As a topic before KBS, DSS and VO, identify and describe one company that adopts an MIS. Include in your discussion, how MIS help and support the company, its managers and other employees, in their problem solving and decision-making.
Foster Manufacturing Company has been successfully engaged in the production of quick detachable couplers, blow guns and other related items for over 60 continuous years. Foster Manufacturing is known for designing and manufacturing high quality products for industrial use applications as well as for providing superior customer service and product deliveries.
The help and support the company by Management Information systems when put in place in that company will help them to decide on a uniform system for purchase whereby they can be brought under the control of one specific department like the department of human resource or the finance department. The authorities of this department can formulate the guidelines to be followed in making and dispatching purchases and monitoring them as well. This will help the companies to establish a centre or centers for carrying out particular function or functions.
Its manager and employees management information systems helps in converting the messages in an understandable form when it passes from department to department. The task of management information system not only stops with conversion into an understandable form of one system.
In thier problem solving and decision-making Management Information systems are an important tool that helps companies to make decisions quickly and in an effective manner. The processed information will be of no use unless they are put forward to the concerned person's attention so as to aid him in the process of decision making. The results would also help the managers to draw comparative figures based on the presentations made period wise and therefore help in implementing and reviewing suggestions.
REFERENCE: WWW.GOOGLE.COM
Monday, September 29, 2008
question # 1
Research one company from the Internet and describe their MIS strategic plan in 1-2 paragraphs. Discuss too the impact of this strategic plan on the company's management, competitors, customers and the company as a whole.
The Nexus Internet Solutions company has worked on various bespoke web applications using its skilled developers, analysts and management staff to consult with firms about what is needed to deliver such Management Information Systems (MIS). Strategic Decision making and "what if" scenario modelling. The scenario modeling option in the TLMP or tlmnexus allows managers and budget holders to alter individual contracts values without altering the five year plan to see how changes may roll out. The impact of this strategic plan on the company's mangement ia that
enabled significant cultural change to the organisation,to the competitors is helped deploy new methods of working seamlessly into existing firms ,to the customers improved customer services through work in progress visibility and as a company whole tracked products throughout the production process ,given visibility to product costs, allowed scenario modeling and detailed financial forecasting.
Evaluate how can this strategic plan be applied to any local company in the Philippines. Discuss too the possible effect on the company.
This strategic plan can be applied to any local company in the phileppines by improving relationship between the company and the customer and also to the manager and the employees to do their job well. this strategic also allow companies and organisations to share plans and projections but the deployment in conjunction with a document management system allows contributions and knowledge sharing within an organisation which encourages cultural change. The possible effect on the company are shared the flow of management information,and given employees higher visibility if their roles and responsibilities.
REFERENCE:WWW. GOOGLE.COM\WWW.YAHOO.COM\WWW.ENCARTA.COM
The Nexus Internet Solutions company has worked on various bespoke web applications using its skilled developers, analysts and management staff to consult with firms about what is needed to deliver such Management Information Systems (MIS). Strategic Decision making and "what if" scenario modelling. The scenario modeling option in the TLMP or tlmnexus allows managers and budget holders to alter individual contracts values without altering the five year plan to see how changes may roll out. The impact of this strategic plan on the company's mangement ia that
enabled significant cultural change to the organisation,to the competitors is helped deploy new methods of working seamlessly into existing firms ,to the customers improved customer services through work in progress visibility and as a company whole tracked products throughout the production process ,given visibility to product costs, allowed scenario modeling and detailed financial forecasting.
Evaluate how can this strategic plan be applied to any local company in the Philippines. Discuss too the possible effect on the company.
This strategic plan can be applied to any local company in the phileppines by improving relationship between the company and the customer and also to the manager and the employees to do their job well. this strategic also allow companies and organisations to share plans and projections but the deployment in conjunction with a document management system allows contributions and knowledge sharing within an organisation which encourages cultural change. The possible effect on the company are shared the flow of management information,and given employees higher visibility if their roles and responsibilities.
REFERENCE:WWW. GOOGLE.COM\WWW.YAHOO.COM\WWW.ENCARTA.COM
Sunday, September 28, 2008
question # 4
1. Describe or define KBS
The knowledge-based system as a computer system that is programmed to imitate human problem-solving by means of artificial intelligence and reference to a database of knowledge on a particular subject.
