Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Temasek Polytechnic
School of Informatics & IT
Objectives:
1. Review important concepts from Lecture 1;
2. Help students in understanding and approaching questions;
3. Aid students in assessing their understanding of the related topic taught;
4. Cultivate answer framing and writing skill.
Students should prepare their draft answers before coming to class, as this will help them to
better participate in the discussions.
Data:
Raw
facts
such
as
number,
audio,
image,
audio
and
video
School:
Student
name
Alice
Tan,
photo
of
Alice
Tan,
IS
and
Office
fundamentals,
FBI
Manufacturing:
Eg.
24
Apr
2008,
500
Kg,
100Kg,
sugar,
flour
Information:
A
collection
of
facts
organized
in
such
a
way
that
they
have
additional
value
beyond
the
value
of
the
facts
themselves.
(have
meaning
in
a
context)
School:
Alicie
Tan
is
a
student
of
diploma
of
Financial
Business
Informatics,
taking
ISOFun
in
her
year
1
of
study
in
Temasek
Polytechnic.
Manufacturing:
On
24
Apr
2008,
company
X
used
500Kg
of
flour
and
100Kg
of
sugar
to
manufacture
1000
cakes
3. What are the most common types of computer-based information systems used in
business organizations today? Give an example of each.
4. You have decided to open an Internet site to buy and sell used music CDs to other
students. Describe the value chain (set
of
steps) for your new business. (8 marks)
Raw
Material
Used
CDs
from
students
Inbound
Logistics
Prepaid
shipping
envelopes
Warehouse
and
storage
Storage
room/contaomers
and
inventory
system
Process
control
system
Ability
to
provide
quotes
to
buyers
and
sellers
of
CDs
and
process
payments
Customer
Service
Phone/email
support
and
odering,
tracking
of
orders
Marketing
and
sales
Marketing
plan