Friday, November 30, 2012

Chapter 15 Blog Section 01

For the Chapter 15 blog posting, read the Interactive Session Fonterra: Managing the World's Milk Trade. Answer questions 1-3 in a detailed blog post.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Chapter 14 Blog Section 01

For this blog posting, read the Interactive Session DST Systems Scores with SCRUM and Application Life Cycle Management on pages 547-548. Then, in a detailed post, answer questions 1-3.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Chapter 13 Blog Post - Section 01

For this blog post, read the Interactive Session: Organizations, can Business Process Management Make a Difference? on pages 495-496. In a detailed blog post, answer questions 1-5 on page 496.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Chapter 12 Blog Post - Section 01

For this blog post, read the interactive session on pages 469-470, Data Driven Schools. In a detailed posting, answer questions 1-5 on page 470.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Chapter 11 Blog Post - Section 01

For this blog posting, read the Interactive Session:Organizations, The Flash Crash: Machines Gone Wild, on pages 439-440. In a detailed response, answer questions 1-4 on page 440.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Chapter 10 Blog Post - Section 01

For the Chapter 10 blog post, read the Interactive Session - Organizations, Twitter Searches for a Business Model, on pages 385-386. Then, in a detailed post, answer case study questions 1-4.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Chapter 9 Blog - Section 01

For the Chapter 9 blog, review the Interactive Session on pages 345-346, Southwest Airlines Takes off with Better Supply Chain Management. In a detailed response, answer questions 1-4 on page 346.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Chapter 8 Blog - Section 01

For this week's posting, read the Interactive Session on pages 304 - 305, When Antivirus Software Cripples Your Computer. In a detailed response, answer Questions 1-4 on page 305.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Chapter 7 Blog Section 01

For this blog post, read the Interactive Session on page 266, Monitoring Employees on Networks: Unethical or Good Business?, and answer questions 1-3. Remember to give a detailed response.

Monday, October 8, 2012

Chapter 6 Blog Post Section 1

For the Chapter 6 blog post, I would like you to read the interactive session Credit Bureau Errors: Big People Problems. Then, in a detailed response, answer questions 1-4 on page 233.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Chapter 5 Blog Post - Section 01

For this blog post, read the New to the Touch article on pages 178 and 179 and answer Case Study questions 1-4. Be sure that your responses are detailed.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Chapter 4 Blog Post Section 1

For this posting, read the Interactive Session on pages 147 - 148 The Perils of Texting. Then, answer the three case study questions on page 148.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Chapter 3 Blog Post - Section 01

In the chapter, Porter identifies four generic strategies that assist companies with dealing with the five competitive forces he describes. Identify each of the four strategies, and give examples of how a specific company, with which you are familiar, does use or could use information systems for each of the strategies. Examples should be different than those given in the text.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Chapter 2 Blog Post - Section 1

Describe the characteristics of transaction processing systems (TPS) and the roles they play in business.  Describe the characteristics of decision support systems (DSS) and how they benefit business. Explain customer relationship management (CRM) systems.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Chapter 1 Blog Post - Section 01 (CLICK ON COMMENTS TO RESPOND AND BE SURE TO PUBLISH COMMENT)

What is an information system and what activities does it perform? Explain the difference between data and information and also between information system literacy and computer literacy. Explain how the Internet and WWW are related to the other technology components of information systems.

Friday, September 7, 2012

Test Post

Hi! I am testing your blog to see if I am able to post to it. Have a great weekend!