STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING

Strategic Information Systems Management and Planning

Strategic Information Systems Management and Planning

What do you consider being the three main reasons for an organization deciding to start developing an IS/IT strategy?

Organizations are experiencing a paradigm shift in the development of their information systems: from data to processes. The aim pursued by this is emphasize business processes to achieve architectures more agile and flexible, adaptable the continuous changes that occur in markets in which organizations develop your business. The first requirement is to acknowledge what needs to be optimized in the organization, deciding what needs to be optimized should cover the requirement of all the organization whether the reason is to overcome the bottle necks in the processes, to develop new opportunities or to improve the performance (Floridi, 2005, 351 - 370).

An organizational information system exists because an organization exists. To achieve its purpose, an organization must (1) define the characteristics of goods and services to be provided, (2) deliver those goods and services to customers, and (3) manage, direct, coordinate, and control the organization and its resources. Information technology is pervasive in and vital to these three organizational objectives. The objectives for an information system follow naturally from the organizational purposes:

Add functionality and information value to products and services. Information and information processing are important to the products and services provided by an organization, either incorporated in their functionality or as value added through information processing. Examples are information and communication functions designed into products such as automobiles or cellular phones and additional information provided to customers through online banking or investment services.

Support transaction and operational processes. Information, information processing, and communications are integral parts of the processes by which goods and services are provided by an organization. Information technology is vital in achieving quality, short cycle time, and efficiency in transaction processing and operational processes.

Support administrative and management activities. Information, communications, and information processing are essential to administrative and management activities of coordination and control. They are also fundamental to management analysis, decision making, and strategy formulation.

In addition to its role in achieving organization purposes, information and information processing are significant factors in the design of organizational structures for both operations and management. Information technologies enable improvements and innovations in organization design.

Describe three common problems or barriers to the successful development and adoption of an IS/IT strategy?

When a company needs to install the Information Systems without understand its requirements, all implementation fails quickly. It must be understood that an Information System and its implementation are very beneficial in terms of business application in the organizations as well as it has got a complex software for the users. The implementation of Information System needs broad money, time and expertise. The failure of Information System can not be evaluated in terms of technology which is been used by IS's software. Lots of problems reveal due to organization systems (Robert, 2003, 145-155.). However, the strategy, of the organization must be considered in the scope of the new system ...