ISYS111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Waste Hierarchy, Green Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning
7 Jun 2018
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ISYS111: FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS WEEK 11
Learning Outcomes:
Explain the role, major types, functions, key elements and components of information systems in business
and other types of organisation (LO1)
Recognise issues of human rights and our stewardship to care for creation in information systems
especially in the areas of ethics, privacy and e-waste (LO2)
Demonstrate practical skills in the major functions of spreadsheet, database and ePortfolio software (LO5)
Essential Question:
How can businesses and individuals minimise e-waste and practice green computing? How can TPSs, FAISs,
and ERPs help businesses?
Notes:
E-waste:
• E-waste – refers to electronic and electrical products such as computers, TVs, fridges, photocopiers
etc. that have become unwanted, non-functional or obsolete
o Can contain highly toxic substances such as lead, mercury, arsenic etc.
o When e-waste is sent to a landfill, poisonous substances can leak into soil and water; can
enter into the food chain, causing cancer, reproductive disorders, nervous systems
problems etc.
o Methods of e-waste disposal:
➢ Landfills, incineration, reuse, recycle
o Reduce, reuse, recycle
Green computing:
• Green computing – refers to the action of using computers and their resources in an
environmentally responsible way
o The study of designing, engineering, manufacturing, using and disposing of computing
devices in a way that reduces their environmental impact
o The goals are:
➢ Reduce the use of hazardous materials
➢ Maiise eerg efficiec durig the product’s lifetie
➢ Promote recyclability of the product
• Approaches towards green computing:
o Green disposal – re-purposing an existing computer or appropriately disposing of, or
recycling, unwanted electronic equipment
o Green design – designing energy efficient computers, printers, projectors etc.
o Green manufacturing – minimising waste during the manufacturing of computers and other
subsystem to reduce the environmental impact of those activities
o Green use – minimising the electricity consumption of computers and their peripheral
devices and using them in an eco-friendly manner
Information systems in organisation:
• Transaction processing systems (TPS) – most fundamental information system; continuously
monitor, collect, store and process data generated from all business transactions
• Functional area information systems (FAIs) – designed to support a functional area by increasing
its internal effectiveness and efficiency
o eg. Accounting and finance, marketing, production, human resource management
• Enterprise resource planning systems – integrate the planning, management and use of all
organisational resources; designed to break down the information silos of an organisation by
integrating the functional areas of the organisation and enabling seamless information flow across
them
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Document Summary
Isys111: fundamentals of business information systems week 11. Explain the role, major types, functions, key elements and components of information systems in business and other types of organisation (lo1) Recognise issues of human rights and our stewardship to care for creation in information systems especially in the areas of ethics, privacy and e-waste (lo2) Demonstrate practical skills in the major functions of spreadsheet, database and eportfolio software (lo5) Landfills, incineration, reuse, recycle: reduce, reuse, recycle. Ma(cid:454)i(cid:373)ise e(cid:374)erg(cid:455) efficie(cid:374)c(cid:455) duri(cid:374)g the product"s lifeti(cid:373)e.
