Week 1

Reflection on Lecture 1:

Lecture one was all about the difficulties that businesses face in the twenty first century. We learnt about the three waves of changes that have taken place throughout human history the first of which being the a civilisation based agriculture, a period which lasted thousands of years. Following this first wave the second wave represent the industrial revolution that took started to take place in the early years of the eighteenth century and ended up lasting around 150 years. The third a final known wave is the information age which is a wave of change that world is currently experiencing, this is a wave in which the importance of information is likely to rise and rise which could ultimately lead to information becoming the new currency. In addition we learnt about the importance that information systems play in ensuring that the right information is delivered to the right people at the right times. As well as this we learnt how consumer behaviour have been altered greatly since the introduction of the internet which allows opinions and reviews about a product being readily available to the consumer without having to even leave their own home. Also we learnt the difference between data which is raw information compared to data and knowledge, knowledge being the ability to use and understand information to make decisions or even predictions. We also learnt of the power of cloud computing and how an internet of things is not too far away in the future. Finally we learnt about the competencies of IS systems and how IS professionals work in a field where salaries are rising.

Reflection on group work

During the seminar class we were placed in groups for the coursework assignment. Me and my group decided to work on the business school as our business case and decided that we needed to form a list of questions to ask people to try and understand what problem that their may be within the school. I did suggest that we make a group chat but we didn’t do this and I think that it is very important that we do as otherwise we will not be able to contact each other which could end up having a negative effect on the outcome of the group work. I will definitely recommend that we make a chat for easier communication next week.