System Case Study

1.      Discuss the Information Development Plan-Purpose, Scope and Objectives. Give your opinion and reflections.

IS development planning is tool for researching the application requirements for a development proposal . It is used to obtain an application form and customized checklist of requirements to prepare a development application. The IS development planning scopes involves requirements analysis and determination, and specification design, evolution of information systems, and their verification, validation and overall evaluation; Develop methodologies for the analysis, evaluation and selection of information systems development methods. Take cognizance of relevant work from associated fields such as computer science, software engineering, knowledge engineering, cognitive science, management science, organization theory and systems theory and apply the findings to the development of information systems. 

PURPOSE:

The main purpose of Strategic Information System Planning is to create goals and find the most efficient way to achieve them. SISP helps professionals and users of IS establish a mutual understanding of the information systems value and also the related problems. SISP can also help firms rank the importance of IS systems in terms of their efficiency, effectiveness, and strategic value. SISP helps organizations identify their portfolio of computer-based applications. This helps to align corporate strategy and can also create a competitive advantage (Hartono et al., 2003).

OBJECTIVES:

Building a responsive IT infrastructure

-Building a technology infrastructure that will support existing applications while remaining responsive to change is a key to long-term company productivity. This task is made difficult by continual rapid changes in information technology infrastructure and the increasing breadth and depth of applications that need to be supported. More than any other issue, a strong infrastructure is the essence of information system management: providing the processor power, network connectivity, and application framework required to support core business activities as well as unknown future ventures.

Facilitating and managing business process redesign

- IT plays an increasingly important role in this change process by enabling the innovative redesign of core business processes.It is the process to bring about radical change in the organization facilitating dramatic improvement in

performance in core business processes which are critical for competitive advantage. The main idea of Business Process Re engineering is reinventing the organization for increasing performance.

Developing and implementing an information infrastructure

-this is when analyzing, doing studies, making system design, testing, implementing and documentation of the information system is done and making it as a basic organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for a business to function.

Planning and managing communication networks

- it is possible for each computer to communicate by the information system. Internet is the core of today's computer-communication infrastructures. This has transformed the Internet, from a robust network for data transfer between computers, to a global, content-rich, communication and information system where contents are increasingly generated by the users, and distributed according to human social relations. Next-generation network technologies, architectures and protocols are therefore required to overcome the limitations of the legacy Internet and add new capabilities and services. The future Internet should be ubiquitous, secure, resilient, and closer to human communication paradigms.

Improving the effectiveness of software development

-Software engineers use a number of different types of software development technical review (SDTR) for the purpose of detecting defects in software products. This paper applies the behavioral theory of group performance to explain the outcomes of software reviews. A program of empirical research is developed, including propositions to both explain review performance and identify ways of improving review performance based on the specific strengths of individuals and groups.

As the senior MIS manager, IS Development Planning is very important for those organizations that are using Information Technology. Why? It is because it is a guide for the developer to attain the desired system. And I wonder if how a system will be developed without planning.   Planning is a systematized set of steps that follows next after next. This may also offer chances for the developer to examined possible problems along the development.  And thus, following those steps guarantee a fully functional system.With this System Development Plan it would be easier for thecompany to manage business transaction and explain production as well as problemof the business. It would be good to plan for the system that plays the mostimportant role in a business especially in an information sytem that wouldprobabaly would help the company information secure. It would be a lot manageable for us.

2.      Comment on the relationship of IS and the organization.

  An empirical investigation of some relationships between organizational objectives and information systems (IS) objectives is reported. The major findings are that is objectives are associated with organizational objectives and there is a correspondence between each organizational objective and specific is objectives. These relationships support normative approaches to linking is objectives to those of the organization. They can be used to formulate an operationally feasible approach that can help organizations determine their is objectives according to their organizational objectives.

 Information and Organization seeks to publish original scholarly articles on the relationships between information technologies and social organization. It seeks a scholarly understanding that is based on empirical research and relevant theory. Information and Organization also seeks to advance established and emerging theoretical arguments through the publication of papers that review empirical research and provide directions for future research and theory development. Essays that provoke critical thinking on important subjects are also sought. The aim is to provide a forum that brings together innovative, reflective, and rigorous scholarship.
       Of special interest are contributions on the social construction of information technologies, the implications of information technologies for organizational change, alternative organizational designs such as virtual and networked organizations, information system development, organizational governance and control, accounting systems, globalization, decision processes, organizational learning, ethics of information, organizational communication and organizational culture. A rich variety of disciplines provide valuable perspectives on these topics, and the journal seeks contributions from fields such as information systems, organization science, philosophy, history, psychology, anthropology, political science, sociology, computer science, communication, and others.
       Interest is not restricted to any particular technology for processing or transmitting information. Indeed, new technologies emerge continuously, and the journal seeks to provide a useful forum for discussion about emerging technologies and their social and organizational consequences. Interest is also not restricted to any specific theoretical or disciplinary position. The journal invites a broad spectrum of contemporary and historical scholarship, including theoretical, empirical, analytical and interpretive studies, as well as critical theory and action research.

