Week 2 tasks overview

This week’s chapters (chapters 2 and 3) are getting into some details (those systems parts and connections that you were talking about in your week 1 discussions) of information systems. They show what the role and place of such technology components as hardware, software, and data. These are the main tangible assets of any IS. IS in turn, are the more and more important parts of modern organizations (especially online ones). IS expenses are becoming the dominant part of the overall corporate cost items and their deeper understanding is a must for any modern career.
As a part of the educational experience closely related to the week’s topics, you will get to work with spreadsheets (one of the most popular part of any office suits) and social network systems. The main trend now is in moving everything to the Web, which provides much higher connectivity and sensitivity for the components and processes of organizational systems. This is why our Web Development concentration program (same idea as Business Essentials, just fully online) might be a valuable option for a competitive graduate.
Zoho is, so far, the best online office suite offering Software as a Service (you might want to research the keyword SaaS). We will start with spreadsheet tools that not only allow to do what all spreadsheet software (s/w) allows, but also has extended options for sharing, collaboration, and publishing. Best of all, you need only a browser for work with it. Later we will use some other pieces of their suite.