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This document discusses how information systems impact organizations and business strategy. It describes how IS can lower transaction and agency costs, flatten organizational structures, and increase flexibility. The role of managers and different models of decision making are also examined. Designing IS requires considering organizational factors like culture, politics, and business processes. IS can help businesses pursue strategies like lowering costs, differentiation, and changing scope.

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© 2019 UMI OBJECTIVES • Identify and describe important features of organizations that managers need to know about in order to build and use information systems successfully • Evaluate the impact of information systems on organizations • Assess how information systems support the activities of managers in organizations Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI • Analyze how information systems support various business strategies for competitive advantage • Assess the challenges posed by strategic information systems and management solutions OBJECTIVES (Continued) Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI • Challenge: powerful competitors, price conscious consumers. Manage 95 brands of wine • Solutions. Warehouse management system: coordinates production, suppliers, inventory and shipment • Shortens order-to-door cycle by 10 days • Gallo Edge analyzes profitability by bottle for customers like Albertsons and Wal-Mart. • Gallo Wine Manager system analyzes price vs. taste relationship. • Demonstrates the interdependence of business environments, management, culture, and strategy Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Gallo Winery Case
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS The Two-Way Relationship between Organizations and Information Technology Figure 3-1 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS What Is an Organization? Organization: • Stable, formal social structure • Takes resources from the environment and processes them to produce outputs Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS The Technical Microeconomic Definition of the Organization Figure 3-2 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Collection of rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities • Delicately balanced over a period of time through conflict • Conflict resolution Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Behavioral Definition of Organization:
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS The Behavioral View of Organizations Figure 3-3 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • All organizations have some similar “structural” features. Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Common Features of Organizations
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Clear division of labor • Hierarchy • Explicit rules and procedures • Impartial judgments Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Shared Features of all Organizations: Table 3-1
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Technical qualifications for positions • Maximum organizational efficiency Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Shared Features of all Organizations: (Continued) Table 3-1 (Continued)
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Routines are patterns of individual behavior. • Business processes are a collection of routines. • Business firms are a collection of business processes. • Business processes enable organizations to cope with all recurring expected situations. Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Routines and Business Processes
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Routines, Business Processes, and Firms Figure 3-4 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Divergent viewpoints lead to political struggle, competition, and conflict. • Hamper organizational change Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Organizational Politics
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • What products the organization should produce • How and where it should be produced • For whom the products should be produced Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Organizational Culture
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Structures • Goals • Constituencies • Leadership styles • Tasks • Surrounding environments Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Unique Features of Organizations
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Entrepreneurial structure: Small start-up business • Machine bureaucracy: Midsize manufacturing firm • Divisionalized bureaucracy: Fortune 500 firms • Professional bureaucracy: Law firms, school systems, hospitals • Adhocracy: Consulting firms Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Organizational Structures
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Organizations and environments have a reciprocal relationship. • Organizations are open to, and dependent on, the social and physical environment. • Organizations can influence their environments. Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Organizations and Environments:
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Environments and Organizations Have a Reciprocal Relationship Figure 3-5 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Ultimate goals • Different groups and constituencies • Nature of leadership • Tasks and technology Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Other Differences Among Organizations:
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Organizing the IT Function • Hardware • Software • Data storage • Networks The information systems department is responsible for maintaining: Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Information Technology Services Figure 3-6 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Includes Specialists: • Programmers: Highly trained, writers of the software instructions for computers • Systems analysts: Translate business problems into solutions, act as liaisons between the information systems department and rest of the organization • Information system managers: Leaders of various specialists Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Chief Information Officer (CIO): Senior manager in charge of information systems function in the firm • End users: Department representatives outside the information system department for whom applications are developed Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Includes Specialists: (Continued)
© 2019 UMI HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS • IT changes both the relative costs of capital and the costs of information. • Information systems technology is a factor of production, like capital and labor. Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Economic Impacts:
