Management Data Systems

Management Information Systems



Management Information Systems

Q1. Identify and describe the most important organization feature that will affect the choice of information system for GC limited.

In this report we have to find an in depth analysis of the problems that the company GC limited is experiencing at the moment. After the analysis has been covered there will be an introduction to the steps that the business has to take to explain the troubles, after that you shall read the influence of the alterations on the business and its business method.

Scenario

GC limited is a manufacturer of flooring products based in the UK. They have two units, one of which makes carpets and the other makes laminated wood products. Finished goods are supplied wholesale to furnishing and DIY stores via the company's delivery lorries, but the company also delivers direct to the customer for orders of value greater than a threshold limit. Sales are almost wholly to customers in the UK, but the company has been hit hard by a reduction in demand due to the credit crisis and is looking to expand sales to customers in the Euro zone to compensate.

As you are an Information System Manager of GC Limited has been tasked to produce a report to deploy Information System for GC Limited and presented to CIO (Chief Information Officer). These are the difficulties that the business is opposite at the moment.

The order method is too slow and inefficient. Inefficiency comes from composing customer instructions manually and from the need of reliability of the current fax transmissions. Also, duplicate facts and figures applications occur in both local agencies and business headquarters, which develop more mistakes and disarray for the people who have to handle the information, which afresh leads to slow operation.

The introduction of any change into an Management can be a catalyst for disruption and resistance, conceiving disharmony and decreasing efficiency. The aim and goal of change is generally the need or yearn to boost worth supplemented by an organisation. One device that is routinely glimpsed as holding this potential is a new data system. Information systems have the facility to hold and analyse a great deal of information, to make retrieval of information more speedy and add value to the data which is held among other benefits. However, the introduction of an information system into an organisation may be one of the most traumatic and difficult changes that will be encountered. For the project to be successful and create value there are various critical factors. In looking at a company where there have been two attempts at introducing an information system, one of which was a failure and one of which was a success the current theory on organisation also change may be applied to the situation giving a practical demonstration of the way the introduction of information systems should and should not be introduced.

The basis of any theory indicates that there are several factors which need to be satisfied before any change is even ...