ISYS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Blu-Ray, Readwrite, Processor Register

• School: Macquarie University
• Department: Information Systems
• Course: ISYS104
• Professor: Matthew Mansour

Document Summary

Do not need too much or extraneous information. Must be worth the cost (time and money) Information systems cost money to develop, maintain and use. How does organisational strategy determine information systems structure. Information systems exist to help organisations achieve goals and objectives. Goals and objectives are determined by competitive strategy. Competitive strategy determines structures, features and functions of every information systems. Organisations examine industry structure to determine a competitive strategy. Strategy determines value chains and business processes: industry structure, competitive strategy, value chains, business processes, information systems. Narrow cost leadership focused on particular industry segment. Narrow differentiation focused on particular industry segment. Goals, objectives, culture and activities must be consistent with strategy. All information systems must facilitate the organisation"s strategy. A value chain is a network of value-creating activities. Task descriptions for primary activities of the value chain. Receiving, storing and disseminating inputs to the product. Collecting, storing and physically distributing the product to buyers.