2.  During the 1970s and 1980s, corporations’
perception of information changed. They no longer
saw information as merely a resource to support day-
today operations.
 Executives learned that information an significantly
change an organization’s long-term strategic position
in national and global markets. Often, applying
information systems to long-term planning completely
changes the way a firm conduct its business. Some
systems even change the product or service that a
firm provides. This realization became even more
evident when the World Wide Web became a major
commercial medium in the late 1990s.

3.  Information Systems have
been around a long time.
 People have always been
the backbone of an IS
 The only thing that’s
changed in the complexity
of the information and the
complexity of the
technology.

4.  Previous to computers,
telephones were probably
the biggest innovation that
improved information
systems.
 Previous to telephones,
Paper was the big
innovation.
 What will be the next big
thing?

5. In this course, we will
concentrate on
 Foundational Concepts,
 Information
Technologies, and
 Business Applications

8.  You might be familiar with retail companies
as Amazon.com and Lands' End, which
allow you to purchase goods through
online websites and product catalogs.
Unlike these companies, brick-and-mortar
store establishments are physical locations
that execute business operations through a
constructed storefront. These stores also
embrace the in-person customer
experience, offering company associates
and accessible inventories.

10.  Brick-and-mortar marketing is the direct
reference to the business strategy
identified as servicing customers with an
interactive means within the confines of
the store's products, or a traditional
storefront if you will. During the explosion
of the dot.com era in the 1990's, the term
was coined to give identify to the
marketing strategy separate from the
boom of online retailers.

11.  Identify an existing brick and mortar
organization
 Enumerate at least 2 business processes
of that company (Answer by taking into
consideration time and cost to do the
process)

12. Activity/Task No. of Transactions 1 hour Cost/hour
(Manual )
(Manual)