IT 14 SIA
IT Systems Integration Assessment
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- Systems Integration
- Organizational Structures
- ERP Systems
- Managerial Implications
It allows a heterogeneous (consisting of different, distinguishable parts or elements) IS to communicate or integrate and share information (or data) seamlessly with one another.
Systems Integration
Device Integration
Are an airtight pit or tower for preserving products. Are basically compartmentalized operating units isolated from their environment.
Hylos
Silos
Zilong
Wan wan
Typically follow the scientific model for business, they usually have hierarchical or multilayered reporting structures, formal leadership, management positions, or both with final authority on decision making. In this traditional functional (or silo) organization, maintaining command and control is usually critical for the overall functioning of the business organization.
Functional Hylos
Functional Silos
Functional Zilong
Functional Wan wan
Is the complexity and turbulence in the organization’s environment that forces it to break complex tasks into smaller manageable units._________or the functional paradigm.
Horizontal Silos
Horizontal Hylos
Horizontal Yin
Horizontal Zilong
Meaning of a functional model of POSDCORB
Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting
Planning, organizing, standing, directing, cooperating, retrieving, and budgeting
Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, cooperating, recording, and buying
There is also a kind of organizations which also seen as ________ or hierarchical layering of management functions.
Horizontal Silos
Vertical Silos
Hierarchical Silos
Hierarchical Model of Organization: Strategic Management, Tactical Management, Functional Operations
False
True
Breaks the traditional functional silos of an organization opening up the informational flows from one department to another. This opened the doors for more organizational changes because some organizations are moving from process orientation to customer orientation.
IS Functionalization
Cross-functional organizational structure
Systems Integration
In Systems Integration, • Develop information systems that allow organizations to share data with all of its stakeholders based on need and authorization. • Management needs to change organizational structures, processes, and employee roles and responsibilities.
Physical
Logical
Mental
Spiritual
In Systems Integration, • Provide seamless connectivity between heterogeneous systems. • Business process reengineering involves changing the mindset of the employees in the organization, encouraging and enabling them to do their tasks in a new way.
Logical
Physical
Benefits of Systems Integration (Select all that apply):
Increased Revenue and Growth
Leveling the Competitive Environment
Enhanced Information Visibility
Increased Standardization
Long-term and Intangible ROI (Usually several years)
Power and Interdepartmental Conflicts (due to the sharing of information)
Systems are integrated, multi-module application software packages designed to serve and support several business functions across an organization.
Enterprise application integration
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Word Processing Software
ERP’s Role in Logical Integration: ERP systems require organizations to focus on business process rather than on functions.
False
True
ERP’s Role in Physical Integration: ERP systems come with built-in processes for a wide variety of common business functions.
True
False
Implications for Management (Select all that apply):
System integration has many hidden benefits.
System integration has many challenges.
A good ERP implementation improves operational efficiency with better business processes that focuses on organizational goals rather than on individual departmental goals.
Systems integration raises many new ethical issues.
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