OISM Session 23 Contextualisation(1) (1)

8/18/2019 OISM Session 23 Contextualisation(1) (1)

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Contextualisation- IS

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Business Activity in the Information

Age

The three pillars of a business organisation:

• People

• Organisation

• Technology

“The success of a business is determined by howwell it manages and controls these three

fundamental resources.

IS Organisation


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!anagement Information "ystems!anagement Information "ystems

!anaging #lobal "ystemsLOCAL,

REGIONAL, ANDGLOBAL SYSTEMS

Agency and other coordination costsincrease as the firm moves from localoption systems toward regional andglobal systems. However, transactioncosts of participating in global

markets probably decrease as firmsdevelop global systems. A sensiblestrategy is to reduce agency costs bydeveloping only a few core globalsystems that are vital for globaloperations, leaving other systems inthe hands of regional and local units.

CHAPTER 15: MANAGING GLOBAL SYSTEMS

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$hat are Information"ystems%

• &ata and information capture

• &ata and information storage

• &ata and information processing

• &ata and information retrieval

• Information dissemination

Bene'ts of I" or I(T

) Increased capacity and speed of data and globalinformation processing

) &issemination and global communication of dataand information

) *+ective access to local and remote data storagefacilities

) *+ective and e,cient global information control


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&esirable (haracteristics of Information%

relevant to the user’s needs

2 accurate and factual

3 complete and unabridged

4 timely and delivered to the right person

5 reliable for decision making

6 useful to the end-user’s needs

7 consistent and comparable over time

understandable to the user

! portable and easily transmittable


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"ntroduction to #eneral $ystems %heory

&%he 'orld is made up of systems()

%he study of systems is kno'n as systems science or

general systems theory

$ystems concepts include*

+ boundary ,systems environment-

+ inputs. outputs and process

+ state. hierarchy. goal directness and information


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Figure 2.2 Systems feedback and control model


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INFORMATION IN BUSINESS SYSTEMS TODAY

Perspectives on Information "ystems

Data and Inforat!on

Raw data from a supermarket checkout counter can be processed and organied to produce meaningfulinformation, such as the total unit sales of dish detergent or the total sales revenue from dish detergent for aspecific store or sales territory.

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The #rowth of International Information "ystems

INTERNATIONALINFORMATIONSYSTEMSARCHITECTURE$he ma%or dimensions for developing aninternational information systemsarchitecture are the global environment,the corporate global strategies, thestructure of the organiation, themanagement and business processes, andthe technology platform.

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MANAGING GLOBAL SYSTEMS



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*nterprise "ystems

HOENTERPRISESYSTEMS OR2 &nterprise systems feature a setof integrated software modulesand a central database that

enables data to be shared bymany different business processes and functional areasthroughout the enterprise.

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"pectrum of "ystems (haracteristics

Figure 2.4 Inor!ation s"ste!s decision le#els $it%in a &usiness

organi'ation


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Integrated Business "ystems

Integration of purchases, sales and accounting


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IT Infrastructure

CONNECTION BETEEN THE FIRM, IT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND BUSINESS CAPABILITIES

$he services a firm is capable of providing to its customers, suppliers, and employees are a direct function of its I$infrastructure. Ideally, this infrastructure should support the firm!s business and information systems strategy. 'ew informationtechnologies have a powerful impact on business and I$ strategies, as well as the services that can be provided to customers.

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CHAPTER 5: IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES



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IT Infrastructure

THE ITINFRASTRUCTURE ECOSYSTEM

$here are seven ma%orcomponents that must be

coordinated to provide the firmwith a coherent I$infrastructure. (isted here arema%or technologies andsuppliers for each component.

CHAPTER 5: IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

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