The tenth edition provides users with the necessary tools and processes for organizing and managing information. An emphasis on Enterprise Systems and E-Business provides a focused look at ERP software with strong coverage of business-to-business and business-to-consumer concepts and applications.
Answer: Supply chain management 4. Which of the following best describes the application of new ideas to the products, processes, and activities of a firm, leading to increased value?
Organizational Culture and Change 1. Burrough — in Geographic Information Systems. Author : Peter A. Burrough File Size : Author : John Ward File Size : Goyal — in Computers. Author : D. Goyal File Size : Introduce the term value chain. The value chain is a series chain of activities that an organization performs to transform inputs into outputs in such a way that the value of the input is increased. Introduce and discuss the term supply chain management. Teaching Tip. When introducing the material in this section, be sure to use a number of case studies and examples to show how different companies are using various types of information systems to achieve their goals.
Virtual Teams and Collaborative Work 1. Define a virtual team as a group of individuals whose members are distributed geographically, but who collaborate and complete work through the use of information systems.
Point out that virtual team members must be prepared to do work anywhere, anytime. Stress that communications are greatly improved when participants can see one another and pick up facial expressions and body language. Thus, even with sophisticated. Change in the Organization 1. Fail to change and your competition will take away your customers and your profits. Innovation 1. Define innovation is the application of new ideas to the products, processes, and activities of a firm, leading to increased value.
Innovation is the catalyst for the growth and success of any organization. Mention that sustaining innovation results in enhancements to existing products, services, and ways of operating. Mention that a disruptive innovation is one that initially provides a lower level of performance than the marketplace has grown to accept.
Reengineering and Continuous Improvement 1. Introduce the terms reengineering, also called process redesign and business process reengineering BPR , which involves the radical redesign of business processes, organizational structures, information systems, and values of the organization to achieve a breakthrough in business results.
When introducing the material in this section discuss table 2. Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Downsizing 1. Define outsourcing is a long-term business arrangement in which a company contracts for services with an outside organization that has expertise in providing a specific function. Point out that offshore outsourcing also called offshoring is an outsourcing arrangement in which the organization providing the service is located in a country different from the firm obtaining the services.
Highlight that companies considering outsourcing need to take into account many factors. Make it clear that outsourcing part or all of a business process introduces significant risks that the service provider will introduce quality problems into the supply chain.
Explain downsizing, a term frequently associated with outsourcing, involves reducing the number of employees to cut costs. Outsourcing is a controversial issue because many companies outsource existing jobs to other countries where labor costs are much lower. Ask students to discuss whether outsourcing is beneficial or harmful to a country. What are the benefits of outsourcing?
What are the disadvantages of outsourcing? Quick Quiz 1 1. A n is a group of people that is structured and managed to meet its mission or set of group goals. Answer: organization 2. Which of the following is a series of activities that an organization performs to transform inputs into outputs in such a way that the value of the input is increased? SCM d. Answer: Supply chain management 4. Which of the following best describes the application of new ideas to the products, processes, and activities of a firm, leading to increased value?
Organizational Culture and Change 1. Define culture as a set of major understandings and assumptions shared by a group, such as within an ethnic group or a country.
Highlight that organizational culture consists of the major understandings and assumptions for an organization. The understandings, which can include common beliefs, values, and approaches to decision making, are often not stated or documented as goals or formal policies.
Discuss how organizational change deals with how organizations successfully plan for, implement, and handle change. Mention that the soft side of implementing change involves work designed to help employees embrace a new information system and way of working.
Point out that a change management model describes the phases an individual or organization goes through in making a change and provides principles for successful implementation of change. State that a frequently encountered stumbling block to the successful implementation of change, including the implementation of a new system, is negative user reaction. Point out that Lewin extended his change model theory to include force field analysis, which identifies both the driving positive and restraining negative forces that influence whether change can occur.
Introduce and discuss the terms driving forces and retraining forces. Highlight that organizational learning is closely related to organizational change. All organizations adapt to new conditions or alter their practices over time. The number of Internet Users is increasing and the competitors of Online Business are making Online Shopping business tight, but the increase in Internet users is not in line with the increase in … Expand. Highly Influenced.
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