Preliminary IPT Revision

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Syllabus Points CoveredThe following Syllabus points will be focused on in this presentation:

P1.1 – describes the nature of information processes and information technology

P2.1 – identifies and describes the information processes within an information system

P3.1 – identifies and describes social and ethical issues

P5.1 – selects and ethically uses computer based and non-computer based resources and tools to process information

P7.1 – recognises, applies and explains management and communication techniques used in individual and team-based project work.

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What is a System?

• Any organised assembly of resources and processes united and regulated by interaction or interdependence to accomplish a common purpose.

Page 4 of your text book details what a system is with examples of a brake system and a swimming pool filtration system. Worth a read!

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What is Information?

• Information embodies the understanding of a relationship of some sort, possibly cause and effect.

• Information systems are all around us and we use them to meet our needs everyday.

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Environment • The circumstances and conditions that surround an

information system.

• Everything that influences and is influenced by the information system.

A good example is on page 7 of your text books, detailing the use of an ATM.

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Purpose• The purpose a statement identifying who the information

system is for and what it needs to achieve

• Who the information system is for includes individuals and organisations

• a set of information processes requiring participants, data/information and information technology built to satisfy a purpose

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Information Processes• information processes - computer based and non-

computer based activities

• what needs to be done to transform the data into useful information

• these actions coordinate and direct the system’s resources to achieve the system’s purpose

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Participants• a special class of user who carries out the information

processes within an information system

• user - a person who views or uses the information output from an information system

• to take part, be or become actively involved, or share

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Data/Information• data - the raw material used by information processes

• information - the output displayed by an information system

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Information Systems in Context• We will now discuss this section in context with what has

been in the last 9 slides.

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Social & Ethical IssuesSocial Issues arising from the processing of information

Issues that effect society and its members, such as:• Privacy of the individual• Security of data and information • Accuracy of data and information• Appropriate information use

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Privacy of the IndividualPrivacy is about protecting an individuals personal

information. Personal information is information that allows

others to identify you.

The 10 National Privacy Principles• NPP 1: collection• NPP 2: use and disclosure• NPPs 3 & 4: information quality and security• NPP 5: openness• NPP 6: access and correction• NPP 7: identifiers• NPP 8: anonymity• NPP 9: trans border data flows• NPP 10: sensitive information

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