© 2019 UMI • Transaction cost theory: Firms seek to economize on the cost of participating in markets (transaction costs). • IT lowers market transaction costs for firm, making it worthwhile for firms to transact with other firms rather than grow the number of employees. Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Economic Impacts: (Continued) HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
© 2019 UMI The Transaction Cost Theory of the Impact of Information Technology on the Organization Figure 3-7 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
© 2019 UMI Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy • Agency theory: Firm is nexus of contracts among self-interested parties requiring supervision. • Firms experience agency costs (the cost of managing and supervising). • IT can reduce agency costs, making it possible for firms to grow without adding to the costs of supervising, and without adding employees. HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
© 2019 UMI The Agency Cost Theory of the Impact of Information Technology on the Organization Figure 3-8 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
© 2019 UMI Organizational and Behavioral Impacts IT Flattens Organizations: Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy • Facilitates flattening of hierarchies • Broadens the distribution of timely information • Increases the speed of decision making HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
© 2019 UMI Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy • Empowers lower-level employees to make decisions without supervision and increase management efficiency • Management span of control (the number of employees supervised by each manager) will also grow HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS IT Flattens Organizations: (Continued)
© 2019 UMI Flattening Organizations Figure 3-9 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
© 2019 UMI Postindustrial Organizations and Virtual Firms Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Postindustrial Organizations: • Authority increasingly relies on knowledge and competence. • Information technology encourages task force-networked organizations. HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
© 2019 UMI Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Virtual Firms: • Use networks to link people, assets, and ideas • Can ally with suppliers, customers to create and distribute new products and services • Not limited to traditional organizational boundaries or physical locations HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
© 2019 UMI Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy • Information systems give both large and small organizations additional flexibility to overcome the limitations posed by their size. • Small organizations use information systems to acquire some of the muscle and reach of larger organizations. Increasing Flexibility of Organizations: HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
© 2019 UMI Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy • Large organizations use information technology to achieve some of the agility and responsiveness of small organizations. • Customization and personalization: IT makes it possible to tailor products and services to individuals. HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS Increasing Flexibility of Organizations: (Continued)
© 2019 UMI • Information systems become bound up in organizational politics because they influence access to a key resource. • Information systems potentially change an organization’s structure, culture, politics, and work. • Most common reason for failure of large projects is due to organizational and political resistance to change. Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Understanding Organizational Resistance to Change: HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
© 2019 UMI Organizational Resistance and the Mutually Adjusting Relationship between Technology and the Organization Figure 3-10 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS Source: Reprinted by permission of James G. March.
© 2019 UMI • The Internet increases the accessibility, storage, distribution of information and knowledge for business firms. • The Internet lowers the transaction and agency costs of firms. • Businesses are rapidly rebuilding their key business processes based on Internet technology. Example: online order entry, customer service, and fulfillment of orders. Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy The Internet and Organizations HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
© 2019 UMI The Role of Managers in Organizations THE IMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING Classical Descriptions of Management: • Traditional description of management • Focuses on formal functions: Plan, organize, coordinate, decide, control Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI THE IMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING Behavioral Models: • Describes management based on observations of what managers actually do on the job Managerial Roles: • Expectation of activities that managers should perform in an organization Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI THE IMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • Interpersonal: Managers act as figureheads and leaders. • Informational: Managers receive and disseminate critical information, nerve centers. • Decisional: Managers initiate activities, allocate resources, and negotiate conflicts. Management Roles: Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI THE IMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • Rational model: An individual manager identifies goals, ranks all possible alternative actions and chooses the alternative that contributes most to those goals • Organizational model: Considers the structural and political characteristics of an organization • Bureaucratic model: Whatever organizations do is the result of routines and existing business processes honed over years of active use Models of Decision Making Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI THE IMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • Political model: What an organization does is a result of political bargains struck among key leaders and interest groups Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Models of Decision Making (Continued)
© 2019 UMI THE IMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • Organizational environment • Organizational structure, hierarchy, specialization, routines, and business processes • The organization’s culture and politics Factors to consider while planning a new system: Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Implications for the Design and Understanding of Information Systems
© 2019 UMI THE IMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • The type of organization and its style of leadership • Groups affected by the system and the attitudes of workers who will be using the system • The kinds of tasks, decisions, and business processes that the information system is designed to assist Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Implications for the Design and Understanding of Information Systems (Continued)
