Hello there, my name is Shayne McNally and I am a 19 year old sophomore here at Nichols College.  Born and raised in Auburn, MA, I live with my mom, Christine, my dad, Dale, and my dog, Mac. I also have two older sisters named Shannon and Danielle.  As of right now, I am currently a Sport Management major but I am considering changing to General Business.  I am also a part of the Nichols College Baseball team, and am looking forward to going to Fort Myers for this spring break and having an awesome time with my teammates.  Baseball is a huge part of my life.  I won a State Championship during my junior year in high school, which I consider to be one of my biggest achievements in my life.  Aside from playing sports, one of my favorite hobbies is being a musician.  I have been playing guitar for five years, and drums for eight years.  It's something that I take a lot of pride in and enjoy doing in my spare time.

I don't really know much about MIS, but I anticipate myself learning a lot during the course of this semester.

I found the article to be extremely informative, considering I do not know a lot about the subject.  What I found most interesting is the employment rate for those working within the field.  There is a high demand for IT workers because of the rapid technological growth in our world today.  Almost all major businesses and corporations have networks that are growing in size and sophistication, which creates job opportunities for workers with computer-related apptitudes.

Introduction to MIS

My name is Michael Brothers, people usually call me Mike. I’m 19 and from Auburn, MA; I graduated from Auburn High School, class of 2010. I’ve played soccer throughout my whole life, including all four years of high school and my freshman year of college, in which we won the championship. I work for Outback Steakhouse, I was hired as a busser/host, and have worked my way up to a server, bartender, and a manager. I’ve worked for Outback since March 2010. Some prior work experience that I have is that I worked for Life Care Center Of Auburn as a diet aide, and I also worked for Shaw’s Supermarket in the grocery department. I’m a sophomore and a General Business Major, with concentrations in Human Recourse Management, Business Communications, and Management; with a minor in Criminal Justice at Nichols College. I would like to eventually establish and manage my own company once I graduate from Nichols in 2014. My hobbies consist of playing soccer, hanging out with friends, working, and playing sports. My friends and family are the two most important things in my life, and of course my dog Brady.

I’m looking forward to this course in particular because I myself am not too familiar with information systems. Being a student at a school that shapes you into being a professional I find that it is crucial to be familiar with management information systems because technology in today’s age is growing at an extreme pace.  After reading this article it really gave me an insight on just some of the details involved with Management Information Systems, it stated that in The article stated that in 2008 25% of all Computer and Information System Managers worked over 50 hours a week. This means that this field is at high demand and can result in being very stressful.

Pedro VIllegas MIS 309 spring 2012

Hi everyone

My name is Pedro Villegas I  and a Junior at Nichols college, I'm majoring in management and minoring in marketing. I'm also presidents of HR management club and active member skiing club and investments club. I live in the Webster Massachusetts born and raised in town. I'm also a commuter at Nichols. my favorite subject in school would probably be marketing.

Some of my hobbies are basketball, videogames, and snowboarding. I also like to surf the web and check my Facebook.  I also have two dogs named Princess and Buddy.

This is buddy.

I also have a girlfriend her name is Kayla she is also from Webster. we've been together about three years our relationship is a little crazy sometimes but I love her.

I also work at Party Planner and own my own business called a bounce above party rentals specialize in moonwalk rentals. but we also rent cotton candy, snow-cone, popcorn machines, tents, tables, chairs, and other party equipment. You ever throwing a party please contact me or go to my website abounceabovema.com for all your party needs.

What hope to get out of this class is better understanding of management information systems. for example how the new I cloud work in operate. Also a better understanding on how computers work in general.

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What's up yall. My name is jake wheelwright and I am a sophmore here at Nichols, I represent Olson 210. I am from Cohasset mass, its a small town on the water about 45 minutes south of Boston. I like to spend my spare time outdoors either riding my dirtbike or some other outdoor activities. I pretty much anjoy anything that goes fast or has a motor. Summer is my favorite time of the year because my friends and I take out our boat that we got very cheep and grill just offshore and kick back listening to tunes and what not. Cohasset is a very small town and i graduated with about 85 kids in my senior class I played sports all through high school, mainly Football and lacrosse, and I was fortunate to be captain of my football team and win a state championship in lacrosse for high school.

I am really not very good at computers at all, I rarely spend time on one unless im doing school work or looking up youtube videos. I am also one of a few kids that I know that dont have a facebook so I'm out of the social networking loop. I hope to get a better idea of how to work with computers seeing that the knowledge is so valuable and necessary in many of todays well paying workplaces. Many things about computer and information system managers, but what stuck out and suprised me the most was how stessful of a job it can become at times. The article stated that in 2008 25% of all Computer and Information System Managers worked over 50 hours a week, and very undesireable week of work in my book.

