CHAPTER 1

The Value of Information

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By reading and completing the activities in this chapter, you will be able to:

• Compare and contrast data, information, and knowledge
• Explain the concepts of connectedness and usefulness as they relate to information
• Name the skills required for information literacy
• Discuss the importance of information literacy in a business career
• Name and describe the three main uses of information in businesses
• Compare and contrast information systems careers and information analysis careers

CHAPTER OUTLINE

• Focusing story: How information cost me (a lot of) money
• Learning Activity 1.1: A day in my technology-free life blog
• Data, information, knowledge, and wisdom
• Information literacy
• Learning Activity 1.2: How I use information