2. Distinguish KBS from MIS.
Knowledge-Based Systems focuses on systems that use knowledge-based techniques to support human decision-making, learning and action. Such systems are capable of cooperating with human users and so the quality of support given and the manner of its presentation are important issues. While the management information system (MIS) Management information systems are those systems that allow managers to make decisions for the successful operation of businesses. Management information systems consist of computer resources, people, and procedures used in the modern business enterprise
3. Illustrate (give examples) how KBS can improve company's competitive advantage and organizational performance.
Common to all manufacturing is the need to provide ongoing and real-time support, monitoring processes to verify that all is in order and diagnosing problems when they arise. These tasks apply to discrete part manufacturing as well as batch and continuous production.The need for rapid response and enlightened observation provides the motivation for better use of knowledge, and thus knowledge-based systems. For this reason, manufacturing support and company's competitive advantages has been one of the dominant application areas for knowledge-based systems same through with organitional perforamnce.Knowledge-based systems enable computers to be broader and more effective problem-solving tools; help users develop better designs and better processes by making the best design and manufacturing expertise readily available; and help users identify relationships among design geometry, materials and production processes, and leverage these relationships to provide the best combination of product features, quality and cost, share a common goal: better acquisition and application of knowledge. Knowledge is required to design products and processes that are feasible, cost-effective and functional. Once the product is designed and the manufacturing process is under way, knowledge is used to analyze data, identify trends and problems, and define appropriate corrective actions.
REFERENCE:WWW.YAHOO.COM\WWW.GOOGLE.COM
The knowledge-based system as a computer system that is programmed to imitate human problem-solving by means of artificial intelligence and reference to a database of knowledge on a particular subject.
2. Distinguish KBS from MIS.
Knowledge-Based Systems focuses on systems that use knowledge-based techniques to support human decision-making, learning and action. Such systems are capable of cooperating with human users and so the quality of support given and the manner of its presentation are important issues. While the management information system (MIS) Management information systems are those systems that allow managers to make decisions for the successful operation of businesses. Management information systems consist of computer resources, people, and procedures used in the modern business enterprise
3. Illustrate (give examples) how KBS can improve company's competitive advantage and organizational performance.
Common to all manufacturing is the need to provide ongoing and real-time support, monitoring processes to verify that all is in order and diagnosing problems when they arise. These tasks apply to discrete part manufacturing as well as batch and continuous production.The need for rapid response and enlightened observation provides the motivation for better use of knowledge, and thus knowledge-based systems. For this reason, manufacturing support and company's competitive advantages has been one of the dominant application areas for knowledge-based systems same through with organitional perforamnce.Knowledge-based systems enable computers to be broader and more effective problem-solving tools; help users develop better designs and better processes by making the best design and manufacturing expertise readily available; and help users identify relationships among design geometry, materials and production processes, and leverage these relationships to provide the best combination of product features, quality and cost, share a common goal: better acquisition and application of knowledge. Knowledge is required to design products and processes that are feasible, cost-effective and functional. Once the product is designed and the manufacturing process is under way, knowledge is used to analyze data, identify trends and problems, and define appropriate corrective actions.
REFERENCE:WWW.YAHOO.COM\WWW.GOOGLE.COM
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Question # 3
1. Describe or define VO.
A workplace that is not based in one physical location but consists of employees working remotely by using information and communications technologies. A virtual office is characterized by the use of teleworkers, telecenters, mobile workers, hot-desking, and hoteling, and promotes the use of virtual teams.
2. Distinguish VO from MIS.
A virtual organization or company is one whose members are geographically apart, usually working by computer e-mail and groupware while appearing to others to be a single, unified organization with a real physical location, while the (MIS) management information systems are those systems that allow managers to make decisions for the successful operation of businesses. Management information systems consist of computer resources, people, and procedures used in the modern business enterprise.
