8.1.1+Information+Systems+in+Context

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 * Students learn about: || Students learn to: ||
 * * Diagrammatic representation of an information system in context
 * The environment
 * Everything that influences and is influenced by the information system
 * The purpose
 * A statement identifying who the information system is for and what it needs to achieve
 * Who the information system is for includes individuals and organisations
 * The information system
 * A set of information processes requiring participants, data/information and information technology built to satisfy a purpose
 * Information processes
 * Computer based and non-computer based activities
 * Information technology
 * Hardware and software used in information processes
 * Data
 * The raw material used by information processes
 * Information
 * the output displayed by an information system
 * User
 * A person who views or uses the information output from an information system
 * Participant
 * A special class of user who carries out the information processes within an information system || * Diagrammatically represent a given scenario that involves an information system
 * Explain how an information system impacts on its environment and how it in turn impacts on the information system
 * Describe the environment and purpose of an information system for a given context
 * Explain how a given need can be supported by an information system
 * Describe an information system in terms of its purpose
 * For a given scenario, identify the people who are:
 * In the environment
 * Users of the information system
 * Participants in the information system