This document provides a preliminary revision to an IPT syllabus. It outlines 5 key syllabus points that will be covered, including describing the nature of information processes/technology, identifying processes within information systems, and recognizing social/ethical issues. It then provides content on topics that fall under those points, such as defining a system, information, environment, purpose, processes, participants, data/information, and issues like privacy and security.

1. Preliminary IPT Revision
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2. Syllabus Points Covered
The following Syllabus points will be focused on in this presentation:
 P1.1 – describes the nature of information processes and information
technology
 P2.1 – identifies and describes the information processes within an
information system
 P3.1 – identifies and describes social and ethical issues
 P5.1 – selects and ethically uses computer based and non-computer based
resources and tools to process information
 P7.1 – recognises, applies and explains management and communication
techniques used in individual and team-based project work.
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3. What is a System?
• Any organised assembly of resources and
processes united and regulated by
interaction or interdependence to
accomplish a common purpose.
Page 4 of your text book details what a system is with
examples of a brake system and a swimming pool
filtration system. Worth a read!
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4. What is Information?
• Information embodies the understanding of a
relationship of some sort, possibly cause and effect.
• Information systems are all around us and we use
them to meet our needs everyday.
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5. Environment
• The circumstances and conditions that surround an
information system.
• Everything that influences and is influenced by the
information system.
A good example is on page 7 of your text
books, detailing the use of an ATM.
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6. Purpose
• The purpose a statement identifying who the information
system is for and what it needs to achieve
• Who the information system is for includes individuals
and organisations
• a set of information processes requiring
participants, data/information and information technology
built to satisfy a purpose
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7. Information Processes
• information processes - computer based and non-
computer based activities
• what needs to be done to transform the data into useful
information
• these actions coordinate and direct the system’s
resources to achieve the system’s purpose
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8. Participants
• a special class of user who carries out the information
processes within an information system
• user - a person who views or uses the information output
from an information system
• to take part, be or become actively involved, or share
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9. Data/Information
• data - the raw material used by information processes
• information - the output displayed by an information
system
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10. Information Systems in Context
• We will now discuss this section in context with what has
been in the last 9 slides.
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11. Social & Ethical Issues
Social Issues arising from the processing of
information
Issues that effect society and its members, such as:
• Privacy of the individual
• Security of data and information
• Accuracy of data and information
• Appropriate information use
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12. Privacy of the Individual
Privacy is about protecting an individuals personal
information. Personal information is information that allows
others to identify you.
The 10 National Privacy Principles
• NPP 1: collection
• NPP 2: use and disclosure
• NPPs 3 & 4: information quality and security
• NPP 5: openness
• NPP 6: access and correction
• NPP 7: identifiers
• NPP 8: anonymity
• NPP 9: trans border data flows
• NPP 10: sensitive information
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