in today’s business. We also had chance to delve into what really can IT does to empower the business processes. Additionally‚ in our opinions‚ these articles also illustrate very well how IT initiates‚ facilicates‚ and enables business processes by using many examples. It makes these technical texts much easier to understand and to digest. Here is the summary of Article 2 and 3 (we couldn’t get in touch with the member who is responsible for Article 1) 1. Article 2 – Information Technology
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and at retail service stations’. BP has grown into a global energy group from a local oil company. It has employed over 96‚000 people. Strategic decisions are usually long term decisions which are often risky and speculative. A strategic decision made by British Petroleum was to make redundancies of up to 620 from their solar power business to make the cost of solar power cheaper. ‘…part of the strategy to “reduce the cost of solar power to that of conventional electricity’. ‘BP blamed
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Strategic Objective Summary Ed Mathewson BUS/475-INTEGRATED BUSINESS TOPICS 3/23/15 Nels Holmgren Balanced Scorecard Targets Strategic Objectives Measurements Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Metric Financial Improve profits Return on investment capital 3% 5% 7% The market will allow us to determine our marketing sharing results. There should be an increase of 2% each year for our marketing sharing. Improve profit margin 2% 4% 6% Increase market sharing Market sharing bottom
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Information Systems in Business Functions | ….. | | | January 04 - 2011 | | Cebu Institute of Technology – University CCS 311 Management Information Systems G01 Reaction Paper #3 * RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC Accounting - The purpose of accounting is to track every financial transaction within a company‚ from dollar to multimillion dollar purchases‚ from salaries to benefits‚ to sales of every item. At the year’s end‚ the company cannot present a picture of its Financial
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What are the objectives of business? Every business enterprise has certain objectives which regulate and generate its activities. Objectives are needed in every area where performance and results directly affect survival and prosperity of a business. Various objectives of business may be classified into four broad categories as follows: 1. Economic Objectives: Business is basically an economic activity. Therefore‚ its primary objectives are economic in nature. The main economic objectives of business
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general chores but he was still looking for something more. He was the first European explorer to reach the Philippine archipelago and brought it to European attention. WHAT: Ferdinand Magellan’s Expedition WHERE: On the island of Homonhon‚ Philippines WHEN: On March 16‚ 1521 WHY: He wanted to see the world and find out what there was to explore : If Magellan could reach the Moluccas from the West‚ Spain’s wealth would exceed all other countries : Christianity HOW: In 1506 he went
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Business objectives are the ends that an organisation sets out to achieve. A business creates plans to enable it to achieve these ends. The objectives‚ and plans that an organisation creates are determined by balancing the requirements of the various stakeholders in the organisation. The stakeholders are those individuals and groups that are affected by and have an interest in how the business is run and what it achieves. Every business has a range of stakeholders‚ including: The objectives that
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Benefits of information system for business After several years of turbulence of internet stocks and the resulting failure of many companies‚ it is easy to understand the impact of information system in daily life. Yet‚ everyday we read article about IT technology helping the growth of the business. They are many advantages that most people agreed: they create value largely or exclusively through the gathering‚ synthesizing and distribution of information‚ they formulate strategy in ways that make
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Objectives of Business means the purpose for which the business is established. It is generally believed that the main objective of business is ta make profit and avoid loss. We do admit that profit is a driving force in undertaking any business activity but it is not the sole objective of any business. In the words of Urwick “earning of profit cannot be objective of a business any more than eating is the objective of living” . A business which is hunting after profits and ignores other objectives
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the term information system (IS) refers to a system of people‚ data records and activities that process the data and information in an organisation‚ and it includes the organisation’s manual and automated processes. In a narrow sense‚ the term information system (or computer-based information system) refers to the specific application software that is used to store data records in a computer system and automates some of the information-processing activities of the organisation. Information systems
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