3. Illustrate (give examples) how VO can improve company's competitive advantage and organizational performance.
If, for instance, you have a small company that is manufacturing or selling products in the Italian market and they wish to establish a sales office in London, for example, but don't wish to invest in physical office space in London, to take on permanent staff to carry out the sales functions in that office - at least until they've established whether there is a market for the product in the London environment - it is quite possible for that company to establish what we would call a virtual office in another country with a local telephone number. That number can be called by customers in the London area and the calls received and rediverted then to the office in Italy, if there is a customer that wants further information about products. So this is a virtual presence of that company in a different market without necessarily having the physical office space and the permanent staff that go with it. It's a very important way that smaller companies in the European Union can start to use the single European market to enlarge the market for their services without a large initial investment. But this is again another example of how working at a distance, representing your company' products and services at a distance, can now be enabled through the information networks in a very cost-effective way.
REFERECE:WWW.YAHOO.COM
A workplace that is not based in one physical location but consists of employees working remotely by using information and communications technologies. A virtual office is characterized by the use of teleworkers, telecenters, mobile workers, hot-desking, and hoteling, and promotes the use of virtual teams.
2. Distinguish VO from MIS.
A virtual organization or company is one whose members are geographically apart, usually working by computer e-mail and groupware while appearing to others to be a single, unified organization with a real physical location, while the (MIS) management information systems are those systems that allow managers to make decisions for the successful operation of businesses. Management information systems consist of computer resources, people, and procedures used in the modern business enterprise.
3. Illustrate (give examples) how VO can improve company's competitive advantage and organizational performance.
If, for instance, you have a small company that is manufacturing or selling products in the Italian market and they wish to establish a sales office in London, for example, but don't wish to invest in physical office space in London, to take on permanent staff to carry out the sales functions in that office - at least until they've established whether there is a market for the product in the London environment - it is quite possible for that company to establish what we would call a virtual office in another country with a local telephone number. That number can be called by customers in the London area and the calls received and rediverted then to the office in Italy, if there is a customer that wants further information about products. So this is a virtual presence of that company in a different market without necessarily having the physical office space and the permanent staff that go with it. It's a very important way that smaller companies in the European Union can start to use the single European market to enlarge the market for their services without a large initial investment. But this is again another example of how working at a distance, representing your company' products and services at a distance, can now be enabled through the information networks in a very cost-effective way.
REFERECE:WWW.YAHOO.COM
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
question # 2
1. Describe or define DSS.
A decision support system (DSS) is a computer program application that analyzes business data and presents it so that users can make business decisions more easily. It is an "informational application" (to distinguish it from an "operational application" that collects the data in the course of normal business operation).
2. Distinguish DSS from MIS.
Decision Support Systems (DSS) are a specific class of computerized information system that supports business and organizational decision-making activities while the magement information system (MIS) a computer system designed to help managers plan and direct business and organizational operations.
3. Illustrate (give examples) how DSS can improve company's competitive advantage and organizational performance.
For example: a national on-line book seller wants to begin selling its products internationally but first needs to determine if that will be a wise business decision. The vendor can use a DSS to gather information from its own resources to determine if the company has the ability or potential ability to expand its business and also from external resources, such as industry data, to determine if there is indeed a demand to meet. The DSS will collect and analyze the data and then present it in a way that can be interpreted by humans. In this way the company have the greatest advantage in the since that they can sell their product using the idea that they gather from the DSS they can use the infomation to be more competitive in the market. The company can choice if what will be the right decision to be thier alternatives, to silve their problems and make a decision.
REFERCE:WWW.GOOGLE.COM\WWW.YAHOO.COM
A decision support system (DSS) is a computer program application that analyzes business data and presents it so that users can make business decisions more easily. It is an "informational application" (to distinguish it from an "operational application" that collects the data in the course of normal business operation).
2. Distinguish DSS from MIS.
Decision Support Systems (DSS) are a specific class of computerized information system that supports business and organizational decision-making activities while the magement information system (MIS) a computer system designed to help managers plan and direct business and organizational operations.
3. Illustrate (give examples) how DSS can improve company's competitive advantage and organizational performance.
For example: a national on-line book seller wants to begin selling its products internationally but first needs to determine if that will be a wise business decision. The vendor can use a DSS to gather information from its own resources to determine if the company has the ability or potential ability to expand its business and also from external resources, such as industry data, to determine if there is indeed a demand to meet. The DSS will collect and analyze the data and then present it in a way that can be interpreted by humans. In this way the company have the greatest advantage in the since that they can sell their product using the idea that they gather from the DSS they can use the infomation to be more competitive in the market. The company can choice if what will be the right decision to be thier alternatives, to silve their problems and make a decision.
