Introduction to Information Systems 5th Canadian Edition by R. Kelly Rainer solution manual
Level: Medium
Section/Learning Objective: Section 1.4/Learning Objective 4
Bloom’s Category: Analysis
AACSB Category: Technology
8. What are the major reasons why it is important for employees in all functional areas to become familiar with IT?
ANSWER:
Hopefully this course will in the end provide an answer to this question. However the basis of the answer is to help the employee understand what is going on around them within the business and industry so that they might be able to make knowledge-based decisions on ways technology can be used to strategically support or enhance the business process. IT touches on and complements all organizational functions.
Level: Easy
Section/Learning Objective: Section 1.3/Learning Objective 3
Bloom’s Category: Application
AACSB Category: Technology
9. Given that information technology impacts every industry, what does this mean for a company’s employees? Provide specific examples to support your answer.
ANSWER:
In order to stay competitive, organizations should look to new advances in the use of information technology. This impacts employees in many ways.
In the case of social media, the automation of the employment process by the HR department and, in a growing number of cases, the use of social media to find and track employees. Employees need to understand social media so they can use it effectively.
Another example is the use of social media for the marketing of the organization’s products or services. While some companies still advertise on search sites such as Google and Yahoo, they are now using social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Another area is data analytics. This is a very important area for many companies. Employees not only need to understand data analysis, but how to collect, store, and manage massive amounts of data.
Have your students research other examples.
Level: Medium
Section/Learning Objective: Section 1.3/Learning Objective 3
Bloom’s Category: Analysis
AACSB Category: Technology
10. Given that information technology is impacting every industry, what does this mean for students attending a school of business? Provide specific examples to support your answer.
ANSWER:
New technologies are being announced or released almost every day. In addition, researchers are discovering or developing new ways to use old technologies. Finally, old applications are being updated to utilize these advancements. What this means for business students is that technologies they used or learned about as freshman may no longer be around or might even be replaced by the time that they graduate.
Examples of this include how businesses have embraced the use of social media, such as Facebook, since 2013, and how hiring departments have embraced the use of social media sites such as LinkedIn to find applicants and use sites such as Facebook as part of their background checks.
Another example is the use of mobile apps. Up until around 2014, students had to use a computer to write research papers using a text processer such as Microsoft Word or Apple’s Pages. Mobile apps are now available so students can now use their tablets or smartphones (if they really want to).
There are smartphone apps, such as for graphing calculators that are just powerful as a standalone calculator.
As business students, learning does not end at time of graduation; a career has to include lifetime learning and development.
Have your students research other examples.
Level: Medium
Section/Learning Objective: Section 1.4/Learning Objective 4
Bloom’s Category: Analysis
AACSB Category: Technology
11. Is the vast amount of medical information on the Web a good thing? Answer from the standpoint of a patient and from the standpoint of a physician.
ANSWER:
Patient:
Good: Provides the patient with information that they can discuss with the doctor. Provides the patient more information and possibly options not mentioned by physician.
Bad: Provides some erroneous or false information that might be misinterpreted by the patient, possibly wasting the physician’s time or causing a misdiagnosis by the patient themselves.
Physician:
Good: Provides current trends assisting to diagnosis and treatments. Collaboration with other physicians. If patient records are available online, can view test results that were done at other locations.
Bad: Patient records security issues (i.e. HIPPA); PIPEDA in Canada. Also, each province has its own legislation.