...actual structure of a set of relational tables specific to the platform and Database Management Systems (DBMS) on which the database is implemented. It is used to transition a logical data design into a physical database design that can be used to generate Data Definition Language (DDL). It also takes the current Systems environment into consideration, as well as some non-functional requirements. Basically the Physical Database Design is the implementation of the logical data design with any changes needed for physical considerations, such as capacity and performance. A physical database design is performed in three stages (LePendu, P., & Dou, D., 2011, p. 217 to 244): 1. Logical database design, which includes gathering of business requirements, developing a logical data model, and designing how to load the data 2. Conversion of the logical data design into a Physical Database Design includes table definitions, primary and foreign key relationships, and basic indexing 3. Post deployment Physical Database Design (often performed by a database administrator) includes improving performance, reducing I/O, and streamlining administration tasks. Data Integration Layer The data integration layer should be modeled in 3rd normal form or near 3rd normal form and is considered to be similar to an operational data design. In addition, the data integration layer should leverage the Insurance Information Warehouse (IIW) relational model, which is part of an insurance model package called...
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...Case Study for Information Management 資訊管理個案 E-commerce: Digital Markets, Digital Goods 1. Facebook, 2. Amazon vs. Walmart (Chap. 10) 1011CSIM4B10 TLMXB4B Thu 8, 9, 10 (15:10-18:00) B508 Min-Yuh Day 戴敏育 Assistant Professor 專任助理教授 Dept. of Information Management, Tamkang University 淡江大學 資訊管理學系 http://mail. tku.edu.tw/myday/ 2012-11-29 1 課程大綱 (Syllabus) 週次 日期 內容（Subject/Topics） 1 101/09/13 Introduction to Case Study for Information Management 2 101/09/20 Information Systems in Global Business: 1. UPS, 2. The National Bank of Kuwait (Chap. 1) 3 101/09/27 Global E-Business and Collaboration: NTUC Income (Chap. 2) 4 101/10/04 Information Systems, Organization, and Strategy: Soundbuzz (Chap. 3) 5 101/10/11 IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies: Salesforce.com (Chap. 5) 6 101/10/18 Foundations of Business Intelligence: Lego (Chap. 6) 2 課程大綱 (Syllabus) 週次 日期 內容（Subject/Topics） 7 101/10/25 Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology: Google, Apple, and Microsoft (Chap. 7) 8 101/11/01 Securing Information System: 1. Facebook, 2. European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) (Chap. 8) 9 101/11/08 Midterm Report (期中報告) 10 101/11/15 期中考試週 11 101/11/22 Enterprise Application: Border States Industries Inc. (BSE) (Chap. 9) 12 101/11/29 E-commerce: 1. Facebook, 2. Amazon vs. Walmart (Chap. 10) 3 課程大綱 (Syllabus) 週次 日期 內容（Subject/Topics） 13 101/12/06 Knowledge Management: Tata Consulting Services (Chap. 11) 14 101/12/13 Enhancing Decision Making: CompStat...
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...MANAGING INFORMATION A critical evaluation of the importance & impact of Information & Knowledge Management systems, with an in-depth focus on relevant organizational issues. ------------------------------------------------- Course: LSBF - Online MBA - Module: Managing Information ------------------------------------------------- Submission Date: 4th Nov 2011 Presented By: Meenakshi Srinivasan (I043470) 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION MANAGEMENT “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.” - Bill Gates, Co-Founder of Microsoft Corporation Today we are in the pinnacle of the technology age where swift technology innovations are transforming the global business landscape every second of the day. For businesses and corporations “To win it – they have to be in IT”. Information Technology (IT) has revolutionized every aspect of business and it evident in the way the world works - using high-speed Internet connections for e-mail and information gathering, portable computers connected to wireless networks, smart phones & hybrid handheld devices delivering instant connectivity and computing power to an increasingly mobile and global workforce. Information technology has become the largest component of capital investment for firms in the United States and many industrialized societies. In 2005, U.S. firms alone spent...
