Week 2 Reflection Question:
Implications and Conclusions
Each week, please post comments regarding implications and conclusions that you have drawn from your readings and class dialogues. Just select this note, and click Reply.
My response:
Lessons
Learned
In all of the books, I learned that they all have the
same themes, which are the fundamentals of IT and IS as it is pertinent to a
corporation. I did not notice much on
the effects of educational systems though, however, each starts off with what
can happen, the pros and cons, in information technology and the role of
information systems. Haag & Cummings
discuss computer threats as well as the business strategy aspects, such as the
Porter’s Five Forces Model, and frameworks that can enhance a business using
information technology. Each book
discuss a little bit about the evolution of hardware and software. Each book also continues on to show several
case studies and business theory in IT and IS.
Haag & Cummings even displays the basics of what a database and
website code looks like. Much of what each
book describes is simply good business strategies and theory in each industry
of IT and IS to keep a business’s ideals and technology sustained. Many of these strategies should be learned
and enhanced as time goes on.
Pros
and cons
I like the breakdown of each book as it discusses
the different models and theories. I
especially like how Laudon & Laudon display realistic business charts and
ideas to emphasize the impact that IT could have on any business or organization,
such as the discussion revolving around Apple products and strategic
advantages.
The only things that I was only a little
disappointed in were that some of the technologies discussed were a bit
dated. For example, in Haag &
Cummings, the most popular browsers were Netscape, Internet Explorer, and
FireFox. Although they are noteworthy,
being in the web technology business, I do not believe many people are using
Netscape as much. The most popular
browsers that I am aware of for the Windows-based computers are Internet
Explorer (Keynote, 2012) and FireFox but their versions are much higher now
than what is in this book. Also, Chrome
and Safari outweigh Netscape as well.
Netscape lost its popularity in the early 2000s when FireFox allowed
flexible addons for developers, and more security and control for its end-users. Although this isn’t the only dated piece I
have found, the books still use valid points and theories that should be used
in IT businesses that I could continue to learn from.
Keynote, S. (1). World’s First Global Website
Monitoring Service Using Internet Explorer 9 -- Now Available from Keynote. Business
Wire (English).
