...Identify three things that you found important in Public-Sector Information Systems and briefly explain why they are important. Answer: Upon study and research there are a number of things which I found very important and fundamental to the Public-Sector Information Systems. 1. The Human Dimension: The Information Technology and Human Knowledge go hand-in-hand and the connection, correlation and the interdependence between the two will lead to improved learning, better decision making, and stronger problem solving skills. Adding the human dimension will make the Public Sector Information Systems truly the people oriented services. 2. Build Organization Resource: Understand the data, draw related information and realize the true benefits by converting it to an organization resource. Distinguishing properly between the Transaction Processing Systems & DSS and treat information accordingly. 3. Distinguish Information: Understand the information, derive the knowledge and distinguish between the structured and the unstructured knowledge. Segregate the concrete information from the abstract and irrelevant information. At the same time it is also very important to ensure ethical use of information. 4. Technological know-how: Collecting and understanding data and deriving information is one aspect of Information System Management. Alongside it is also very important to be technically skilled enough (using IT languages or using the Data Management Tools) to communicate efficiently...
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...Running Head: Public Health Information Understanding Public Health Information [Name of Writer] [Name of Institute] Table of Contents Introduction 2 Health Indicators 2 Health facilities 2 Deprivation levels and Other Issues of Health 4 Strengths & Limitations of the Data Types & Sources 6 Health Needs of Dudley 7 References 10 Appendices 12 Understanding Public Health Information Introduction The continuous development of health facilities is one of the primary responsibilities of the administration of Dudley. The economic as well as psychological prosperity among the citizens of a country can be only availed by their satisfaction over the services of the government (James, 2009). Therefore, this report will analyze the significant health issues in Dudley in comparison to the national level. The core indicators of health issues among the citizens of Dudley on the basis of appropriate classifications will be analyzed in this report. The vast number of indicators will then be used to identify the appropriate strategy for the administrators of Dudley in order to maintain a trend of balanced health facilities and avoid further issues related to the health of citizens. Health Indicators Health facilities In order to analyze the performance of the health facilities, it is appropriate to analyze the health indicators of Dudley. The analysis of the performance in terms of health indicators such as life expectancy, deprivation...
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...Summary Implementation Differences of Hospital Information System (HIS) in Malaysian Public Hospitals. Information technology (IT) has become vital in healthcare sector including public hospitals. As a comparison of public and private health care center, public health care have more patients, and as a result this may also lead to inefficient system implementation. Hence, Hospital Information System (HIS) is hoped to improve the quality of healthcare services. HIS refers to a computer system designed to manage all the hospital’s medical and administrative information. And the function is to enable health professionals to perform their jobs more effectively and efficiently. According Budkin, HIS implementation process is categorized into planning, design, implementation, and operation but his process is different than Houser et al which is divided into three phases, which are preparatory activities for system implementation, certification and acceptance testing, and system implementation. All these researchers have similar opinions on division of HIS implementation. HIS is implemented in 1993, which started under 6th Malaysian Plan (MP) , in Hospital Selayang. Today, only 21 out of 138 public hospitals are implementing the system [2, 53, 54]. Thus, the level of HIS implementation is still low. There are three categories of HIS, which are THIS, IHIS, and BHIS. As mentioned earlier, out of 138 public hospitals, 21 public hospitals are implementing any of these categories of the...
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...Topic: Social Media’s Impact on the Government Subtopic: Social Media’s impact on Politics Social Media has had a lot of impacts in the government. It affects the governments in different ways such as:Globally, Politically, economically, and Involvement. As we know now a days the government likes to use social media to keep us informed or as youths like to say it to keep us Hip. The Government doesn’t just use social media to keep us Hip, but they also use it for campaigning. As said here “It has become fairly common for political campaigns to produce commercials and publish them for free on YouTube instead of, or in addition to, paying for time on television or the radio.”(Tom, Different ways of doing it). Politicians use social Media to do things like this in order to save money. Meaning when they are campaigning they also try to save money. “Personal communication via social media brings politicians and parties closer to their potential voters.”(European Parliamentary, Politicians).This shows how politicians are brought together with the people that could potentially vote for them. “Reactions, feedback, conversations and debates are generated online as well as support and participation for offline events.”(European Parliamentary, People). Due to social Media more and more youths are involved in politics, this means youths are no longer left in the dark they are knowledged. “41% of young people engaged in at...
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...Protection Act controls how your personal information is used by organisations, business or the government. Everyone who is responsible for using data has to follow strict rules called ‘data protection principals’. They must make sure the information is: * used fairly and lawfully * used for limited, specifically stated purposes * used in a way that is adequate, relevant and not excessive * accurate * kept for no longer than is absolutely necessary * handled according to people’s data protection rights * kept safe and secure * not transferred outside the UK without adequate protection There is stronger legal protection for more sensitive information, such as: * ethnic background * political opinions * religious beliefs * health * sexual health * criminal records Source: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection/the-data-protection-act Freedom of Information Act 2000 The Freedom of Information Act gives you a wide-ranging right to see all kinds of information held by the government and public authorities. You can use the Act to find out about a problem affecting your local community and to check whether an authority is doing enough to deal with it; to see how effective a policy has been; to find out about the authorities spending; to check whether an authority is doing what it says and to learn more about reasonable decisions. Authorities will only be able to withhold information if an exemption in the Act allows them...
