LECTURE1 Flashcards
(19 cards)
means that you allow an heterogeneous
Information System (IS) to communicate or integrate and share
information (or data) seamlessly with one another.
Systems integration
Systems integration is a key issue for an organization for its
growth
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are a major kind
of information system allowing organizations to integrate different
systems into one organization-wide application with an
integrated database management system.
●Silos are basically compartmentalized operating units
isolated from their environment.
● Classification of organizations into departments like Accounting and Human
Resources, reflects the breaking of complex tasks into smaller manageable
tasks that could be assigned to a group of people who could then be held
responsible.
●Horizontal Silos
● Organizations also divided roles in hierarchical layers from strategic
planning to management control and operation control.
●Vertical Silos
● CEOs and Presidents plan long-term strategy, midlevel management
focuses on tactical issues and on the execution of organizational policy
whereas the lower-level management task is to focus on the day-to-day
operations of the company.
●Vertical Silos
are a critical component of a
successful organization today.
●Information Systems
play a major role in primary and
secondary activities of an organization’s value chain.
●Information Systems
provide a high level of computer
automation to support business functions such as:
Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Customer Service,
Human Resource Management, Operations,
Manufacturing
●Information Systems
provide analytical and decision
making support for management, which is generally
categorized into three levels- Strategic, Middle, and
Operational.
●Information systems
●Over time, organizations created a hodgepodge of
independent nonintegrated systems ultimately creating
___________ and interfering with productivity.
bottlenecks
is inefficient, inaccurate, and
expensive.
● The system creates bottlenecks for everyone and information is not
available in real-time.
Silo Information System
can involve people
and resources from various functional departments
working together, sharing information at any level of
the organization.
●The cross-functional integration
breaks the functional
silos by opening up the informational flows from one department to
another.
● The cross-functional organizational structure
2 Types of System Integrations
Logical or human level
Physical or technical level
●Provide seamless connectivity between
heterogeneous systems.
●Business process reengineering involves changing the
mindset of the employees in the organization,
encouraging and enabling them to do their tasks in a
new way.
Physical or technical level
●Develop information systems that allow organizations
to share data with all of its stakeholders based on
need and authorization.
●Management needs to change organizational
structures, processes, and employee roles and
responsibilities.
Logical or human level
