Wednesday, 27 November 2013

CHAPTER. 1 .. Business Driven Technology




Information Technology's (IT) Role in Business
* Information technology is everywhere in business.


IT Impact on Business Operations
1. Business functions receiving the greatest benefits from  IT.

- Customer Service                70%
- Finance                                 51 %
- Sales & Marketing               42%
- IT Operations                        39%
- Operations Management    31%
- HR                                         17%
- Security                                 17%



2. Information Technology Project Goals.

- Reduce Costs/ improve productivity             81%
- Improve customer satisfaction/ loyalty          71%
- Create competitive advantage                      66%
- Generate growth                                             54%
- Streamline supply chain                                 37%
- Global expansion                                           16%



3. Common departments in an organization
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • HR
  • Marketing
  • Management Information System (MIS)
  • Operations Management
  • Production Management
  • Sales


* Organizations typically operate by functional areas or functional silos.
* Functional areas are interdependant (work together)
  • Mkt (marketing)
  • Operations 
  • Logistics
  • HR (human resources)
  • Acc (Accounting) 
  • Sales


Information Technology BASICS
Information Technology = A field concerned with the use of technology in managing &