Transcript MIS 111: Computers and the Inter-networked Society - U

MIS 111: Computers and the
Inter-networked Society
Class 1: Introduction
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Today’s Agenda
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Who am I?
Class Introduction / Syllabus
Personal Introductions
Online Survey
Learning Objectives
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Define MIS
List potential jobs for MIS majors
Jeff Jenkins
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Management Information Systems
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Jeff Jenkins
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Jeff Jenkins
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Entrepreneurship
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Online Learning
My Teaching Philosophy*
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Kill the lecture
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Kill the computer lab
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Classes are time for application, integration, and
discussion
Learn your computer, “dink” around
Improve communication tools
Create inspiring places and experiences
Break down boundaries
* We’re not to this point yet in education … but we are getting there
Computers and the Inter-networked
Society
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Syllabus
What’s in the news today?
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Why did Google+ users get hit by a spam
attack?
Google+ invitations no longer so scarce
Google eBooks and iRiver launch Story
HD e-reader
We are going to be working A LOT
with each other!
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“Find Someone Who…”
Please take FIVE minutes to
wander around the room and find
people who fit the criteria given.
Have them sign your sheet.
GO!
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Who …
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Speaks Spanish?
Has relative war veteran?
Has visited Idaho?
Has gone skydiving?
Likes the black jellybeans?
Doesn’t like this activity?
Plays sports at UA?
Has baked real cookies?
Has been white water rafting?
Knows how to do computer programming?
What is Management Information
Systems (MIS)?
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What IS MIS???
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From the Eller Website:
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The field of management information systems
involves applying computer technology,
quantitative techniques, and administrative
skills to the information processing
requirements of organizations. MIS combines
computer technology with management
decision-making methods - to analyze, design,
implement, and manage computerized
information systems in an organizational
environment.
MIS
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Management
Information
Systems
“Management”
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How does one develop a business?
Make money?
Manage employees?
Manage operations?
“Information”
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Data, Information, and Knowledge
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Data: [90, 95, 94, 100]
Information: MIS 111 Grades: [90, 95, 94, 100]
Knowledge: If we had past student grades, we
could analyze trends over time and make
predictions for the future
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“Systems”
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Input
Processing
Output
Examples of Systems? Human being, Nervous
system
Examples of Computer Systems? Mainframe,
computer, nintendo
Things that are Systems
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Things that are NOT Systems
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MIS
Computer Science
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Accounting
Cluster 3
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Shared
Components
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IS Discipline
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IS Essential
Core
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Management
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Research Domains
Future Domains ...
Artifical Intelligence
Systems Analysis & Design
Operations Management
Collaboration
Social Informatics
Human-Computer Interaction
Economics of Informatics
Data Management
Future Domains ...
MIS
Essential Core
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MIS Definition:
Solving real world
problems using
technology!
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Examples
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GroupSystems
CopLink
Deception Detection
E-Commerce
Dark Web
Who are we?
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Google
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Larry Page and
Sergey Brin
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PhD Candidates at
Stanford
Created Search
Algorithm: Pagerank
(computer science)
Google
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Company first called:
“BackRub”
Renamed Google after
misspelling the word
googol (number
followed by 100 zeroes)
Originally tried to sell it
for $1,000,000 to Excite
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Revenue:
approximate 6.78
billion / quarter
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Net income:1.96
billion
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Worth: 163.2 billion
Google Information Systems
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Computer Science: creating the page rank
algorithm
Information Systems: using the technology to
solve a business problem
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Creating a search engine
What properties of Google make it successful
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Data mining, interface design, targeted marketing, etc.
You and MIS
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What sorts of information systems do you
use and for what purpose? Computer, D2L,
Blackboard (when it works…)
Where might an information system be used
in your department or major? Student Link,
Brainstorm: What kind of information
systems would you like to see created or
developed? Hacking tools,
Sharing activity
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How can or is IS used in your discipline?
Jobs in MIS
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Business Analyst
Business Application Developer
IT Consultant
Systems Analyst
IT Development Project Leader
Database Administrator
Business Intelligence Analyst
Systems Developer
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Database Analyst
Web Developer
Network Administrator
Technical Support Specialist
Information Systems Manager
IT User Liaison
Auditor
Entrepreneur
For Tomorrow’s Class:
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Past, Present, and Future: Web 1.0, 2.0 and
3.0
Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
Survey Activity
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Favorite Animals – Web Business
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Grading code
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Questionnaire