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...Baseball fans love video. According to Ron Ricci, co-chairman of Cisco Systems’ sports and entertainment division, “It’s what fans want to see, to see more angles and do it on their terms.” Cisco Systems supplied the computer and networking technology for the new stadium. Throughout the stadium, including the Great Hall, the Yankees Museum, and in-stadium restaurants and concession areas, 1,200 flat-panel high-definition HDTV monitors display live game coverage, up-to-date sports scores, archival and highlight video, promotional messages, news, weather, and traffic updates. There is also a huge monitor in center field that is 101 feet wide and 59 feet high. At the conclusion of games, the monitors provide up-to-the moment traffic information and directions to the nearest stadium exits. The monitors are designed to surround fans visually...
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...Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today ( OPENING CASE: SMART SYSTEMS AND SMART WAYS OF WORKING HELP TOYOTA BECOME NUMBER ONE Toyota has flourished in a highly competitive environment because it has created a set of finely-tuned business processes and information systems that simultaneously promote agility, efficiency, and quality. It can respond instantly to customers and changes in the marketplace as events unfold, while working closely with suppliers and retailers. The experience of Toyota and other companies described in this text will help you learn how to make your own business more competitive, efficient, and profitable. As part of its ongoing effort to monitor quality, efficiency and costs, Toyota management saw there was an opportunity to use information systems to improve business performance. Technology alone would not have provided a solution. Toyota had to carefully revise its business processes to support a build-to-order production model that based vehicle production on actual customer orders rather than “best guesses” of customer demand. Once that was accomplished, Oracle e-business software was useful for coordinating the flow of information among disparate internal production, ordering, and invoicing systems within the company and with systems of retailers and suppliers. By helping Toyota build only the cars customers have ordered, its vehicle order management system reduces inventory costs, because the company and...
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...1. Describe the characteristics of a digital firm. Basically, digital firm is one in which almost all the organization important business relationship with customers, suppliers, and staff are carried out electronically. In firms which are operating digitally, the core business processes are accomplished through digital networks and span the entire organization and the key corporate assets are managed through digital means. Another characteristics that digital firm has is that the internal and external environment can be recognized and death with very quickly. For instance, the supply chain management systems in these kinds of firms can facilitate sourcing, manufacturing and delivery of products and services. 2. Describe how information systems transforming business and what is their relationship to globalization. Nowadays, information systems can be considered as the foundation for conducting business. For many businesses, they cannot survive without having information system because of many reasons. First of all, the internet allows many businesses to buy, sell, advertise and get feedback from customers. Secondly, communicating and conducting businesses is increasingly being carried out through the use of e-mail, online conferencing, cell phones and international teleconferencing. In addition, information system provides new federal security and accounting regulations that would help in protecting businesses. Generally, it is interesting to know that the internet has...
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...IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS Helmut Krcmar Baruch College City University of New York and Henry C. Lucas, Jr. Graduate School of Business Administration New York University November 1986 Center for Research on Information Systems Information Systems Area Graduate School of Business Administration New York University Working Paper Series CRIS #I41 GBA #86-109 Center for Digital Economy Research Stem School of Business IVorking Paper IS-86-109 IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS ABSTRACT This paper presents a framework for the implementation of strategic information systems. The framework draws on past research on implementation and takes into account the unique circumstances of strategic applications. The framework is illustrated with a case study of a money-center bank's cash management system based on a microcomputer. microcomputer provides a powerful front end to the bank's traditional transactions processing system for a corporate treasurer who is a client of the bank. The impact of the The system appears to be positive and the framework offers one model for viewing the implementation of strategic systems. INTRODUCTION A 1982 paper proposed a classification of information systems into three different categories: those which support the business, applications which support strategic planning and s y s t e m s w h i c h a r e a p a r t of a f i r m ' s Turner, 1982). s t r a t e g y (Lucas and This third type of...