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...• Do information media have social responsibility? If yes, in what ways? If no, why not? Yes, I think information media does or at least should have social responsibility. Generally, people rely on these types of media for information about all kinds of things. Politics, crime, natural disasters, and news in general. If an information media source inaccurately reports information, then the public is left with false information that they may perceive as truth. This could lead to issues, such as people being upset and even contacting public figures to change or even prevent things from happening, that are not actual problems. For example, in the Tool Wire lab, one of the people I communicated with mentioned a law she had heard about that would raise taxes on small businesses, effectively, putting her out of business. She stated she had heard about the law online in a podcast. She planned to contact her local representatives to stop this law. Unfortunately, she had not further researched the accuracy of that pod cast and therefore the information could have likely been false. So while she and others, were contacting the representatives, filing petitions etc. Other things could have been happening that the representative should have been addressing! Due to situations like this, I think information media needs to be responsible for what they report and how! If a source is bias, I think it needs to be up front about that. Also, all contributor or reporters need to have credentials...
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...Data is collected, stored and recorded for the reasons outlined below; This is so that it can be used as a point of reference or to retrieve information whenever there may be a need for it. Accurate records are kept in order to help the company make decisions when issues or queries arise in relation to each employee. The keeping records is to ensure that a complete and comprehensive employment history of each employee is readily available for as long as it is needed, and that the information contained in personnel records supports the management, payment and development of staff. Other key objectives of personnel records management are to enable accurate information by creating and protecting human resource records as reliable evidence. Certain information is needed as a legal requirement. Personal details of employees are kept for payroll and HMRC purposes and to show that the minimum wage is being paid. Data is also kept in the form of time sheets to show the amount of hours employees are working in reference to The Working Time Regulations 1998 to show they are not doing more than 48 hours per week and in receipt of holiday pay. There are also opt out forms for staff to complete if they wish to work more than 48 hours per week. Records of employee sickness are kept and this helps HR manage attendance and identify patterns of staff absence Contact detail forms are given to all employees so that they can inform us not only their address but their...
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...16 Recording, analysing and using HR information 3RAI F203A (HR) Activity 1 Introduction Throughout organisations it has become evident that HR departments must collect and store various types of data. Through reference to data stored, this can be used to influence business decisions as the data is analysed and used in conjunction with the company’s strategy and objectives. This report will discuss examples of the reasons why HR must collect data, types of data, how this can be stored and legislation that the organisation must comply with. Why HR Data is collected There are various reasons why there is a need for organisations to collect and store HR data. Firstly, it is important to collect and store accurate information to comply with legislation. For example, Right to Work, supporting documents from employees, equality act, documentation to prove the organisation is compliant with UK policies. Health and safety at work act (1974), documents providing evidence of training carried out which ensures that all staff are trained in compliance with the law. By storing the accurate, up to date documentation the data can be used as evidence to support the organisations either legally or at audits. Another example of why data should be recorded to highlight patterns or concerns that may lead to other problems in the workplace. For example, absence records. By storing information on employee absence, it allows for trends in employee absence to be highlighted and took...
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...UNIVERSITY NAME: HARRISON MBATO MUNYAO REG. NO.: E 156/OC/8000/2013 TEL: 0721573204/0735902001 EMAIL: Harrisonmbato@gmail.com SCHOOL: EDUCATION DEPT: LIBARRY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE UNIT CODE: UNIT NAME: CONCEPT PAPER TITLE: CHALLENGE FACED IN INFORMATION CENTRES IN PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF INFORMATION MATERIALS INTRODUCTION In Kenya, information centers population known as registry was established by an act of parliament Cap.19 of 1965 and Cap.14 Laws of Kenya. There are also other circulars and general letters that govern registries and records or documents in Public offices. These rules and regulations range from creation, accumulation, destruction of valueless records to permanent preservation of records with enduring value. These information centers (registries) have been cascaded up to divisional level, currently known as sub-ward; administratively headed by Assistant County Commissioners formerly known as District Officers. The information centres (registries) at that level were manned by sub ward clerks formerly known as divisional clerks. Makindu Deputy Commissioner’s (DCC’s) registry was established in 20…. With Mr….as the District Commissioner and Mr.Nzioka as the Executive Officer (EO) Registry supervisor otherwise known as District Clerk(D/Clerk).At present the officers manning public main/central...
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...computer or the Internet was hardly accessed, communication within distant people mainly relied on massive posts. You may not realize, information management was done in both cases as a personal was trying to organize information in a deliverable manner to others or his/herself. The term “information management” may be quite unfamiliar to general public. People would think that it might be related to computer science and information technology, which are newly brought out in this century. By the Dr. T.D. Wilson (University of Sheffield), information management refers to how information is acquired, organized, controlled and disseminated (Wilson). Indeed, information management has long been existed and “living” with us. Experts have different comments on Information management models. Some said models are typically wrong in nature but somehow useful (Box & Draper 1987). To summarise the features of IM model, it could be the representation of structure or diagnostic tool (HKU). This essay introduces four information management models and how they are involved in daily life. Each model would be illustrated with certain examples to let readers have a better understanding. In this essay, four information management models are discussed, namely Shannon Weaver Communication Model, 5 Rings Information Model, Kuhlthau’s Research Model and Information Transfer Cycle. A. Shannon Weaver Communication Model Shannon Weaver Communication Model is a cycle with several stages and...