© 2019 UMI THE IMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • Flexibility and multiple options for handling data and evaluating information • Capability to support a variety of management styles, skills, and knowledge Characteristics to be kept in mind while Designing Systems: Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI THE IMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • Capability to keep track of many alternatives and consequences • Sensitivity to the organization’s bureaucratic and political requirements Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Characteristics to be kept in mind while Designing Systems: (Continued)
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Business strategy decisions of the firms will determine the following: • The products and services a firm produces • The industries in which the firm competes • Competitors, suppliers, and customers of the firm • Long-term goals of the firm Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Business-Level Strategy: The Value Chain Model The most common generic business level strategies are: • Become the low-cost producer • Differentiate your product from competitors’ products • Change the scope of competition by enlarging the market or narrowing it to a specialized niche Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Value Chain Model: • Highlights the primary or support activities that add business value • A good tool for understanding strategy at the business firm level Primary Activities: • Directly related to the production and distribution of a firm’s products or services Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Support Activities: • Make the delivery of primary activities possible • Consist of the organization’s infrastructure, human resources, technology, and procurement Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY The Firm Value Chain and the Industry Value Chain Figure 3-11 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • How can IT be used at each point in the value chain to lower costs, differentiate products, and change the scope of competition? Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Strategic question:
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Internet-enabled Web of cooperating firms • Customer-driven network of independent firms • Uses information technology to coordinate value chains of separate firms for collectively producing a product or service Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Value Web:
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY The Value Web Figure 3-12 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Systems that Create Product Differentiation: • Firms can use IT to develop differentiated products. • Create brand loyalty by developing new and unique products and services • Product and services not easily duplicated by competitors Examples: Dell, Orbitz Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Information Systems Products and Services
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • Uses intensive analysis of customer data to support new ways of contacting and serving the customer • Enables development of new market niches for specialized products or services Example: Wyndam Hotels frequent guest program Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Systems that Support Focused Differentiation:
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • Link your firm’s value chain to the value chains of your suppliers and customers • Directly links consumer behavior back to distribution, production, and supply chains • Example: Wal-Mart directly links customer purchases to suppliers in nearly real time. It is the suppliers’ job to ensure products are shipped to the store to replace purchased products Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Supply Chain Management and Efficient Customer Response Systems:
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • IT is used at the firm level to discourage customers from switching to other suppliers, and “locking” them into a firm’s channels. • Switching cost is the expense incurred by a customer or company for changing from one supplier or system to another. • Example: Baxter International Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Switching Costs and Lock-in Effects
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Stockless Inventory compared to Traditional and Just- in-time Supply Methods Figure 3-13 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Business-level Strategy Figure 3-14 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Firm-Level Strategy and Information Technology Core Competency: • Activity at which a firm excels as a world-class leader • Information systems encourage the sharing of knowledge across business units and therefore enhance firm competency Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Firms operate in a larger environment composed of other firms, governments, and nations Information partnership: • Cooperative alliance formed between two or more corporations for sharing information to gain strategic advantage • Help firms gain access to new customers, creating new opportunities for cross-selling and targeting products Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Industry-Level Strategy and Information Systems: Competitive Forces and Network Economics
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY In the larger environment, there are five main forces or threats: • New market entrants • Substitute products and services • Suppliers • Customers • Other firms competing directly Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Porter’s Five Forces Model
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Porter’s Competitive Forces Model Figure 3-15 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • Encourage new entrants. Example: NetFlix vs. Blockbuster • Increase customer bargaining power. Example: Expedia.com and others Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy IT and the Internet can greatly change the strength of these competitive forces:
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • Decrease in supplier power. Example: eCampus.com increases the efficiency of used textbook market, reducing publisher profits • Substitute products. Example: online music lowers value of record stores Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy IT and the Internet can greatly change the strength of these competitive forces: (Continued)
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • Business ecosystems are interdependent networks of suppliers, distributors, outsourcing firms, transportation service firms, and technology manufacturers. Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy IT plays a powerful role in creating new forms of business ecosystems. Business Ecosystems:
