Chapter 1 "Active Review Questions" pg. 30
Q1-1 Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
- MIS is the most important class because technology is fundamentally
changing business, Info
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Chapter 1 "Active Review Questions" pg. 30
Q1-1 Why is introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?
- MIS is the most important class because technology is fundamentally
changing business, Information Age, Digital Revolution. And
we as a society have to grow and learn with the change
otherwise you will be left behind.
Define Bell’s Law and explain why the consequences are important to business
professionals today.
- Bell’s Law is defined as new computer classes forming every 10 years
creating new business industries. This allows us to see how business
professionals benefit from the new computer classes that are formed. As
computers change and evolve, they make is easier for business professionals.
Bell’s Law allows the business world to change and allow growth for new
business industries.
Describe how Moore’s Law, Metcalfe’s Law, Nielsen’s Law, and Kryder’s
Law are changing how digital devices are used.
- Moore’s Law is changing how digital devices are used because it allows the
number of transistors per sq. in. on an integrated chip to double every 18
months. This results in an increase in the speed of computers allowing the
price of making and purchasing them decrease. Metcalfe’s Law changes how
digital devices are used because it allows more digital devices to be connected
allowing the value of the network to increase. Kryder’s Law is allowing the
storage density on magnetic disks to increase at astonishing rates. Because
storage capacity is so important, electronic devices are incorporating them
into their systems.
State how business professionals should relate to emerging information
technology.
- Competitive advantages, better customer service, and allows for easier access
in getting the products and services to customers are just some of the reasons
business professionals should relate to emerging information technology.
Business professionals have to stay up to date with the changing times
otherwise they will get left behind
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