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C. Unlike Information Systems, BI considers not only machines but humans. D
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but humans. D. Universities discuss key subjects, teaching methods and direc- tions of research in BI. E. BI helps business using IT methods. 1.5. Marks the following statements as True (T) or False (F): A. IS as a discipline is located in public administration. B. IS has among its components technology. C. BI is not popular among European universities. D. The discussion among specialists is focused on the price of tui- tion. E. The 16 th European Conference on IS considered aspects of business management. F. BI is a subject separate from IS. G. BI supports informatics by applying business principles. H. Bi is both theoretical and practical discipline. 1.6 Summarize the main ideas of the text using Activity IV as a plan. Business Informatics and Information Systems 1. Simultaneously with the discussion on key capabilities of IS graduates, there is an ongoing debate regarding the nature and identity of information systems as a discipline. Most of the debate is focused on whether information systems is informed by the business discipline or if it can be rooted in other domains, like healthcare or public ad- ministration. Indeed the current model curricula for IS undergraduate studies has clearly identified business as the domain in which IS is located. Although ongoing curricula revision extends this view and recognizes that information systems is a discipline that integrates technology and organizational processes with domain expertise, do- main knowledge and business knowledge is still seen as fundamental to the information systems discipline. 10 2. Almost isolated from the broader discussion among the interna- tional IS community, a growing number of universities in continental Europe, foremost in German-speaking countries, offer and discuss study programs in business informatics. In 2006 a panel at the 14th Eu- ropean Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 06) discussed grand challenges in common across Europe concerning education and re- search in business informatics. The discussion was focused on the im- portance of core subjects, teaching mode, and research topics within the discipline from a management, information systems, and informatics perspective. The discussion showed that education in information sys- tems is very diverse, with different streams in information systems; on the one hand a technology-, engineering- and method-orientated per- spective and on the other hand a business- and management-orientated focus. At the 16th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 08) a meeting with academics from various countries was held discuss- ing aspects of business informatics. The discussion emphasized the en- gineering characteristics of business informatics in contrast to the man- agerial oriented stream of information systems. 3. Within the business informatics community, broad agreement exists that business informatics shows numerous similarities to the dis- cipline of information systems; however, there are some particular characteristics that make business informatics a discipline in its own right. First emerging in the 1970s as a technology-oriented course in business, over the last decade it became an accepted field of research and study. As a stream of information systems, business informatics focuses on business information systems as socio-technical systems comprising both machines and humans. 4. However, business informatics combines and complements ex- plicitly the domains of informatics and business studies. Informatics is primarily concerned with the technology of information and communi- cation systems, while business studies focuses on management func- tions. Business informatics aims to support business functions by ap- plying informatics principles and technologies. 11 5. Business informatics is concerned with the concept, develop- ment, implementation, maintenance and utilization of business infor- mation systems. Business informatics also includes the management of information systems while it emphasizes the relationship between hu- mans, business functions, information and communication systems, and technology. Defined as a science discipline, business informatics is generally categorized as • applied science that studies real world phenomena, • formal science that creates and applies formal description meth- ods and models, • engineering discipline that systematically designs and constructs information and communication systems. Therefore business informat- ics is an interdisciplinary subject .It can be summarized as a socio- technological and business-oriented subject with engineering penetra- tion. жүктеу/скачать 1.33 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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