Document Title: Information systems, importance, measuring benefits

Paper code: 13083

Information systems, importance, measuring benefits

Questions

1. (a) In the form of a memorandum to the Managing Director, discuss FIVE benefits of introducing a formal Office Information System (OIS) to this environment.                                   

  (b) Describe how you would measure the benefits of the OIS once it has been introduced.          

2.(a) Define and compare ‘corporate strategic planning’ and ‘strategic information systems planning’, clearly identifying the ways in which they interrelate.                                                     

(b) Discuss TWO strategic planning techniques, explaining how EACH technique can aid the identification of relevant MIS project proposals for an organization.                                                         

1. a)

To start with, an information system is a collection of people, software, hardware, data, and procedures that are designed to produce information that supports the short-range, day-to-day, and long-range actions of employers in an organization. The use of information systems in the organizational environment has been growing in recent (Mendes and Costa, 2012).

An office information system or OIS is an information system that uses software, hardware, and networks to improve work flow and help communications among employees. Today, it is widely accepted that managing the information resource is very often equally important to the organization or IT department.

Implementing an office information systems offers organizations a broad range of benefits (Beer, et al., 2005). These benefits include: Improved accuracy, reduced costs, reduced time and resources, data storage and management, data insights and more informed decisions, business process improvement. These are explained below in line with the case study above.