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...Class Lectures of Management Information Systems (MGT: 305) Introduction: System: System means interrelated set of elements. MIS: Management Information System means managing information resources in a systematic way. Chapter: 01 (Managing the Digital Firm) Q#01: Management challenges while building an information system: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Designing competitive and efficient system Understanding system requirements of global business environment Creating information architecture Determining business value of information system Designing system in such a way so that people can control, understand and use in a socially ethically responsible manner. Q#02: What is an information system? An information system is a set of interrelated components that collects, process, stores and distribute information to support decision making, coordination and control in an organization. In addition to supporting decision making, coordination and control information system may also help managers and workers analyzing problems, visualizing complex subjects and creating new products. Core Functions of Information System: INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT FEEDDBACK 1. Inputting 2. Processing a) Classify b) Arrange c) Calculate 3. Outputting 4. Feedback Q#03. What are the changes that occurred in the business world in the recent past? 1. Globalization 2. Industrial economies 3. Transformation of the enterprises 01.Globalization: Globalization is the...
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...The DIGITAL ECONOMY I. Introduction ( Pearlson & Saunders, 2013, Introduction; Tapscott, 2014, Ch. 1) @mtpadam Week 1 1 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969 WARNING This material has been copied and communicated to you by or on behalf of the University of Newcastle pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further copying or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. Do not remove this notice. 1 Educational Objectives for Today • Foundations of the economy • Similarities and differences between analog and digital goods • Understand the basic concepts of the digital economy • A brief overview of the history of IT • Creative destruction and digital disruption | EBUS3050 | The Digital Economy| I. Introduction “These Google guys, they want to be billionaires and rock stars and go to conferences and all that. Let us see if they still want to run the business intwo to three years.” (Bill Gates, Microsoft, 2003) “$100 million is way to much to pay for Microsoft.” (IBM, 1982) Week 1 3 “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the others.” (Bill Gates, Microsoft) “By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy...
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...reasons why information systems are so important for business today? Answer: - Capital Management - Foundation of doing business - Productivity - Strategic opportunity and advantage 2- Describe five technology and business trends that have enhanced the role of information systems in today’s competitive business environment: Answer: (chapter 1: page 8) - Internet growth and technology convergence - Transformation of the business enterprise - Globalization - Rise of the information economy - Emergence of the digital firm 3- Describe the capabilities of a digital firm. Why are digital firms so powerful? Answer: - Digital firm is one in which nearly all of the organization’s significant business relationships with customers, suppliers, and employers are digitally enabled and mediated. - Digital firms are so powerful because all companies can use internet technology for e-commerce transactions with customers and suppliers, for managing internal business process, and for coordinating with suppliers and other business partners. E-commerce includes e-commerce as well the management and coordination of the enterprise. And also digital management of key corporate assets. 4- What is information system? Distinguish between a computer, a computer program, and an information system. What is the different between data and information? Answer: ...
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...Lecture 1 Information systems in global business today How information systems are transforming business & what’s new in management information systems? * Emerging mobile digital platform Managers are increasingly using IPhones, IPads, smartphones etc. to coordinate work, communicate with employees, and provide information for decision making. * Growing business use of “big data” Web traffic control, email messages, social media content, sensors that require new data management tools to capture, store, and analyze. * Growth in cloud computing * Allows organizations to rely on telework, remote work, and distributed decision making * Firms can outsource more work and rely on markets to build value. * Firms can collaborate with suppliers and customers to create new products, or make old products more efficiently. Businesses are starting to use social networking tools to connect their employees, customers and managers worldwide. Globalization opportunities: The emergence of the internet into a full blown international communications system has drastically reduced the costs of operating and transacting on a global scale. Information systems enable globalization. * Internet has drastically reduced costs of operating on global scale * Increases in foreign trade, outsourcing * Present both challenges and opportunities In the emerging, fully digital firm: Digital firm is one in which nearly all of the organizations significant business...
