This document discusses different aspects of technology information. It defines technology information as information on technology and defines data, information, and knowledge. It categorizes information based on its source, nature, level, time, frequency, form, and type. It discusses the need for information in organizations for planning, achieving objectives, and decision making. It also discusses different levels of information and major types of systems in organizations. Finally, it provides examples of sources of technology information like government organizations, patents, and industrial associations.
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Information system by jayant nannore & sanjay sahu
1. School Of Future Studies & Planning
DAVV, Indore
Information System
Submitted to: Submitted By:
Dr. Deepshikha Agrawal Jayant Nannore
Faculty SFSP, DAVV Sanjay Sahu
2. What is Technology Information?
Simply Information on Technology
Information ?
Communication of Facts, findings, results, ideas &
thoughts
Technology?
Know-How
3. Data V/S Information
Data is raw unprocessed facts and figures
that have no context or purposeful
meaning.
Information is processed data that has
meaning and a context.
Data
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Processed data e.g. display on screen,
icons, etc.
4. Knowledge
Knowledge is gained from Information.
We gain knowledge from information and we use
that information to make decisions.
Explicit knowledge is rules or processes or
decisions that can be recorded either on paper
or in an information system.
Tacit knowledge exists inside the minds of
humans and is harder to record. It tends to be
created from someones experiences, so again is
a set of rules or experiences.
5. Categorisation of Information
Information can be categorized under
several headings that allow us to determine
its overall usefulness.
Main categories
Source
Nature
Level
Time
Frequency
Form
Type.
6. Source Primary or Secondary
Where statistical information is gathered, such as in surveys or polls, the
survey data or polling data is the primary source and the conclusions
reached from the survey or the results of the poll are secondary sources
A secondary source of information is one that provides information from a
source other than the original.
A primary source provides the data to an information
system from an original source document.
e.g. an invoice sent to a business or a cheque received.
sales figures for a range of goods for a tinned food manufacturer
for one week or several weeks and one or several locations.
e.g. an accounts book detailing invoices received, or a
bank statement that shows details of cheques paid in.
7. Source - Nature
Formal Communication
information presented in a structured and
consistent manner
main methods
the formal letter, properly structured reports, writing of
training materials, etc. in cogent, coherent, well-
structured language.
Informal Communication
less well-structured information
transmitted within an organisation or between individuals
who usually know each other.
Quantitative Information
information that is represented numerically.
Qualitative Information
information that is represented using words.
8. Time
Historic
Information gathered and stored over a period of time.
It allows decision makers to draw comparisons between
previous and present activities.
Historic information can be used to identify trends over a
period of time.
Present
Information created from activities during the current work-
window (day, week or month).
In real-time systems this information would be created
instantly from the data gathered (e.g. the temperature in a
nuclear power plant turbine) giving accurate and up-to-date
information.
Future
Information that is created using present and historic
information to try to predict the future activities and events
relating to the operation of an organisation.
9. Frequency of Information
Continuous
This is information created from data gathered several times a
second. It is the type of information created by a real-time
system.
Periodic
Information created at regular time intervals (hourly, daily,
monthly, annually).
Annually On an annual basis a company must submit its
report and accounts to the shareholders.
Monthly Banks and credit card companies produce
monthly statements for the majority of their customers.
Daily A supermarket will make daily summaries of its
sales and use the product information to update its stock
levels and reorder stock automatically.
Hourly A busy call centre will often update totals for each
operator on an hourly basis and give the top employee for
the hour some reward.
10. Forms of Information
Written
Hand-written, word-processed, e-mails.
Reports from different classes of software.
Reports, memos and tables, receipts, invoices, statements, summary
accounting information.
Aural
Speech, formal meetings, informal meetings, talking on the phone and
voice-mail messages.
Employee presentations to a group where there may be use made of
music and sound effects as well as speech.
Visual
pictures, charts and graphs.
Presentations via data projects, DVDs, etc.
11. Types of Information
Detailed
An inventory list showing stock levels
Actual costs to the penny of goods
Detailed operating instructions
Most often used at operational level
Sampled
Selected records from a database
Product and sales summaries in a supermarket
Often used at a tactical level (maybe strategic)
Aggregated
Totals created when detailed information is summed
together
Details of purchases made by customers totalled each
month
13. Need of Information within
Organisations
To plan Strategy
What is to be done in the future
How to do it
When to do it
Who is to do it
To achieve the Objectives like
Competitiveness
Decision-making
17. Data Bank V/S DATABASE
Data banks- Information can be used directly
Databases- Information with abstracts and indexing
and refer original documents.
18. Sources of Technology Information
Published Literature
Exhibitions and Conferences
Industrial and Trade associations
Government Organizations & Deptt.
Patents
Experts & Consultants
Data banks & bases
19. Examples
National Informatics Center (NIC)
Technology Information, Forecasting &
Assessment Council (TIFAC)
Deptt. Of Science & Technology
Niche:
National Aeronautical Institute, Blore
Central Machine Tools Institutes
National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa
20. Sectoral:
Leather Technology: Central Leather Research
Institute, Madras
Food Technology: Central Food Technological
Research Institute, Mysore
Textile & allied subjects: Ahmadabad Textile
Industry& Research Association, Ahmadabad
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals: Central Drugs
Research Institute, Luckhnow
#3: This brings two questions what is information & what is technology?
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