IS/IT to design new business models
- OPPORTUNITIES designing new businesses
- CREATIVITY to improve business processes
- Do things DIFFERENTLY
Managing as designing
- En managing, A => B donc plus tard si problème de style A, on applique même solution
- En design, en recommence à chaque fois de 0. Sketch, prototype, test, autre prototype, etc.
Why IS related issues make sense more than ever? (5)
- Developpment of the internet
- The information economy
- Emergence of the digital company
- Technology convergence
- Globalization
What is the difference between data and information?
- Data: set of specific objective facts or observations
- Information: data that has been shaped in a meaningful way
What is the definition of information systems? (4)
Set of irrelated components that COLLECT, PROCESS, STORE, and DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION to support decision-making and control in organization.
Difference between IS and IT?
- Information Systems: more complex, need a technology and a business perspective.
- Information Technology: hardware, software, technological side of IS (only a component of IS)
IS > IT
Hierarchy perspective
Transaction systems (2)
- Deal with essential transactions of daily business operations
- Keeping track of elemetary operations
- Ex: Specialised softwares, enterprise resource planning
Decision support systems (1)
- Allow decision-makers to deal with problems in a changing environment by aggregating information and providing reports
- Ex: Expert systems, Data mining
Strategic Information Systems
- Support senior management for strategic decisions by providing analyzed internal and external information
- Ex: Sales forecas, strategic planning
How broad are IS ? (4)
- Individual: used on a single workstation
- Group: shared among a group of people within the same organization
- Organizational: accessible by any member of an organization
- Inter-organizational: different organizations exchange information
4 dimensions of IS
A set of TECHNOLOGIES (hardware, software) embedded in an ORGANIZATION serving USERS under BUDGETARY constraints.
Technology
- Choice of the architecture (centralized or not)
- Choice of the technology used (proprietary or open-source)
- Buy or develop (standard or customized)
Organizational
- Support for process and functions (at different levels)
- for policies
- fo behaviors (company culture)
Management
- Decision support (evaluate situation, problems and needs)
- Creation support (newness)
- Resouces allocation support (planning, coordination)
Why is IS management so important for businesses?
IS/IT as a strategic weapon: cost of IT drops and performance increases