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Examples: • Microsoft: 1 billion PCs worldwide and hundreds of thousands of businesses rely on Microsoft’s platform. • EBay: Millions of people and thousands of business firms use this platform. • Wal-Mart: Enterprise systems used by suppliers to increase their efficiency Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY An Ecosystem Strategic Model Figure 3-16 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • IT products and services exhibit powerful network effects and create potential “winner take all” situations. • Network effects occur when adding more resources to a process incurs little or zero cost, but large gains in output. • Contrary to the law of diminishing returns typical of industrial and agricultural products Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Network Economics:
© 2019 UMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • Example: Value of the Internet grows exponentially with the linear increase in users. • Example: Because certain software can become a standard (like Windows operating systems or Windows Office), people can get locked into that standard and the value of Windows grows as more and more people use it. • Good strategy: Use IT to build products and services that exhibit network effects. Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Network Economics: (Continued)
© 2019 UMI MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS • Firms face a continuing stream of IT-based opportunities to achieve strategic advantages Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Management Opportunities:
© 2019 UMI MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS • Some firms face big hurdles in implementing contemporary systems. • Once an advantage is achieved, there are difficulties in sustaining the advantage. • Organizations often cannot change fast enough to accommodate new technologies. Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Management Challenges:
© 2019 UMI MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS Perform a strategic systems analysis • Understand the structure and competitive dynamics of the industry where your firm operates • Understand the business, firm, and industry value chains • Consider how your firm can manage “strategic transitions” as it seeks to implement systems that provide competitive advantages Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Solution Guidelines:
© 2019 UMI

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    © 2019 UMI InformationSystems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Facilitated by:
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    © 2019 UMI OBJECTIVES •Identify and describe important features of organizations that managers need to know about in order to build and use information systems successfully • Evaluate the impact of information systems on organizations • Assess how information systems support the activities of managers in organizations Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI •Analyze how information systems support various business strategies for competitive advantage • Assess the challenges posed by strategic information systems and management solutions OBJECTIVES (Continued) Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI •Challenge: powerful competitors, price conscious consumers. Manage 95 brands of wine • Solutions. Warehouse management system: coordinates production, suppliers, inventory and shipment • Shortens order-to-door cycle by 10 days • Gallo Edge analyzes profitability by bottle for customers like Albertsons and Wal-Mart. • Gallo Wine Manager system analyzes price vs. taste relationship. • Demonstrates the interdependence of business environments, management, culture, and strategy Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Gallo Winery Case
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS The Two-Way Relationship between Organizations and Information Technology Figure 3-1 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS What Is an Organization? Organization: • Stable, formal social structure • Takes resources from the environment and processes them to produce outputs Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS The Technical Microeconomic Definition of the Organization Figure 3-2 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Collection of rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities • Delicately balanced over a period of time through conflict • Conflict resolution Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Behavioral Definition of Organization:
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS The Behavioral View of Organizations Figure 3-3 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • All organizations have some similar “structural” features. Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Common Features of Organizations
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Clear division of labor • Hierarchy • Explicit rules and procedures • Impartial judgments Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Shared Features of all Organizations: Table 3-1
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Technical qualifications for positions • Maximum organizational efficiency Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Shared Features of all Organizations: (Continued) Table 3-1 (Continued)
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Routines are patterns of individual behavior. • Business processes are a collection of routines. • Business firms are a collection of business processes. • Business processes enable organizations to cope with all recurring expected situations. Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Routines and Business Processes
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Routines, Business Processes, and Firms Figure 3-4 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Divergent viewpoints lead to political struggle, competition, and conflict. • Hamper organizational change Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Organizational Politics
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • What products the organization should produce • How and where it should be produced • For whom the products should be produced Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Organizational Culture
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Structures • Goals • Constituencies • Leadership styles • Tasks • Surrounding environments Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Unique Features of Organizations
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Entrepreneurial structure: Small start-up business • Machine bureaucracy: Midsize manufacturing firm • Divisionalized bureaucracy: Fortune 500 firms • Professional bureaucracy: Law firms, school systems, hospitals • Adhocracy: Consulting firms Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Organizational Structures
