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The chapter will address the following areas:
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Differentiate between front- and back-office information systems. |
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Describe the different classes of information system applications (transaction processing, management information, decision support, expert, communication and collaboration, and office automation systems) and how they interoperate to supplement one another. |
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Describe the role of information systems architecture in systems development. |
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Identify three high-level goals that provide system owners and system users with a perspective of an information system. |
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Name three goal-oriented perspectives for any information systems. |
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Identify three technologies that provide system designers and builders with a perspective of an information system. |
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Describe four building blocks of the KNOWLEDGE goal for an information system. |
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Describe four building blocks of the PROCESS goal for an information system. |
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Describe four building blocks of the COMMUNICATIONS goal for an information system. |
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Describe the role of network technologies as it relates to KNOWLEDGE, PROCESSES, and COMMUNICATIONS building blocks. |