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...collect & why Personnel data – right to work, Absence – patterns, triggers, reasons Storing data: Spreadsheets, HR Systems, on file Pie charts, social media Presneting info Good way of getting info around – team brief – Q&A, Images, graphs, presentations, News letter Internal data data – purchasing, marketing Storing Data electronically: Electronic data can be easily shared and takes up less space. Online HR systems are available to employees where data and information can be added and updated by an individual and also can be accessed by one or more people such as line managers. This is useful for appraisals . UK Legislation relating to the recording, storing and accessibility of HR data The freedom of information Act 2000 enables the right to ask any organisation in the public sector for recording information that they keep on any subject. There are no restrictions on who can make a request. You must make a written request detailing your name, address and the information you require. You may have to pay a small fee and your request should be responded to within 20 days. Who can see it and who can’t – individual- employee can look at file, employer has to ensure it’s up to date and accurate – or Third party – eg auditor has to have permission from employee to see their file. Data can be collected in two different types of formats within an organisation. These are quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative is data collected numerically which allows...
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...Telematics provides are as follows. 1.2.1 INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS Information & Communication Technology (ICT) refers to all technologies used to handle and provide access to information through telecommunications. It mainly focuses on communication technologies. This includes the Internet, wireless networks, cell phones, and other communication mediums. 1.2.1.1 STRUCTURED CABLING SYSTEMS A structured cabling is the wiring network of a building or group of building’s telecommunications cabling infrastructure that carries all the data, voice, security, Voice over Internet Protocol, Power over Ethernet, and even wireless connections. It includes cabling, connecting...
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...Information overload is a situation that has concerned many organizations. However, through the use of technology and ever-changing systems, organizations are developing new ways of controlling this problem. What is information overload? This is what some say in respect to information and what is happening to organizations in today’s fast paced hi- tech world; we are being overloaded with technological advances and information to the point where we will not be able to handle all this information and eventually burst. In actuality it is very improbable such an event will occur, with the advances that have allowed for such a great quantity in the flow of networked information has also allowed for that information to be managed successfully. Also organizations understanding of how to manage knowledge as well as holding an understanding to the relationship between information, data, knowledge, and wisdom are crucial to their success in not being inundated by mass amounts of information. This is no new problem to the human populous either, mankind has been dealing with this since our beginning and will continue for our existence; this is what allows us to succeed and be successful as a species in whole. At the beginning of Man’s very existence information has continually been compounding, and man has successfully been collecting and improving upon past lessons. Along with continually building on knowledge man had to come to terms with a way to store the knowledge and pass it...
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...Case study: Evolving from Information to Insight A forward-looking company must stay ahead of the technological curve to gain competitive advantage. In this case, the authors, Glover, Sanjay, and Baiju, mentioned business leaders should concern some of the necessary processes to evolve from information to insight (i.e., infrastructure, data capture ability, utilization of the technical ability, etc.). In other words, companies that aim at enforcing more IT strength to thriving should pay attention to the knowledge management, business intelligence, and analytics. Knowledge management is a fundamental factor to get the insight of the company’s innovation. Knowledge management includes the processes necessary to generate, capture, codify, and transfer knowledge across the organization to competitive advantage. (Pearslon, 2013. P327) Glover enriches the context of the knowledge that company need to take into consideration. At first, the types of information (i.e., business process information, physical-world observations, biological data, public data, and data that indicate personal preferences or intentions) and related data accessibility should be included in the management process. As the data streams increasing rapidly, company should pay attention to the data context that will update more information in the data packages. The extra information may deliver a potential signal for new business activity. Biological information, stated by Glover, is being collected now mostly...
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...Summary Electronic Information sharing and social media continues to grow rapidly as a medium for companies to communicate and interact with their customers. They are utilized by 72% of the companies as a marketing/communication medium. One of the main reasons for this success is the speed at which information can be communicated. A study conducted by McKinsey Global Institute indicates that there is a potential to create a value of 900 billion to 1.3 trillion dollars by increasing productivity in the four main sectors: Consumer packaged goods, Retail Financial Services, Advanced Manufacturing and Professional Services. Two thirds of the value comes from better communication and collaboration within and across companies. Both of which can be accomplished from electronic information sharing and social media. Despite the benefits of adopting such technologies, there are risks that companies face. Risks include sensitive information being leaked and unauthorized information being communicated. Companies are finding solutions to deal with this by making the IT and legal departments to work together. Most of the information on social media is unfiltered and created in real time. Until recently FINRA and FDA had legal and regulatory requirements for ensuring that employees comply with public disclosure requirements. The requirements primarily affected the financial and pharmaceutical industries. As legislators recognize the need for accountability, they are drafting legislation...
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