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!