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What is an organizational information system
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An interaction betweenPeople,Technology,and Ruleswithin a business
(Venn diagram of People, Technology, and business rules) |
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Why must IS strategy and organizational strategy be aligned?
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It must be aligned,
to help the organization accomplish its goals andobjectives§ to possibly attain and retain a competitive advantagethrough the alignment with organizational and businessstrategy |
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What is the most important indicator of IT alignment between business and IT executives?
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Communication
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External factors can make IT alignment difficult, what are some of those disruptions in business practices?
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• Globalization§ Heightened Competitiveness• Cost Structures• Customer Expectations• Shortened Product/Service/Process Life Cycles§ Nature of work• Knowledge-Intensive• Specialized and broad• Virtual work§ Heightened Threat Incidences
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Internal factors can make IT alignment difficult, what are some of those disruptions in business practices?
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• Declines in IT cost structures• Proliferation of IT products and services• IT-enabled Business Solutions§ IT Applications§ Business Processes• IT management changes and turnover• Functional business units tend to become like ‘silos’• Each silo has its own business objective that may notmatch with another silo.• Political and organizational realities
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Briefly desciribe information technology architecture
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• IT architecture is a conceptual model of theinteraction of technology and people withinorganization.• Similar in scope to the architectural design of abuilding.• For buildings, the size and location of rooms,electrical wiring, plumbing, elevators, etc aredescribed using “documentation”• In the world of IT, the number of computers, networkcables and connectivity, the data to be stored, accessto the data and software, number and location ofservers, etc are described using “documentation”.
• IT/Enterprise architecture is maintained by anEnterprise Architect.§ The architect creates a blueprint to i) create and ii)manage an organization’s IT by considering• organizational objectives (why use IT?)• business processes (tasks required)• Databases (how and where to store content)• information flows (access to content)• software (operating systems and applications)• supporting technology (hardware) |
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What are IT architects main challenges? as in what 3 aspects must he completely understand to complete his task
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§ Business Strategies: since IT should be aligned with thebusiness strategy to fully realize the benefit of IT (and tosustain a competitive advantage).§ Operations: since an aspect of IT is to increase the efficiencyof business processes§ Platforms: requirement for linking different departments andoutside organizations (ie, customers and suppliers) throughthe use of IT.
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UNDERSTAND ZACHMANS FRAMEWORK FOR ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
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sameeeeeeee
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what are some examples of IS governance
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• To improve the benefits of an organization’s ITinvestment over time§ IS reporting structures§ Review processes§ Improve quality§ Reduce service costs and delivery time§ Reduce IT risks§ Support business processes better
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what are some differences between Centralization and decentralization in regards to IS governance?
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• Centralization§ MIS staff report to central unit§ Corporate standards-setting is easier§ Economies of scale§ Quicker response to routine business needs• Decentralization§ MIS staff report to functional business unit§ Challenging to follow corporate standards§ Diseconomies of scale§ Quicker response to non-routine business needs
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what is the aim of governance legislation?
what are the acts pertaining to this in Canada and US? |
Legislation was introduced after a series ofaccounting scandals• Aim to prevent corporate fraud by having specificinternal controls (processes) to track accountinginformation Budget Measures Act in Canada• Sarbanes-Oxley Act in US.
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what is the triple bottom line?
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• Triple Bottom Line: “TBL” or “3BL”or people, planet, profit§ expands the notion of traditional financial reports,which are based solely on financial performance, totake into account ecological and social performance
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what are the primary goals of Green IT
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§ Improve energy efficiency§ Promote recycling§ Reduce use of hazardousmaterials• Other goal: promote sustainability
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LOOK OVER SUSTAINABILITY VENN DIAGRAM
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LOOK OVER SUSTAINABILITY VENN DIAGRAM
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