In need of a 250-word initial post. INFO331 Topic: Reflections
Discussion Points:
Please write a reflection summary of what you have learned these past eight weeks from your INFO331 Management Information Systems class discussions, readings, and activities. Also, tell me what things I did as an instructor that were the most helpful to you, as well as any suggestions you have for further improving this course. Thank you, and I am looking forward to reading your reflections!
Outline Week 1: Topic Impact of information systems on businesses
Learning Objectives LO-1: Examine the impact of information systems on businesses. Readings Text Readings:
Ch. 1 – Setting the Stage: Technology and the Modern Enterprise
Ch. 2 – Strategy and Technology: Concepts and Frameworks for Understanding What Separates Winners from Losers Assignment
Week 2: Topic Zara case study Netflix case study
Learning Objectives LO-2: Analyze the role information systems has played in the success of several real world businesses. Readings
Text Readings:
Ch. 3 – Zara: Fast Fashion from Savvy Systems
Ch. 4 – Netflix in Two Acts: The Making of an E-commerce Giant and the Uncertain Future of Atoms to Bits Assignment
Week 3: Topic Moore’s law E-waste Network effects
Learning Objectives LO-3: Explain how the phenomenal rate of growth of technology has contributed to environmental issues and what steps are being taken to resolve these issues. Readings
Text Readings:
Ch. 5 – Moore’s Law: Fast, Cheap Computing and What It Means for the Manager
Ch. 6 – Understanding Network Effects Assignment
Week 4: Topic Social media services Web 2.0
Learning Objectives LO-4: Explain how social media services and Web 2.0 technologies can be used as marketing tools to effectively promote businesses. Readings
Text Readings:
Ch. 7 – Social Media, Peer Production, and Web 2.0
Ch. 8 – Facebook: Building a Business from the Social Graph Assignment
Week 5: Topic Categories of software Cloud computing Open source software
Learning Objectives LO-5: Contrast various categories of software, including operating system software, application software, cloud computing and open source software. Readings
Text Readings:
Ch. 9 – Understanding Software: A Primer for Managers
Ch. 10 – Software in Flux: Partly Cloudy and Sometimes Free Assignment
Week 6: Topic Data and knowledge management
Learning Objectives LO-6: Describe how technology can be effectively harnessed to overcome the many challenges inherent in the management of data and knowledge in today’s world. Readings
Text Readings:
Ch. 11 – The Data Asset: Databases, Business Intelligence, and Competitive Advantage Assignment
Week 7:Topic The Internet and telecommunications Information security
Learning Objectives LO-7: Describe the major information security issues that organizations face, as well as the resources, methods, and approaches that can help make firms more secure. Readings
Text Readings:
Ch. 12 – A Manager’s Guide to the Internet and Telecommunications
Ch. 13 – Information Security: Barbarians at the Gateway (and Just About Everywhere Else Assignment
Week 8: Topic Emerging information systems
Learning Objectives LO-8: Evaluate the potential future impact on society of emerging information systems that are currently under research and development. Readings
Text Readings:
Ch. 14 – Google in Three Parts: Search, Online Advertising, and Beyond Assignment
Book Title: Information Systems Version 1.3 – E-book links provided inside the classroom.
Author: Gallaugher
Publication Info: FlatWorld Knowledge
ISBN: FLATWORLD-ITSYS
Book Title: Gallaugher, J. (2012). Information systems: A manager’s guide to harnessing technology (ver. 1.3). Irvington, NY: Flat World Knowledge.
Discussion Guidelines:
Your initial post in each discussion, answering the week’s discussion questions, is due by 11:55 PM ET on Wednesday each week.
Initial responses should be no less than 250 words of your own writing (not including your reference list.
Do not include my questions or discussion prompts in your post. You may number your answers, but your post should contain only your own original writing (the 250-word minimum is based only on your words in the post.).
Write in complete sentences and full paragraphs and avoid using lists of any kind in your posts.
Your initial post must be original in content and demonstrate a thorough analysis of the topic.
Include your own personal experience related to the topic being discussed. If you do not have experience working with information systems, describe your experience with various information systems, including web-based systems, you use in your personal life.
You should also conduct research on the topic of discussion using outside sources, in addition to your textbook, each week. You are encouraged to use the APUS Online Library to find scholarly articles related to the topics of discussion. You may also use the Internet to search for information, but make sure you only use scholarly and authoritative sources (not Wikipedia or other similar sites.
Write in your own words and avoid copying and pasting from other websites).
If you do quote from a source, keep quotations to a minimum – I would rather see you express your own understanding of what you learned from your sources, in your own words.
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