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Organizations and environments have a reciprocal relationship. • Organizations are open to, and dependent on, the social and physical environment. • Organizations can influence their environments. Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Organizations and Environments:
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Environments and Organizations Have a Reciprocal Relationship Figure 3-5 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Ultimate goals • Different groups and constituencies • Nature of leadership • Tasks and technology Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Other Differences Among Organizations:
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Organizing the IT Function • Hardware • Software • Data storage • Networks The information systems department is responsible for maintaining: Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Information Technology Services Figure 3-6 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Includes Specialists: • Programmers: Highly trained, writers of the software instructions for computers • Systems analysts: Translate business problems into solutions, act as liaisons between the information systems department and rest of the organization • Information system managers: Leaders of various specialists Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI ORGANIZATIONSAND INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Chief Information Officer (CIO): Senior manager in charge of information systems function in the firm • End users: Department representatives outside the information system department for whom applications are developed Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Includes Specialists: (Continued)
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    © 2019 UMI HOWINFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS • IT changes both the relative costs of capital and the costs of information. • Information systems technology is a factor of production, like capital and labor. Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Economic Impacts:
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    © 2019 UMI •Transaction cost theory: Firms seek to economize on the cost of participating in markets (transaction costs). • IT lowers market transaction costs for firm, making it worthwhile for firms to transact with other firms rather than grow the number of employees. Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Economic Impacts: (Continued) HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
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    © 2019 UMI TheTransaction Cost Theory of the Impact of Information Technology on the Organization Figure 3-7 Management Information Systems Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
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    © 2019 UMI ManagementInformation Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy • Agency theory: Firm is nexus of contracts among self-interested parties requiring supervision. • Firms experience agency costs (the cost of managing and supervising). • IT can reduce agency costs, making it possible for firms to grow without adding to the costs of supervising, and without adding employees. HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
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    © 2019 UMI TheAgency Cost Theory of the Impact of Information Technology on the Organization Figure 3-8 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
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    © 2019 UMI Organizationaland Behavioral Impacts IT Flattens Organizations: Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy • Facilitates flattening of hierarchies • Broadens the distribution of timely information • Increases the speed of decision making HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
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    © 2019 UMI ManagementInformation Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy • Empowers lower-level employees to make decisions without supervision and increase management efficiency • Management span of control (the number of employees supervised by each manager) will also grow HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS IT Flattens Organizations: (Continued)
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    © 2019 UMI FlatteningOrganizations Figure 3-9 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
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    © 2019 UMI PostindustrialOrganizations and Virtual Firms Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Postindustrial Organizations: • Authority increasingly relies on knowledge and competence. • Information technology encourages task force-networked organizations. HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
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    © 2019 UMI ManagementInformation Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Virtual Firms: • Use networks to link people, assets, and ideas • Can ally with suppliers, customers to create and distribute new products and services • Not limited to traditional organizational boundaries or physical locations HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
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    © 2019 UMI ManagementInformation Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy • Information systems give both large and small organizations additional flexibility to overcome the limitations posed by their size. • Small organizations use information systems to acquire some of the muscle and reach of larger organizations. Increasing Flexibility of Organizations: HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
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    © 2019 UMI ManagementInformation Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy • Large organizations use information technology to achieve some of the agility and responsiveness of small organizations. • Customization and personalization: IT makes it possible to tailor products and services to individuals. HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS Increasing Flexibility of Organizations: (Continued)
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    © 2019 UMI •Information systems become bound up in organizational politics because they influence access to a key resource. • Information systems potentially change an organization’s structure, culture, politics, and work. • Most common reason for failure of large projects is due to organizational and political resistance to change. Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Understanding Organizational Resistance to Change: HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
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    © 2019 UMI OrganizationalResistance and the Mutually Adjusting Relationship between Technology and the Organization Figure 3-10 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS Source: Reprinted by permission of James G. March.
