Week 01 - Topic 01
INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE 2010s
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Information Technology for Managers
Dr. Huy Nguyen
BMIT5103
John von Neumann Institute - Vietnam National
University
Ho Chi Minh
City
Information
Technology
for Managers
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STUDY GUIDE
TOPIC 01
“Information Systems in the 2010s”
• Learning outcomes:
1. Role of IT in optimising performance;
2. Why the business value of IT is determined by people, business
processes & organisational culture;
3. Role of IT in BPM & the performance measurement process;
4. Strategic planning process, SWOT analysis & competitive models;
5. How IT impacts your career & the positive outlook for IS management
careers.
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TOPIC 01
“Information Systems in the 2010s”
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Topics overview:
1. Importance of being an agile enterprise;
2. Capability of IT in improving profitability by enabling ways to connect
with & push content through social networks & mobile devices;
3. Factors which determine the business value of IT & IS;
4. BPM cycle & its challenges;
5. Support of IT in enabling an organisation to respond towards business
pressure;
6. SWOT analysis & strategic planning analysis;
7. Porter’s competitive forces & value chain model;
8. Importance of learning IT.
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TOPIC 01
“Information Systems in the 2010s”
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Focus areas
Assigned readings
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Positioning IT to optimise performance
Chapter 1, pp 5 - 8
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Core concepts of IS & IT
Chapter 1, pp 8 - 11
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Business performance management &
measurement
Chapter 1, pp 12 - 15
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Strategic planning & competitive models
Chapter 1, pp 16 - 21
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Why IT is important to your career & IT careers
Chapter 1, pp 22 - 24
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• Positioning IT to optimise performance
• Core concepts of IS & IT
• Business performance management & measurement
• Strategic planning & competitive models
• Why IT is important to your career & IT careers
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• Positioning IT to optimise performance
• Core concepts of IS & IT
• Business performance management & measurement
• Strategic planning & competitive models
• Why IT is important to your career & IT careers
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POSITIONING IT TO OPTIMISE PERFORMANCE
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Characteristics of an agile organisation;
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Opportunities created by the mass migration of users from PCs to
mobile devices;
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Ways to assess the value of an innovation;
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Doing business with a comprehensive business model.
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POSITIONING IT TO OPTIMISE PERFORMANCE
AGILITY & MOBILITY
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Identify and capture opportunities more quickly than rivals;
Adapt rapidly because of struggling economic recoveries and
advances in mobile technology;
IT in the hands of customers:
• Adapt to market conditions and gain a competitive edge;
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Mobile market opportunities:
• Connect with public and private networks, to access digital content from
anywhere at any time, and to get work done.
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POSITIONING IT TO OPTIMISE PERFORMANCE
BUSINESS INNOVATION & DISRUPTION OF
THE STATUS QUO
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Value of innovation:
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Generates new profit pools;
Increases demand for products and services;
Attracts new customers;
Opens new markets;
Sustains the business for years to come.
Transforms those IT commodities into competitive assets;
Improve employee performance and profit margins.
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POSITIONING IT TO OPTIMISE PERFORMANCE
BUSINESS MODELS
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Method of doing business by which a company can generate sales
revenue and profit to sustain itself;
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How the company creates or adds value in terms of the goods or
services the company produces;
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A comprehensive business model includes:
• Products and services;
• Business process;
• Customers;
• Resources;
• Supply chain;
• Business partners;
• Revenue model.
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• Positioning IT to optimise performance
• Core concepts of IS & IT
• Business performance management & measurement
• Strategic planning & competitive models
• Why IT is important to your career & IT careers
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• Positioning IT to optimise performance
• Core concepts of IS & IT
• Business performance management & measurement
• Strategic planning & competitive models
• Why IT is important to your career & IT careers
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CORE CONCEPTS OF IS & IT
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Generic definition & four basic functions of an IS;
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Components of an IS;
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Major capabilities of IS & supported business objectives.
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CORE CONCEPTS OF IS & IT
GENERIC DEFINITION & FOUR BASIC
FUNCTIONS OF AN IS
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Collect, process, store, analyze, and distribute information for a
specific purpose or objective;
Basic functions:
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Input;
Processing;
Output;
Storage.
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CORE CONCEPTS OF IS & IT
COMPONENTS OF AN IS
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Hardware;
Software;
Data;
Network;
Procedures;
People.
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CORE CONCEPTS OF IS & IT
MAJOR CAPABILITIES OF IS & SUPPORTED
BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
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Major capabilities:
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Perform high-speed, high-volume, numerical computations;
Provide fast, accurate communication and collaboration unrestricted by time and
location;
Store huge amounts of information that is accessible via private networks and the
Internet;
Automate semiautomatic business processes and manually done tasks;
Enable automation of routine decision making and facilitate complex decision making.
Supported business objectives:
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Improve productivity (productivity is a measurement or the ratio of inputs to outputs);
Reduce costs and waste;
Improve the ability to make informed decisions;
Facilitate collaboration;
Enhance customer relationships;
Develop new analytic capabilities;
Provide feedback on performance.
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• Positioning IT to optimise performance
• Core concepts of IS & IT
• Business performance management & measurement
• Strategic planning & competitive models
• Why IT is important to your career & IT careers
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• Positioning IT to optimise performance
• Core concepts of IS & IT
• Business performance management & measurement
• Strategic planning & competitive models
• Why IT is important to your career & IT careers
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BUSINESS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT &
MEASUREMENT
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Definition of performance management & ways to manage
performance;
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Performance management process;
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Business environmental pressures & their impact;
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Organisational responses to pressure & opportunities;
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Green IT to reduce carbon & energy footprints;
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Ethical issues.
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BUSINESS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT & MEASUREMENT
DEFINITION OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
& WAYS TO MANAGE PERFORMANCE
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Requirements to manage performance:
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Measurable;
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Right indicators.
Performance measurement process:
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Decide on desired performance levels;
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Determine how to attain the performance levels;
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Periodically assess where the organization stands with respect to its goals,
objectives, and measures;
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Adjust performance and/or goals.
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Business environmental pressures;
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Impact of business environment factors;
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Green IT to reduce carbon and energy footprints;
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Ethical issues.
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BUSINESS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT & MEASUREMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES &
THEIR IMPACT
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• Positioning IT to optimise performance
• Core concepts of IS & IT
• Business performance management & measurement
• Strategic planning & competitive models
• Why IT is important to your career & IT careers
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AGENDA
• Positioning IT to optimise performance
• Core concepts of IS & IT
• Business performance management & measurement
• Strategic planning & competitive models
• Why IT is important to your career & IT careers
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STRATEGIC PLANNING & COMPETITIVE MODELS
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Definition of strategic analysis (SWOT);
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Strategic planning;
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Porter’s competitive forces model & strategies;
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Adaptive & innovative organisations;
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IS & IT failures.
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STRATEGIC PLANNING & COMPETITIVE MODELS
DEFINITION OF STRATEGIC ANALYSIS (SWOT)
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Scanning and review of the political, social, economic, and technical
environment of the organization;
Rules to perform a SWOT analysis:
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Be realistic about the strengths and weaknesses of your organization;
Be realistic about the size of the opportunities and threats;
Be specific and keep the analysis simple, or as simple as possible;
Evaluate your company’s strengths and weaknesses in relation to those
of competitors (better than or worse than competitors);
• Expect conflicting views because SWOT is subjective, forward-looking,
and based on assumptions.
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