Information SystemSaskya Irena / 18208007

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INPUT PROCESS • OUTPUT

This is a System

Information System??

• Combination of IT and people’s activity to support operations, management, and decision-making.

• Not just referring to Information Communication Technology (ICT) that is used in an organization, but also the interaction between people and technology to support business process.

It’s a BIG Thing•What is IS?

• Main components of IS are computer hardware and software, databases, telecommunication systems, human resources, and procedures

• IS is a work system which its activities used for processing (obtaining, transmitting, storing, retrieving, manipulating, displaying) information

•Other Arguments..Makes IS just BIGger

• Information System is a combination of computer science, software engineering, information technology, and customer

Another thing about ISBIGger..

• Included software, hardware, data, people, and procedures

•IS Centered View

•IS Second Managerial View

• People, business process, office systems, decision support systems, knowledge management systems, database management systems, and office information systems

• Help humans to do tasks that a human brain can’t do• Such as handling large amount of information, doing

complex calculations, and handling some process simultaneously

• To improve an organization’s effectivenes and efficiency, work system, people, development, and implementation to obtain a particular goal

•Designed to...

•Famous Information Systems

American Airlines’ “Sabre”

Citibank’s ATM

American Hospital Supply’s “ASAP”

McKesson Drug Company’s “Economost”

Otis Elevator’s “Otisline”

AMERICAN AIRLINES’ SABRE

1952 – Magnetronic Reservisor

History

1930 – manual systems used

1946 - Reservisor

1953 – IBM got involved

1959 - $30 million investment in new, high risk, passenger reservation teleprocessing system

1964 – Sabre installed for internal passenger reservation processing

1939 - reservations are handled in “reservation’s office”

1968 – IBM sells similar system to other airlines, PARS

1970 – AA selected PARS as the updated basis of Sabre

• In the 1960s, SABRE had handled a very large number of transactions, such as 83,000 daily phone calls

• The system took over all booking functions at 1964

• In 1980s Sabre offer online reservations

• Then Sabre had become a publicly traded corporation, Sabre Holdings

• The system is used by a large number of companies, such as Eurostar and SNCF

• Used by travel agents, airlines, car-rental companies, hotels, dozens of railways, tour companies, ferries, and cruise lines

• Most important, Sabre has brought a large revenue for American Airlines

•SABRE

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