REFERCE:WWW.GOOGLE.COM\WWW.YAHOO.COM
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
queation #3
For those who are not working, research one company in the net who is using computerized database systems. Describe the use and/or nature of these systems and describe too the benefits/disadvantages from these systems. Include your reference.
The WESTERN UNION use database in hiring the employee and giving their salary . One table contains the fields EMPLOYEE-ID, LAST-NAME, FIRST NAME, and HIRE-DATE, and another table contains the fields DEPT, EMPLOYEE-ID, and SALARY, a relational database can match the EMPLOYEE-ID fields in the two tables to find such information as the names of all employees earning. a certain salary or the departments of all employees hired after a certain date.
The benefits are as fallow..
1.Is able to change the structure of the logical record (by adding or moving data fields).
2.It reduces the application programming effort.
3.It could easily look the files of an employee
4.It manages more efficiently the creation and modification of, and access to, data
The disadvantages are as fallow..
1.Because the details are stored and processed independently, details that are supposed to be the same (for example, a customer's name and address), might be inconsistent in the various applications.
2.When common data has to be changed, it must be changed in several places, causing a high workload.
3.If any copies of the data are missed, it results in the problems detailed in the previous point.
The WESTERN UNION use database in hiring the employee and giving their salary . One table contains the fields EMPLOYEE-ID, LAST-NAME, FIRST NAME, and HIRE-DATE, and another table contains the fields DEPT, EMPLOYEE-ID, and SALARY, a relational database can match the EMPLOYEE-ID fields in the two tables to find such information as the names of all employees earning. a certain salary or the departments of all employees hired after a certain date.
The benefits are as fallow..
1.Is able to change the structure of the logical record (by adding or moving data fields).
2.It reduces the application programming effort.
3.It could easily look the files of an employee
4.It manages more efficiently the creation and modification of, and access to, data
The disadvantages are as fallow..
1.Because the details are stored and processed independently, details that are supposed to be the same (for example, a customer's name and address), might be inconsistent in the various applications.
2.When common data has to be changed, it must be changed in several places, causing a high workload.
3.If any copies of the data are missed, it results in the problems detailed in the previous point.
Monday, August 4, 2008
question #2
1.Research 1 company and describe how they protect their company from internet risks.
TheWestern Union endeavor to maintain physical, electrical and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable government regulations to guard the customer Information. They also endeavor to restrict Information access to their employees, agents and representatives that need to know it. Despite of their efforts, and as you probably know, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions sent to them or may wrongly instruct you to disclose Information to them while posing as Western Union .
2. Also, research for possible risks or dangers and/or impacts of internet - related crimes to a company.
However, the evolution of the Internet has also created risks for businesses and even entire industries; companies have been caught off-guard as new internet-based business models have developed, and are unable or unwilling to adopt new business practices. This causes problems because the network effect of the Internet allows issues to evolve much faster than management are traditionally conditioned to react to.
The Internet can destroy entire market sectors. For example, the local travel agency sector has been severely affected by the availability of online booking facilities, which have enabled airlines and hotels to easily do business direct with their customers. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY is an example of a major travel agency that has seen demand for their travel-related services decrease as more consumers and businesses rely on online travel portals.
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2. Also, research for possible risks or dangers and/or impacts of internet - related crimes to a company.
However, the evolution of the Internet has also created risks for businesses and even entire industries; companies have been caught off-guard as new internet-based business models have developed, and are unable or unwilling to adopt new business practices. This causes problems because the network effect of the Internet allows issues to evolve much faster than management are traditionally conditioned to react to.
The Internet can destroy entire market sectors. For example, the local travel agency sector has been severely affected by the availability of online booking facilities, which have enabled airlines and hotels to easily do business direct with their customers. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY is an example of a major travel agency that has seen demand for their travel-related services decrease as more consumers and businesses rely on online travel portals.
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