01-08-2012, 03:36 PM
Information Systems in Organizations
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Organization
A formal collection of people and other resources established to accomplish a set of goals
Value Chain
Term coined by Michael Porter in a 1965 article in the Harvard Business Review
Def: a series of activities that includes inbound logistics, warehouse and storage, production, finished product storage, outbound logistics, marketing and sales, and customer service
Organizations
Organizational structure
Organizational subunits and the way they are related to the overall organization
Traditional organizational structure
Major department heads report to a president or top-level manager
Terminology (1)
Hierarchical organizational structure
See previous slide
Series of levels
Those at high levels have more power and authority within an organization
Flat organizational structure
An organizational structure with a reduced number of layers of management
Other Organizational Structures (1)
Project organizational structure
An organization structure centred on major products or services
Contrast with traditional structure
Team organizational structure
An organizational structure centred on work teams or groups
Organizational Cultureand Change (1)
Organizational change
Deals with how for-profit and non-profit organizations plan for, implement, and handle change
Organizational learning
The way organizations adapt to new conditions or alter their practices over time
Reengineering
Also called ‘Process redesign’
The radical redesign of business processes, organizational structures, information systems, and values of the organization to achieve a breakthrough in business results
For example, to…
Reduce delivery time
Increase product and service quality
Improve customer satisfaction
Increase revenues and profitability