INFORMATION SYSTEMS STRATEGY OF ALIBABA.COM

Information Systems Strategy of ALIBABA.com



Information Systems Strategy of ALIBABA.com

Introduction

Alibaba.com is a Chinese internet company that specializes in connecting China manufacturers with buyers from China and other countries. Founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, who has been dubbed "the father of Chinese internet”, this company has translated its mission to facilitate business in major achievements. International Alibaba.com (www.alibaba.com) the global leader in e-commerce platforms for small businesses worldwide. Improved from previous International Business Unit Core Alibaba.com July 2012 aims to create the go-to - English language platform for cross-border and shopping, as well as helping small businesses around the world to expand overseas markets. At June 30, 2012, the platform had 29.4 million registered users in over 240 countries and regions and showed storefronts 2500000 suppliers. Alibaba.com International is one of the seven major subsidiaries of Alibaba (Bloomberg, 2013).

In this paper, we critically examine two main aspects of IS strategy development and implementation, using ALIBABA.COM to illustrate the arguments and conclusion. The Aspects that we are discussing in this paper are the Organisation of data into information and Ability to Analyse the Information. A computer-based information system (IS) is of vital importance to organizations such as ALIBABA.COM. In deciding how to use IS effectively, ALI BABA.COM need to cope both with major changes in information technology and with the rapid changes in the wider social and economic environment that are endemic to contemporary society (Bloomberg, 2013).

In consequence, IS strategy and its linking to business goals are crucial and continuous aspects of the business strategy for ALIBABA.COM. However, the development of IS strategy is insufficient in itself, since it is also essential to ensure implementation of the resultant information systems. Thus, the development of appropriate IS strategy and its effective implementation should be viewed as interdependent, critical elements of the success ALIBABA.COM.

Information System is certainly of central significance to ALIBABA.COM. Where the range, type, and cost of products offered to customers are critically dependent on the way information technology and the associated information systems developed and implemented. This paper will examine the process of IS strategy formation, and implementation using as its basis an in-depth case study of ALIBABA.COM, in China.

Discussion

What is the strategy?

The word "strategy" often pronounced with emphasis on a sententious tone and credited with a vague sense: it designates the "important things" about which ones it should "be important". In a company, in fact, everything is important, even and especially the daily routine that can become the company if the network stops working?

Returning to the etymology: the strategy, all questions concerning the Strategist, this word refers to the general at the head of his army, the governor at the head of a province, the council at the head of state, and by analogy the leader at the head of the company. In a company, it is effective to concentrate the power to sensible decision, as it is effective to entrust the operation of an automobile to one person and not all occupants ...