Introduction

Hey my name is John Amato. I graduated from Oxford High School and am a sophomore here at Nichols and am a Sport Management major.  I commute from Oxford and have lived there my entire life.  I am nineteen years old and love to play sports and hang out with my friends.  My favorite sport would have to be basketball and my favorite team is the Celtics.  I have been going to two or three games a year since I was a kid.  I work at VIA, which is an Italian restaurant on Shrewsbury Street.  I have been there about a year and a half now.  I recently started bartending after working a year as a bar-back.  I also started there by bussing for a few months.  I like to go to the movies and listen to music in my free time.  I hope to do something with basketball with my Sport Management Major and enjoy watching pretty much any NBA game.     

From this course I hope I can learn about management systems and how they work.  I would definitely have to say I am behind with blogging and things like that so I hope this course will help me learn more about things like this because technology plays a big role in today’s society and it is only going to grow and become more popular.  It is important to keep up with the times nowadays and this class will really help me in the future.  I don’t plan on doing much with computers for a career but I think this class will help me learn the basics that I will need.  Digital Applications was also a great course to help me get a good knowledge on computer skills. 

From the article I learned that jobs are increasing because of technology.  I also learned how much pressure managers could have, how they have to deal with problems, and the long hours that they sometimes have to work.

 

Who i am.

who am i?

My name is Kimberly Alexa Lawlor, I am the daughter of Karen and Thomas Lawlor. I was born in Boston, MA and have grown up in a town called Mansfield since I was born. I  live with my mother, my 26 year old brother Michael, 24 year old sister Nicole, and 17 year old sister Kelly. I also have a father and step mother that live about 5 minutes away in Foxboro. Growing up I attended public school of Mansfield where I was a 2 season athlete playing soccer, basketball, and running spring track. I was born on June 14^th, 1991, which makes me 20 years of age. Currently I have 2 jobs, one of them is being the Nichols College woman’s basketball manager which I just started this year. I absolutely love the job and all the girls, which makes it easy. My duties are to attend every practice and game (which is time consuming) I set up and clean up for practice, and for game days I keep the official book of the game that includes the score, fouls, time outs, jump balls, each players point, and stats. My other job is working in a high end restaurant in Mansfield called Fresh Catch Seafood. It is a delicious seafood restaurant that also serves sushi as well. I am the Hostess in the restaurant so I greet each customer, sit them, and answer the phone to make reservations I pretty much do whatever I can to make them happy. I also run food when its busy which is pretty self explanatory, I bring the food out to the tables and serve them there meal. And another duty I have within the restaurant is taking orders over the phone and giving it to them when the pick it up, I started this job last may and have been doing it since then. I am an extremely hard worker and have a very good work ethic, I am dedicated to everything I do while working and always give it my best. I am currently a junior with a major in Hospitality management. I think this degree is very suitable for me because I love to service people and make them happy, I am also very friendly and sociable so I think I could use these skills to my advantage while working within this industry whether it is when I open up a restaurant of my own, run a hotel with a spa and gym, or decide to go into the direction of event planning where I would like to be a manger of a catering business.

When I heard about this class I wasn’t really sure what I was going to get out of it or learn because I wasn’t too sure what it was to be honest. But since I am taking it I hope to get a lot out of it and learn valuable things attaining to the world. I myself am not positive with a computer and information system manager does, but I am looking forward to finding out. After reading the article I got a better understanding of it and think its pretty much common knowlege to know that this industry and growing so rapidly because technology is hugely relied on know a days.

This is a picture of both my sister and my step mother I would like to shareJ

Who am I?

My name is Matthew Richard Cerullo, I am the son of Dena Cerullo of Norwood MA, and Richard Cerullo of Walpole, MA. I was born on June 5th 1991 at the Newton Wellesley Hospital. I have an older stepbrother and younger brother, sister and stepsister. I live with my mother Dena in Norwood MA.  I attended St. Catherine's in Norwood for Elementary and Middle School and Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood for High School where I was the Class Vice-President for 2 years and Student Council Vice-President for my senior year. I am extremely grateful for my family who work hard to send me to school. My father is a Captain at the Westwood Fire Department where he has worked since 1986 and mother is an administrative assistant. As for me I have 3 jobs, one as the beer guy at Gillette Stadium where i have been working for the past 5 football seasons, another one at the Boston Market in my hometown and one here at school delivery driving for Jimmy's Pizza. I am a sports management major and hope to be a household name in sports someday.

I have no idea what I want to get out of this class yet because I really don't know what this class is about!

When I read this article a few things became apparent to me. I had no idea what a Computer and information system mangers do. I have no idea, but after I read this article I had a better understanding of what they did. What they do is that they direct the work of computer software engineers and computer programmers, computer system analysts and computer support specialists. In an excerpt from the website which is right here they give a better definition of what the jobs details are "They plan and coordinate activities such as installing and upgrading hardware and software, programming and systems design, the implementation of computer networks, and the development of Internet and intranet sites. They are increasingly involved with the upkeep, maintenance, and security of networks. They analyze the computer and information needs of their organizations from an operational and strategic perspective and determine immediate and long-range personnel and equipment requirements. They assign and review the work of their subordinates and stay abreast of the latest technology to ensure that the organization remains competitive." (Occupational Outlook Handbook 2010)