THE INFORMATION PROCESSING CYCLE

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THE INFORMATION PROCESSING CYCLE

• BUSINESS INFORMATION PROCESSING
• Information Processing 20

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The Information Processing Cycle

• How do businesses integrate people and technology
  to facilitate the processing of data into useful
  information for communication?

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Another Illustration of the Information
Processing Cycle
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The Information Processing Cycle

• Input
• Putting the acquired data into the information
  system.
• Examples
• typing hours from timecards into a spreadsheet.
• scanning the exam bubble sheets
• typing a letter into a word processor
• Typical input devices
• keyboards, mice, flatbed scanners, bar code
  readers, joysticks, electronic cash registers

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The Information Processing Cycle

• Processing (manipulation)
• This is a key point. At this stage DATA is
  converted into INFORMATION.
• Examples
• a thousand surveys are converted into a graph
  that actually means something to a person.
• Calculating wages from hours worked
• Counting the number of male and female responding
  to the survey
• Typical processing software includes word
  processors, spreadsheets, databases, payroll
  systems

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The Information Processing Cycle

• Output
• All the previous steps are pointless unless you
  can see the results.
• Devices include
• CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors and LCD displays
• printers
• sound cards/speakers
• plotters
• special purpose displays

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The Information Processing Cycle

• Distribution
• Sending data or information to another place.
• EXAMPLES
• E-mail or facsimile
• Floppy disk or CD Rom
• PowerPoint presentation
• Hard Copy

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An Example of a Word Processing Document Cycle