MIS 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5&12: Data Redundancy, Data Degradation, Database

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Management Information Systems
• Course: MIS 301
• Professor: John Beard

Document Summary

Ch 5 data and knowledge management (i. e. , databases and database management) What is meant by the idea of giving away data for free? - see opening paragraphs and early mini-case in chapter . Apps are giving data to consumers who are allowing them to collect consumer data information. Great for third world countries who do not have the ability to pay for data. The amount of data increases largely with time. Data is scattered through orgs, collects by many people using various methods and devices. Data is generated through multiple sources: internal, personal, external. New sources of data are being developed constantly. Blogs, podcasts, tweets, facebook posts, youtube videos, texts, and rfid tags. Data is subject to data rot - problems with the media on which the data are stored. Data is being developed for specific business processes in orgs. Desire for people, committees, and processes be well defined and in place.