信息系统在现今的全球商业中.ppt

* All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. Copyright ? 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ? Publishing as Prentice Hall * * Students may not know exactly what is meant by globalization or may have an incomplete understanding of the term. You might ask students what they think it means. Potential answers could include: reduction of economic and cultural advantages of developed countries, increased number of companies with operations in multiple countries worldwide, and increased reliance on imports and exports of goods (and jobs). Globalization will be discussed in later slides as well. * Ask students to predict whether an NBA team using Synergy Sports Technology would be more successful than a team that did not use the service. Prompt them to explain why they feel the way they do. You could also ask whether or not they would expect an organization like a professional sports franchise to be a good example of the importance of information systems. The point here would be that information systems are vitally important to all forms of business, professional sports included. * New federal security and accounting laws that require companies to store e-mail for 5 years have spurred the growth of digital information, which is increasing at a rate of 5 exabytes annually. Students may be surprised to learn that 5 exabytes of data is equivalent to 37,000 Libraries of Congress. Ask the students to think about what difference it makes to the world economy, or the U.S. economy, if global operations become much less expensive? What are the challenges to American suppliers of goods and services, and to labor? * Emphasize to students that total investment reached one trillion dollars in 2008, and that over 500 billion dollars of