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    © 2019 UMI •The Internet increases the accessibility, storage, distribution of information and knowledge for business firms. • The Internet lowers the transaction and agency costs of firms. • Businesses are rapidly rebuilding their key business processes based on Internet technology. Example: online order entry, customer service, and fulfillment of orders. Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy The Internet and Organizations HOW INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS FIRMS
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    © 2019 UMI TheRole of Managers in Organizations THE IMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING Classical Descriptions of Management: • Traditional description of management • Focuses on formal functions: Plan, organize, coordinate, decide, control Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI THEIMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING Behavioral Models: • Describes management based on observations of what managers actually do on the job Managerial Roles: • Expectation of activities that managers should perform in an organization Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI THEIMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • Interpersonal: Managers act as figureheads and leaders. • Informational: Managers receive and disseminate critical information, nerve centers. • Decisional: Managers initiate activities, allocate resources, and negotiate conflicts. Management Roles: Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI THEIMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • Rational model: An individual manager identifies goals, ranks all possible alternative actions and chooses the alternative that contributes most to those goals • Organizational model: Considers the structural and political characteristics of an organization • Bureaucratic model: Whatever organizations do is the result of routines and existing business processes honed over years of active use Models of Decision Making Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI THEIMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • Political model: What an organization does is a result of political bargains struck among key leaders and interest groups Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Models of Decision Making (Continued)
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    © 2019 UMI THEIMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • Organizational environment • Organizational structure, hierarchy, specialization, routines, and business processes • The organization’s culture and politics Factors to consider while planning a new system: Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Implications for the Design and Understanding of Information Systems
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    © 2019 UMI THEIMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • The type of organization and its style of leadership • Groups affected by the system and the attitudes of workers who will be using the system • The kinds of tasks, decisions, and business processes that the information system is designed to assist Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Implications for the Design and Understanding of Information Systems (Continued)
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    © 2019 UMI THEIMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • Flexibility and multiple options for handling data and evaluating information • Capability to support a variety of management styles, skills, and knowledge Characteristics to be kept in mind while Designing Systems: Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI THEIMPACT OF IT ON MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING • Capability to keep track of many alternatives and consequences • Sensitivity to the organization’s bureaucratic and political requirements Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Characteristics to be kept in mind while Designing Systems: (Continued)
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Business strategy decisions of the firms will determine the following: • The products and services a firm produces • The industries in which the firm competes • Competitors, suppliers, and customers of the firm • Long-term goals of the firm Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Business-Level Strategy: The Value Chain Model The most common generic business level strategies are: • Become the low-cost producer • Differentiate your product from competitors’ products • Change the scope of competition by enlarging the market or narrowing it to a specialized niche Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Value Chain Model: • Highlights the primary or support activities that add business value • A good tool for understanding strategy at the business firm level Primary Activities: • Directly related to the production and distribution of a firm’s products or services Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Support Activities: • Make the delivery of primary activities possible • Consist of the organization’s infrastructure, human resources, technology, and procurement Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY The Firm Value Chain and the Industry Value Chain Figure 3-11 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • How can IT be used at each point in the value chain to lower costs, differentiate products, and change the scope of competition? Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Strategic question:
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Internet-enabled Web of cooperating firms • Customer-driven network of independent firms • Uses information technology to coordinate value chains of separate firms for collectively producing a product or service Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Value Web:
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY The Value Web Figure 3-12 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Systems that Create Product Differentiation: • Firms can use IT to develop differentiated products. • Create brand loyalty by developing new and unique products and services • Product and services not easily duplicated by competitors Examples: Dell, Orbitz Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Information Systems Products and Services
