Lec 7

Question 1

Governance of organisation

Answer 1

Governance of an organisation is a set of 10 management modules

Coordination going back and to 5 areas

Personnel
Production
Marketing
Finance
Information

Then coordination going back and to 3 areas

Acquisition
Transformation
Decquisition

Question 2

Information strategy 3 conceptions

Answer 2

1. The use of is to support business strategy
2. The master of the is function
3. Shares view of the is role within the organisation

Question 3

Strategic information systems planning

Answer 3

Strategic information system planning is the process of deciding the objectives for organisational computing and identifying potential computer applications which the organisation should implement

Question 4

definition of information strategy

Answer 4

Information strategy is a couple of implicit or explicit goals, visions, guidelines and plans with respect to the supply and demand of formal information in an organisation sanctioned by the management, intended in the long run to support the objectives of the organisation and adjusted to the environment

Question 5

4 aspects of information strategy

Answer 5

Information strategy environment > information strategy process > information strategy form and content > information strategy effects > back to information strategy environment

Question 6

5 organisational phases

Answer 6

Turbulence - a specific event such as merger, a new snr manager, arouses strategic interests in IT. There is uncertainty and experimentation with entirely new approaches

Orientation - a new analysis of the internal and external environment has been made. A task force or small project group, is successful in applying new thinking to one or two activities. New goals are formulated and information strategy is rewritten and new methods of strategy making are tried.

Consolidation - snr management decides formally to apply the new uses of IT in the organisation. The organisational and managerial structures for the application of new IT are adjusted.

Exploitation - the organisation gets use to the new structures, procedures and technology. They become part of organisational routine. Efficient measures comes into focus.

Tension - in some areas shortcomings and missed opportunities become acute and the existing structures seem to obstruct organisational developments.