This document includes two assignments. Each assignment is in separate sections of this document, and each assignment is paginated separately. The assignments included in this document are as follows:
Project 1 - Paper discussing information system elements:
Project 2 - Paper discussion office automation and group collaboration software: CIS- Discussing Selected Elements of an Information Management System
Input methods refer to the method by which data are entered into an automated (computerized) information system (Huffman, 2005). In this discussion, consideration is given to data found in printed questionnaires, telephone surveys, bank checks, retail tags, and long documents.
With respect to printed questionnaires, scanning software exists that allows the automated capture of the data responses and entry of the data into the information management system. With respect to telephone surveys, the data responses may be entered directly into an information system by the personnel administering the telephone questionnaire, or speech recognition software can both capture responses and enter the data in the information management system. Alternatively, questionnaires may be prepared and administered online by a software program such as Adobe Acrobat Capture, which provides for automatic data entry as responses are entered into an electronic form (ôAcrobat Capture Adds Content Quickly - Cluster Edition Lets You Easily Share Hard-Copy Data Onlineö, 2000).
With respect to bank checks, the most efficient approach to data input at the present time is a data reader that scans and translates the coded numerical data printed at the bottom of bank checks in the United States. With respect to retail tags, the preferred data input approach is the use of a hand-held scanner that reads barcodes on the retail tags. The barcode data then is entered automatically in the information management system (ôAsset Management Package In...