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • Uses intensive analysis of customer data to support new ways of contacting and serving the customer • Enables development of new market niches for specialized products or services Example: Wyndam Hotels frequent guest program Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Systems that Support Focused Differentiation:
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • Link your firm’s value chain to the value chains of your suppliers and customers • Directly links consumer behavior back to distribution, production, and supply chains • Example: Wal-Mart directly links customer purchases to suppliers in nearly real time. It is the suppliers’ job to ensure products are shipped to the store to replace purchased products Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Supply Chain Management and Efficient Customer Response Systems:
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • IT is used at the firm level to discourage customers from switching to other suppliers, and “locking” them into a firm’s channels. • Switching cost is the expense incurred by a customer or company for changing from one supplier or system to another. • Example: Baxter International Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Switching Costs and Lock-in Effects
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Stockless Inventory compared to Traditional and Just- in-time Supply Methods Figure 3-13 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Business-level Strategy Figure 3-14 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Firm-Level Strategy and Information Technology Core Competency: • Activity at which a firm excels as a world-class leader • Information systems encourage the sharing of knowledge across business units and therefore enhance firm competency Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Firms operate in a larger environment composed of other firms, governments, and nations Information partnership: • Cooperative alliance formed between two or more corporations for sharing information to gain strategic advantage • Help firms gain access to new customers, creating new opportunities for cross-selling and targeting products Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Industry-Level Strategy and Information Systems: Competitive Forces and Network Economics
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY In the larger environment, there are five main forces or threats: • New market entrants • Substitute products and services • Suppliers • Customers • Other firms competing directly Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Porter’s Five Forces Model
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Porter’s Competitive Forces Model Figure 3-15 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • Encourage new entrants. Example: NetFlix vs. Blockbuster • Increase customer bargaining power. Example: Expedia.com and others Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy IT and the Internet can greatly change the strength of these competitive forces:
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • Decrease in supplier power. Example: eCampus.com increases the efficiency of used textbook market, reducing publisher profits • Substitute products. Example: online music lowers value of record stores Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy IT and the Internet can greatly change the strength of these competitive forces: (Continued)
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • Business ecosystems are interdependent networks of suppliers, distributors, outsourcing firms, transportation service firms, and technology manufacturers. Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy IT plays a powerful role in creating new forms of business ecosystems. Business Ecosystems:
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY Examples: • Microsoft: 1 billion PCs worldwide and hundreds of thousands of businesses rely on Microsoft’s platform. • EBay: Millions of people and thousands of business firms use this platform. • Wal-Mart: Enterprise systems used by suppliers to increase their efficiency Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY An Ecosystem Strategic Model Figure 3-16 Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • IT products and services exhibit powerful network effects and create potential “winner take all” situations. • Network effects occur when adding more resources to a process incurs little or zero cost, but large gains in output. • Contrary to the law of diminishing returns typical of industrial and agricultural products Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Network Economics:
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    © 2019 UMI INFORMATIONSYSTEMS AND BUSINESS STRATEGY • Example: Value of the Internet grows exponentially with the linear increase in users. • Example: Because certain software can become a standard (like Windows operating systems or Windows Office), people can get locked into that standard and the value of Windows grows as more and more people use it. • Good strategy: Use IT to build products and services that exhibit network effects. Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Network Economics: (Continued)
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    © 2019 UMI MANAGEMENTOPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS • Firms face a continuing stream of IT-based opportunities to achieve strategic advantages Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Management Opportunities:
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    © 2019 UMI MANAGEMENTOPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS • Some firms face big hurdles in implementing contemporary systems. • Once an advantage is achieved, there are difficulties in sustaining the advantage. • Organizations often cannot change fast enough to accommodate new technologies. Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Management Challenges:
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    © 2019 UMI MANAGEMENTOPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS Perform a strategic systems analysis • Understand the structure and competitive dynamics of the industry where your firm operates • Understand the business, firm, and industry value chains • Consider how your firm can manage “strategic transitions” as it seeks to implement systems that provide competitive advantages Management Information Systems Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and Strategy Solution Guidelines:
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