Information Technology and Information Systems
The Information technology industry, where nothing is predictable and constant change has become a usual trend, is now on its new phase of its evolution stages. According to Richard L. Nolan, MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration: “Information Technology is no longer being used as just a tactical resource, it’s now fundamentally influencing business strategy and competition” (http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/1997/april/text/theory_text.html 04.02.06). This paper will examine and analyze the issues and challenges like the one that has been raised by Professor Richard L. Nolan. The essay will be based on the case study of the company called Canon, which automated all its documentation and information flow procedures by introducing new Information System Management. It has become one of the major solution companies, which serves Information Management issues for other firms and organizations. There have been dozens of profit and non-profit organizations who have invested tens of millions of pounds in introducing new technologies and systems, in order to operate more effectively and efficiently, and in order to adapt to any kind of change more rapidly than their rivals and competitors. The essay will be continued by discussing the necessities and aspects that made the organizations to spend so much capital on new technologies and so much effort to redesign the way they operated and ran the business.
It would be wise to start by defining what the Information System is in general, and than examining the forces and factors that play such a big role in organizational redesigning in nowadays environment. “An Information System can be defined technically as a set of interrelated components that collect (or retrieve), process, store, and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization” (Laudon C. K. & Laudon P. J. 2005). Moreover, information systems can facilitate in analysis of problems, visualize complex subjects, and
It would be wise to start by defining what the Information System is in general, and than examining the forces and factors that play such a big role in organizational redesigning in nowadays environment. “An Information System can be defined technically as a set of interrelated components that collect (or retrieve), process, store, and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization” (Laudon C. K. & Laudon P. J. 2005). Moreover, information systems can facilitate in analysis of problems, visualize complex subjects, and
References: 1) Laudon C. K. & Laudon P. J., Essentials of Management Information Systems, Managing the Digital Firm, 6th edition, Prentice Hall, 2005 2) Laudon C