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Information Systems, Ninth Edition
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Information Systems in Organizations
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Principles and Learning Objectives
• The use of information systems to add value to the organization is strongly influenced by organizational structure, culture, and change – Identify the value-added processes in the supply
chain and describe the role of information systems within them
– Provide a clear definition of the terms organizational structure, culture, and change and discuss how they affect the implementation of information systems
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Principles and Learning Objectives (continued)
• Because information systems are so important, businesses need to be sure that improvements or completely new systems help lower costs, increase profits, improve service, or achieve a competitive advantage– Identify some of the strategies employed to lower costs or
improve service– Define the term competitive advantage and discuss how
organizations are using information systems to gain such an advantage
– Discuss how organizations justify the need for information systems
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Principles and Learning Objectives (continued)
• Cooperation between business managers and IS personnel is the key to unlocking the potential of any new or modified system– Define the types of roles, functions, and careers
available in the field of information systems
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Organizations and Information Systems
• Organization– Formal collection of people and other resources
established to accomplish a set of goals– A system – Constantly uses money, people, materials, machines
and other equipment, data, information, and decisions
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Organizations and Information Systems (continued)
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Organizations and Information Systems (continued)
• Value chain– Series (chain) of activities that includes inbound
logistics and warehouse and storage
• Supply chain management (SCM) – Determines:
• What supplies are required for value chain
• What quantities are needed to meet customer demand
• How supplies should be processed into finished goods and services
• How shipment of supplies and products to customers should be scheduled, monitored, and controlled
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Organizations and Information Systems (continued)
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Organizations and Information Systems (continued)
• Customer relationship management (CRM) programs– Help companies manage all aspects of customer
encounters– Can help a company collect customer data, contact
customers, and educate them about new products
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Organizational Structures
• Organizational structure– Organizational subunits and the way they relate to
the overall organization
• Categories of organizational structure– Traditional– Project– Team– Virtual
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Traditional Organizational Structure
• Hierarchical structure
• Major department heads report to a president or top-level manager
• Flat organizational structure– Empowers employees at lower levels
• Empowerment – Gives employees and their managers more
responsibility and authority to make decisions
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Traditional Organizational Structure (continued)
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Traditional Organizational Structure (continued)
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Project and Team Organizational Structures
• Project organizational structure– Centered on major products or services– Many project teams are temporary
• Team organizational structure– Centered on work teams or groups– Team can be temporary or permanent, depending on
tasks
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Project and Team Organizational Structures (continued)
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Virtual Organizational Structure and Collaborative Work
• Virtual organizational structure– Employs business units in geographically dispersed
areas– People may never meet face to face– Allows collaborative work
• Managers and employees can effectively work in groups, even those composed of members from around the world
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Organizational Culture and Change
• Organizational culture– Major understandings and assumptions– Influences information systems
• Organizational change– How organizations plan for, implement, and handle
change
• Change model– Represents change theories by identifying phases of
change and the best way to implement them
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Organizational Culture and Change (continued)
• Unfreezing– Ceasing old habits and creating a climate that is
receptive to change
• Moving – Learning new work methods, behaviors, and
systems
• Refreezing – Involves reinforcing changes to make the new
process second nature, accepted, and part of the job
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Organizational Culture and Change (continued)
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Reengineering and Continuous Improvement
• Reengineering– Process redesign– Radical redesign of business processes,
organizational structures, information systems, and values of the organization to achieve a breakthrough in business results
• Continuous improvement – Constantly seeking ways to improve business
processes
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Reengineering and Continuous Improvement (continued)
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Reengineering and Continuous Improvement (continued)
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Reengineering and Continuous Improvement (continued)
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User Satisfaction and Technology Acceptance
• Technology acceptance model (TAM)– Specifies the factors that can lead to better attitudes
about the information system
• Technology diffusion– Measure of how widely technology is spread
throughout an organization
• Technology infusion– Extent to which technology permeates a department
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Quality
• Ability of a product or service to meet or exceed customer expectations
• Techniques used to ensure quality– Total quality management– Six Sigma
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Outsourcing, On-Demand Computing, and Downsizing
• Outsourcing– Contracting with outside professional services
• On-demand computing– Contracting for computer resources to rapidly
respond to an organization’s varying workflow– Also called on-demand business or utility computing
• Downsizing– Reducing number of employees
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Competitive Advantage
• Significant and (ideally) long-term benefit to a company over its competition
• Ability to establish and maintain competitive advantage is vital to the company’s success
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Factors That Lead Firms to Seek Competitive Advantage
• Rivalry among existing competitors
• Threat of new entrants
• Threat of substitute products and services
• Bargaining power of customers and suppliers
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Strategic Planning for Competitive Advantage
• Cost leadership
• Differentiation
• Niche strategy
• Altering the industry structure
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Strategic Planning for Competitive Advantage (continued)
• Creating new products and services
• Improving existing product lines and service
• Other strategies– Growth in sales– First to market– Customizing products and services– Hiring the best people
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Performance-Based Information Systems
• Major stages in the use of information systems– Cost reduction and productivity– Competitive advantage– Performance-based management
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Performance-Based Information Systems (continued)
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Productivity
• A measure of output achieved divided by input required
• Higher level of output for a given level of input means greater productivity
• Productivity = (Output / Input) × 100%
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Return on Investment and the Value of Information Systems
• Earnings growth
• Market share and speed to Market
• Customer awareness and satisfaction
• Total cost of ownership
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Risk
• Information systems can sometimes be costly failures
• Costs of development and implementation can be greater than the returns from the new system
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Careers in Information Systems
• Degree programs– Degrees in information systems– Business degrees with a global or international
orientation
• Students are increasingly completing business degrees with a global or international orientation
• Opportunities in information systems are not confined to single countries
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Roles, Functions, and Careers in IS
• Primary responsibilities in information systems– Operations– Systems development– Support– Information service units
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Typical IS Titles and Functions
• Chief information officer (CIO)– Employs the IS department’s equipment and
personnel to help the organization attain its goals
• LAN administrators– Set up and manage the network hardware, software,
and security processes
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Typical IS Titles and Functions (continued)
• Internet careers– Internet strategists and administrators– Internet systems developers– Internet programmers– Internet or Web site operators
• Certification– Process for testing skills and knowledge resulting in
an endorsement by the certifying authority
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Other IS Careers
• New and exciting careers have developed in security and fraud detection and prevention
• Other IS career opportunities include being employed by technology companies, such as:– Microsoft (www.microsoft.com), Google
(www.google.com), Dell (www.dell.com), and many others
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Finding a Job in IS
• Developing an online résumé can be critical to finding a good job
• Job search approaches – On campus visits– Referrals from professors, friends, and family
members– The Internet
• Online job sites
• Company Web sites
• Social networking sites
• Blogs
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Summary
• Organizations – Systems with inputs, transformation mechanisms, and
outputs
• Categories of organizational structure– Traditional, project, team, and virtual
• Organizational culture– Major understandings and assumptions
• Reengineering– Radical redesign of business processes,
organizational structures, information systems, and values of the organization
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Summary (continued)
• Continuous improvement– Constantly seeking ways to improve business
processes
• Outsourcing– Contracting with outside professional services
• Downsizing– Reducing number of employees
• Competitive advantage– Significant, and (ideally) long-term benefit to a
company over its competition
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Summary (continued)
• Performance-based information systems– Consider both strategic advantage and costs
• Productivity– Measure of output achieved divided by input
required
• Primary responsibilities in information systems– Operations, systems development, and support
• Typical IS titles– Chief Information Officer (CIO), LAN administrators,
and Internet strategists
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