Foundations of Information Systems

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The core knowledge units and topics within Foundations and Role of Information Systems are as follows:

  • The Information Age
  • Core Concepts in Information Systems
    • Data
    • Information
    • Knowledge
    • System
    • Information System
    • Decision
    • Systems Thinking
  • Components of information systems; information systems infrastructure
    • Hardware
    • Software
    • Data
    • Networks
    • Facilities
    • Personnel
    • Services
    • Partners
  • Information Systems in Organizations
    • Characteristics of IS professionals
    • IS career paths
    • Cost and value of information
    • Quality of information
    • Gaining competitive advantage with information
    • Gaining influence with information
    • IS and organizational strategy
    • Value chains and networks
  • Value of Information and Information Systems
    • How information systems enable organizational processes
    • Making a business case for information systems
    • Productivity paradox of information systems
    • Investment evaluation
      • Multi-criteria analysis
      • Cost/benefit analysis
    • Identifying and implementing innovations
  • IT Governance in Organizations
  • Business Implications of the Internet
    • E-business
      • B to C
      • B to B
    • Intranets and Extranets
    • E-government
    • Web 2.0
      • Technologies: e.g., Wikis, tags, blogs, netcasts, self publishing
      • New forms of collaboration: social networking, virtual teams, viral marketing, crowdsourcing
  • Gaining Business Intelligence From Information Systems
    • Information and knowledge discovery
      • Reporting systems
      • Online analytical processing
      • Data, text, and web mining
      • Business analytics
    • Information visualization
      • Visual analytics
      • Dashboards
      • Geographic information systems
  • Organizational Applications of Information Systems
    • Enterprise-wide Information Systems
      • Enterprise resource planning
      • Supply chain management
      • Customer relationship management
    • Executive, managerial, and operational support systems
    • Decision support systems
    • Functional area information systems
    • Collaboration technologies
    • Intelligent systems
    • Knowledge management systems
  • Personal Applications of Information Systems
  • Information systems in society
  • IT-enabled Globalization
    • Technology-enabled change
    • Digital divide
    • Global information systems strategies
  • IT Industry
  • Government Policy Issues in Information Systems
  • Legal Issues in Information Systems
  • Information Systems Ethics and Crime
    • Information privacy
    • Information accuracy
    • Intellectual property
    • Information accessibility
    • Computer crime
    • Cyberterrorism
  • Information Systems Security and Risks
    • Threats to information systems
    • Technology-based safeguards
    • Human-based safeguards
    • Information systems security planning and management
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