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...Portada Management information systems managing the digital firm Part One. Organizations, Management, and the Networked Enterprise ....1 Chapter 1. Managing the Digital Firm ....2 Opening Case: DaimlerChrysler's Agile Supply Chain ....3 1.1 Why Information Systems? ....4 Why Information Systems Matter 4 • How Much Does IT Matter? 6 • Why IT Now? Digital Convergence and the Changing Business Environment ....7 1.2 Perspectives on Information Systems ....13 What Is an Information System? ....13 Windows on Organizations: Cemex: A Digital Firm in the Making ....14 Window on Technology: UPS Competes Globally with Information Technology ....17 It Isn't Just Technology: A Business Perspective on Information Systems 18 • Dimensions of Information Systems ....20 1.3 Contemporary Approaches to Information Systems ....25 Technical Approach 26 • Behavioral Approach 26 • Approach of This Text: Sociotechnical Systems ....27 1.4 Learning to Use Information Systems: New Opportunities with Technology ....27 The Challenge of Information Systems: Key Management Issues 28 • Integrating Text with Technology: New Opportunities for Learning ....30 Make IT Your Business ....31 Summary, 31 • Key Terms, 32 • Review Questions, 32 • Discussion Questions, 33 • Application Software Exercise: Database Exercise: Adding Value to Information for Management Decision Making, 33 • Dirt Bikes USA: Preparing a Management Overview of the Company, 33 • Electronic Commerce Project: Analyzing...
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...Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today True-False Questions 1. Internet advertising is growing at a rate of more than 30 percent a year. Answer: True 2. Difficulty: Hard Reference: p. 6 A business model describes how a company produces, delivers, and sells a product or service to create wealth. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 11 3. Information technology (IT) consists of all the hardware that a firm needs to use in order to achieve its business objectives, whereas information systems consist of all the software and business processes needed. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Reference: pp. 13–14 4. Computers are only part of an information system. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 16 5. Information systems literacy describes the behavioral approach to information systems, whereas computer literacy describes the technical approach. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 16 6. The dimensions of information systems are management, organizations, and information technology. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 16 7. In order to understand how a specific business firm uses information systems, you need to know something about the hierarchy and culture of the company. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: pp. 17–18 8. Developing a new product, fulfilling an order, or hiring a new employee are examples of business processes. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Reference: p. 7 1 9. Business...
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...Information Systems in Global Business Today CHAPTER 1 Management • The process of dealing with or controlling things or people. • E.g. Management of resources, management of people in an organization. • The directors and managers who have the power and responsibility to make decisions. • Different management levels from top to bottom CEO to employees. Information • Meaningful data. • Everything depends on Information. • Information supports to achieve: Planning, organizing & decision making. System • Principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized scheme or method. • Interconnecting network e.g. organizational system etc. What is Information System? Information System can be any organized combination of people, hardware, software, communications networks, data resources, and policies and procedures that stores, retrieves and transforms information in an organization. How Information Systems are transforming Business? • Cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPhones, e-mail, and online conferencing over the Internet have all become essential tools of business. • There are 285 million cell phone subscribers in the United States, and nearly 5 billion worldwide (Dataxis, 2010). • By June 2010, more than 99 million businesses worldwide had dot-com Internet sites registered (Verisign, 2010). How Information Systems are transforming Business? • About 39 million people watch a video online everyday, 66 million read a blog...
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...Fundamentals of Multinational Finance, 4e (Moffett) Chapter 1 Current Multinational Challenges and the Global Economy Multiple Choice and True/ False Questions 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace 1) Which of the following firms are NOT considered to be multinational enterprises (MNEs) even if they have operations in more than one country? A) for-profit companies B) not-for-profit organizations C) non-government organizations (NGOs) D) all of the above may be considered MNEs Answer: D Diff: 1 Topic: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace Skill: Recognition 2) "BRIC" is a term coined in 2001 to refer to a group of countries at about the same stage of advanced economic development. The BRIC countries are ________. A) Belgium, Romania, Italy, and Canada B) Brazil, Russia, India, and China C) Britain, Romania, Israel, and Colombia D) Brazil, Russia, Italy, and Chile Answer: B Diff: 1 Topic: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace Skill: Recognition 3) According to the authors, which of the following groups or securities are at the "heart" to the global capital markets? A) debt securities issued by governments B) bank loans and corporate bons C) equity securities D) derivative securities Answer: A Diff: 1 Topic: 1.1 The Global Financial Marketplace Skill: Recognition 4) ________ are the largest markets in the world. A) United States equity markets B) European debt markets C) Global currency markets D) Chinese export markets Answer:...
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