ITM 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: State Implementation Plan, Data Warehouse, Materials Management
28 Jun 2018
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Primary Changes and Challenges organizations are focusing on it the 21 st
century:
Innovation: Finding new
Innovation: introduction of new equipment or methods
Fundamental shifts in technology will make it possible for businesses to
realize IT’s promise of technology-enabled innovation responsiveness and
speed
Six Best Practices of Innovation:
oFind your relevant edge: test and push their current performance
levels
oAssemble innovation hothouses: attract motivated groups of people to
these edges to work together on challenging performance issues
oReward risk takers: recognize people who are likely to be attracted to
the edge are big risk takers
oCelebrate diversity: Recognize that the edges fosters not just risk
taking but different cultures that are also edgy
oLook Around: Find ways to appropriate insights from adjacent
disciplines and even more remote areas of activity
oMix Practitioners and Developers: Bring users and developers of
technology together
Social Entrepreneurships: Going Green
Social Responsibility: implies that an entity, whether its government,
corporation, organization or individual, has a responsibility to society
Corporate Policy: a dimension of social responsibility that refers to the
position a firm takes on social and political issues
Corporate Responsibility: a dimension of social responsibility that includes
everything from hiring minority workers to making safe products
Sustainable (green) IT: manufacture, management, use and disposal of IT in
a way that minimizes damage to the environment
Energy Consumption:
oCorporate computing fast-growing power consumption is forces
companies to go green
Sun microsystems - throughput computing (cooler chips
sucking less energy)
Virtualization (diving the resources of a computer into
multiple execution environments. Easily load multiple
programs)
Energy Rebate Programs (upgrade systems to hold on to
energy savings)
Smart Cooling (monitor temperatures)
Alternative Energy Sources (wind and solar power)
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Biology meets chips (cooling chips system)
Gov’t Involvement (limits of carbon emissions, other permits,
fines, tax)
Sustainable IT disposal: safe disposal of IT assets
Canada Laws enforcing e-waste to be recycled
Social Networks: Who’s who
Background checks
Web users build ties, communities and networks online
Real time advertising on twitter
Many companies are leery of online networks
Many companies are turning to social networks to keep in touch with former
employees
Luring back former employees - boomerang
oCost less to train
Business-oriented networks help executives find employees, increasingly
useful in other areas
Social networks also help forge community with would-be customers
Virtual worlds: It's a whole new world
Virtual world: an internet resource which presents a 3D virtual community
Virtual is the theme of web 2.0
Virtual Organization: interactive web presence for businesses and their
customers
Two types of Virtual:
oVirtual Workforce
Working from home (or anywhere) via the internet
Virtual workers can feel lonely, isolated, or deprived of vital
training and mentoring
Communication breakdowns can impede innovation, trust, job
satisfaction and performance
Telematics: blending of computers and wireless
telecommunications technologies with the goal of efficiently
conveying info over vast networks to improve business operations
Electronic tagging: technique for identifying and tracking assets
and individuals via technologies
Online conferencing and collaboration software - easier for people
to work together and conduct meetings from various locations
oVirtual Worlds - Second life
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): integrates all departments and functions
through out an organization into a single information system so that employees can
make decision by viewing enterprise-wide data on all business operations
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Document Summary
Primary changes and challenges organizations are focusing on it the 21 st century: Fundamental shifts in technology will make it possible for businesses to realize it"s promise of technology-enabled innovation responsiveness and speed. Social responsibility: implies that an entity, whether its government, corporation, organization or individual, has a responsibility to society. Corporate policy: a dimension of social responsibility that refers to the position a firm takes on social and political issues. Corporate responsibility: a dimension of social responsibility that includes everything from hiring minority workers to making safe products. Sustainable (green) it: manufacture, management, use and disposal of it in a way that minimizes damage to the environment. Energy consumption: corporate computing fast-growing power consumption is forces companies to go green. Sun microsystems - throughput computing (cooler chips sucking less energy) Virtualization (diving the resources of a computer into multiple execution environments. Energy rebate programs (upgrade systems to hold on to energy savings) Alternative energy sources (wind and solar power)
