Information networking as technology: tools, uses, and socio-technical interactions

ITM501 - Mgt. Info. Syst. and Bus. Strategy

Module
- Describe the "tool" dimensions of information technology and the value of using selected socio-technical systems language to discuss the interaction between tools and their uses
- Distinguish between data, information, and knowledge, and explain how interconnected computer networks are calling these distinctions into question through increased processing power and speed of operation
Case
- Explain the inseparability of the concepts of "tools" and "uses" in sociotechnical terminology, and why it's useful to do so
- Distinguish between the traditional ideas of "data", "information", and "knowledge", and explain how the Internet is making these distinctions increasingly unhelpful
SLP
- Experience the function of a "browser" in multiple different contexts
TD
- Discuss tools, uses, and socio-technical interactions with colleagues