Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Define an ‘information system’
• Identify its components and their role
• Outline the basic history of information systems
• Discuss technology as a component of an information system
• Distinguish between hardware, software and data in an information system
• Provide examples of hardware, software and data in an information system
• Demonstrate how information systems can lend one a competitive advantage
• Define the term ‘management information System’
• Unpack their use with examples
• Describe the role of information systems in organizations
• Detail the various phases of advancement in information systems 
• Describe the characteristics of the ‘Post-PC’ world