Aaron Struphar
February 27, 2015
Professor Russell Shaver
IS 2200 Mid-Term
1.
A. Statement:
Wri$ng a good message consists of many key elements but the ones that I think are most
important are recognizing your audience, determine the purpose of your message, and organize
your material. Knowing your audience is very important because you have to know who you are
to talking to and make sure that your tone is appropriate. You have to know what your overall
message is so you have something to work towards and keep focused which helps organizing
the material a bit easier since you have more of a focal point.
B. Proof:
1. Audience is the most important element that should be considered because you have
to know what your audience is looking for and also you have to know how you want to
be perceived by others.
2. The purpose of your message needs to be clear because your audience needs to know
what you are talking about. For example, they need to know if it is about negotiating,
delivering bad news, or introducing a persuasive message.
3. Organizing your content ma/ers a lot because you have to know what content you’ve
already talked about and whether or not it relates to the main point. Having a focus
point is probably one of the main organiza$onal elements of a good message.
C. Conclusion:
Wri$ng a good message can be difficult, but if you outline the specific elements that go into a
good message, it can make it a li/le easier. Focusing on your audience and the purpose of your
message are two of the main elements that go into writing a good message because they
ma/er the most. Being organized is very important as well because you have to know the key
points that you want to hit and you have to make sure your informa$on isn’t scrambled. All of
these key elements, when u$lized correctly and e2ciently, make writing a good message a lot
be/er and easier.
2.
A. Statement:
There are 4 major components that make up an informa$on system and are so important to a
business. There is the data which is basically is the key component, or the input for the
informa$on system, and the database is literally the base of where the data is stored within an
informa$on system. The next major components are the process which basically chooses the
right type of informa$on, and then there is the informa$on which is the final product of an
informa$on system.
B. Proof:
1. Data is the input to the system and describes the facts and figure that a company
processes every day. Looking at specific details alone will not show as much as data will
as a whole. For example, a retail company records each sale, but the company won’t
learn a lot from looking at each sale independently, so data is important to have so you
can look at something as a whole.
2. A database is where the data is stored and is a collection of all the data that is related
