerability and Abuse 2) Large public networks‚ such as the Internet‚ are less vulnerable than internal networks because they are virtually open to anyone. Answer:
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