Analytical methods for Information Systems Professionals

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• Analytical methods for Information Systems
  Professionals
• Week 1 Lecture 2

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• How do you read?
• In front of you is a survey form about how you
  read.
• Please take a few minutes to fill it in.
• It will help us to refine the lectures and
  tutorials on reading for meaning.
• Thank you

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• Announcements

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• Todays topics
• Survey
• More Orientation
• Types of Research
• IS and Research

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• Drucker, P. (2001). "The next society a survey
  of the near future." The Economist.

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• understand the purpose, relevance and
  effectiveness of using analytical methods in IS,
  
• identify and articulate the research problem and
  its context,
• find, understand, analyse and evaluate literature
  related to the research question,
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• write a research proposal,
• collect data using both qualitative and
  quantitative investigative methods,
• analyse and interpret that evidence,
• present and communicate your results verbally and
  in writing.

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Assignments

• There is no project to be done in this course

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• 3 out of the 4 assignments are
• INDIVIDUAL

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• Questions?

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• Youre driving a bus that is leaving Central
  Station and going to Melbourne
• To start with, there are 32 people on the bus.
• At the first stop, 11 people got off.
• Next stop, 2 people get off and 9 people get on.
• Next stop, 2 people get off and 2 people get on.
  
• Next stop, 12 people get on and 16 people get
  off.
• Next stop, 5 people get on and 3 people get off.

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• How do we know what we know?

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• How do we know what we know?

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• Explaining and predicting

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The Research Process
Theories
Generalisations
Hypotheses
Observations
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• What is research?
• Why research?
• How did business research develop?
• Whats the difference between positivist and
  interpretative research?
• What is experimental research?

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• The answers to these questions can be found by
  reading chapter 1 in your textbook.
• (only 23 small pages)

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Types of Research
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Information Systems
Theories/ideas
Practice use of ideas
Plans specific ideas
Requirements, designs
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• What are some Issues in IS?

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• Increasing user expectations of IS/IT
• Usability of services
• Staffing
• E-commerce
• Security
• Mobile computing
• The digital divide
• The expanding role of CIOs
• Bricks to clicks

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• What questions might you ask about them?
• How might you use analytical methods to deal with
  some of these issues?

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• Happy Reading