Thursday 5 December 2013

Business Driven Technology

Information Technology is a field concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing information
Management information systems (MIS) – a general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of people, technologies, and procedures  to solve business problems

Impact on business

- Reduce costs/ Improve productivity
- Improve customer satisfaction
- Create competitive advantage
- Generate growth
- Streamline supply chain
- Global expansion


IT cultures

1. Information-Functional Culture - Employees use information as a means of exercising influence or power over others. 
2. Information-Sharing Culture  - Employees across departments trust each other to use information to improve performance.
3. Information-Inquiring Culture - Employees across departments search for information to better understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new directions.
4. Information-Discovery Culture - Employees across departments are open to new insights about crisis and radical changes and seek ways to create competitive advantages.


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