3. Describe the impact of the IS and give your own reflections

Information Systems (IS) is an academic professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study. An information systems discipline therefore is supported by the theoretical foundations of information and computations such that learned scholars have unique opportunities to explore the academics of various business models as well as related algorithmic processes within a computer science discipline

The adoption of information technology (IT) in organizations has been growing at a rapid pace. The use of the technology has evolved from the automation of structured processes to systems that are truly revolutionary in that they introduce change into fundamental business procedures. Indeed, it is believed that “More than being helped by computers, companies will live by them, shaping strategy and structure to fit new information technology.” While the importance of the relationship between information technology and organizational change is evidenced by the considerable literature on the subject, there is a lack of comprehensive analysis of these issues from the economic perspective. The aim of this article is to develop an economic understanding of how information systems affect some key measures of organization structure.

In my own opinion Information technology (IT) has changed the way the world does in terms of business. So the impact of Information System (IS) to management is that they no longer have to rely on manual processes and a paper trail to perform everyday transactions. It also made the work faster and it enables to store information without using the manual process. IT has automated many of these key management activities. For instance, e-mail has accelerated communication while the Internet allows instant access to branch offices, bank accounts and information. While beneficial, Information System (IS) has also created a host of new challenges, such as data security and compliance. Because of the explosion of electronic data, many executives are feeling the pressure to better manage critical information.

4.      Elaborate all the negative impact of the IS in the organization and give your justified suggestions or recommendations such that they can be reduced or avoided.

Elaborate all the negative impact of the IS in the organization and give your justified suggestions or recommendations such that they can be reduced or avoided.

Information systems and organizations influence one another.

Information systems are built by managers to serve the interests of the

business firm. At the same time, the organization must be aware of and

open to the influences of information systems to benefit from new technologies.

The interaction between information technology and organizations is complex

and is influenced by many mediating factors, including the organization’s

structure, business processes, politics, culture, surrounding environment, and

management decisions .You will need to understand how

information systems can change social and work life in your firm. You will not

be able to design new systems successfully or understand existing systems

without understanding your own business organization.

These are the negative impacts of the IS:

 

          machine response time

           wrong information

        dependent on co-workers

         teamworks

         being dependent in the system

The problems that the people working  in the system is that the machine response time is very, very slow which makes the people wait for a long period of time which also results to insufficient stock accuracy and low on inventory balance accuracy. The system also doesn’t give the precise information so the people are having a hard time second guessing the right information.

Teamwork is important in the system because they need all the help that they can get from the people that are working on the system, but what they have now are workers that are dependent.  Some of the people are not performing well on their tasks because they cannot see any improvement on the system that they are working. Sometimes teamwork can be aLso become a disadvantage because some of the member in the group only depends on the people working.

What the Information System should do is to improve it’s system for it to be more accurate, train and enhance the ability of the people who are not worthy enough to work with the system, construct a group of people  to work together for them to be able to form a teamwork and focus on the priority, which is production.

5.      Give your reflections on the ethical issues relating to the given IS planning and implementation.

The given IS planning and implementation has caused some ethical issues in the workplace. The employees in the supervisor and managerial level seems to be not productive. The company has enough trainings and workshops that might help the employees in achieving the goal of the company but the problem are the employees who didn’t turn up during such important activity.

Our reflection about this ethical issues relating to the given Information System (IS) and Implementation. For an Information System (IS) is implemented within an organization for the purpose of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of that organization. Capabilities of the information system and characteristics of the organization, its work systems, its people, and its development and implementation methodologies together determine the extent to which that purpose is achieved.

The best way to implement and enforce an ethical and social responsibility in the IT environment is to educate IT professionals. Ethical and social issues in Information Technology education should produce IT graduates aware of social and critical issues created by computers. The IT professionals need to understand their role in contributing to the society and human well-being is an essential aim of computing professionals and also the minimum of negative consequences of computing systems, including threats to health and safety, should be the paramount goal of all the IT professionals.

Understanding, appreciating and taking corrective steps to maintain and enhance social and ethical responsibility in the information system is important not only because of our increased dependence on information and communication technologies, but also because information and communication technologies pose complex challenges. Ethical Issues of Information Systems strives to address these pertinent issues. This scholarly and academic book provides insight on many topics of debate and discussion in the field and lends the most recent research in the field of IT ethics and social responsibility.