SIM Bernard Dentor

WEEK 4 LECTURE - The lecture was centred on how to enhance business operations by using Business Intelligence. The lecturer talked about the need to  understand the areas of 'Big Data, Threats and Opportunities, Continuous Planning, Databases & Business Intelligence, Advantages of the Data Approach, Effective Management of Databases, Data Warehousing, Data Marts, Business Analytics,  Decision Support Systems (DSS), Information Systems: Expert System, Architecture of a DSS, Intelligents, Machine Learning, Information Visualisation, and Graphic Information Systems. The lecture has taken us into the depth of how information Systems are used in the Business World to get services, goods and general data moving to the people who need it to satisfy their needs and wants. SEMINAR - The seminar for today is about using Excel formation to work out numbers to arrive at the desired results. The tutor helped us with the formulae.  Group Work - We started work on the c...

WEEK 3 - 16/02/18 LECTURE - The lecture heading was on 'Managing Information Systems Infrastructure  and Services. We learnt  the types of computer hardware, such as super computer, mainframe, servers, workstations and personal computer. We learnt that infrastructure enables processing , storage and transmitting of data. Typical example is Google Data  Centre known as 'The Dalles.' Systems Software controls the the basic operations the computer hardware and coordinating peripherals, etc. Computer Networking is sharing of information and services between computers/ organisation. Seminars - The seminar was centred on how to use Excel functions to to prepare airline travel costings for a friend who has no idea about Excel. The seminar tutor thought and led us through the formulas

WEEK 2 - 05/02/18. LECTURE - The lecture was on 'Reflective Writing',  which is about exploration or examination about ourselves and the actions that we do. This type of writing is normally written but can also be spoken/verbal. It is a rational/an unemotional aspect of how a person feels about something they are dealing with. This is undertaken to develop an understanding, learning and skills. There are three elements to Reflective Writing, namely 'What?': this describes what has happened and what you and others have been doing; 'So What?': this uses theory to assist a person to make sense of why things happen, and 'New What'?: what are you going to do next time. SEMINAR - We presented the Business Case study assignment by groups and had feedback from the Seminar Tutor as what needs improving and the right way to approach the steps of an analyst by using SWAT Analysis and PESTEL models to get it right. We are given assignment for next week.

 WEEK 1: LECTURE - We were given introduction to the course, aims and goals for the module. We discussed assignment criteria, marking scheme and deadlines for both group and individual coursework. This was followed by lecture on Management and Information Systems, covering subtitles on  1) IT Megatrends in the Information Age, (Social Media), Big Data, Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing 2) Information Systems (IS) Professional Core Competencies, such as technical competency, hardware, software, networking, and databasing 3) Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT), which is the summary of today's multi-channel consumer decision-making for product purchase where they search, review ratings, styles, prices and comments on social media before visiting  a retailer WEEK 1: SEMINAR - We discussed forming groups, choosing a particular business to visit and interview, areas we have to focus on, deadlines for group and individual course work submission. Furthermore, we formed the groups,...