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CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 2. Organizational Strategy, Competitive Advantage, and Information Systems . CHAPTER OUTLINE. 2.1 Business Processes 2.2 Business Process Reengineering and Business Process Management 2.3 Business Pressures, Organizational Responses, and Information Technology Support.

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CHAPTER 2

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  1. CHAPTER 2 Organizational Strategy, Competitive Advantage, and Information Systems

  2. CHAPTER OUTLINE 2.1 Business Processes 2.2 Business Process Reengineering and Business Process Management 2.3 Business Pressures, Organizational Responses, and Information Technology Support

  3. CHAPTER OUTLINE (cont) 2.4 Competitive Advantage and Strategic Information Systems 2.5 Business – Information Technology Alignment

  4. LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Understand the concept of business processes, and provide examples of business processes in the functional areas of an organization. 2.Differentiate between the terms business process reengineering and business process management. 3.List and provide examples of the three types of business pressures, and describe one IT response to each.

  5. LEARNING OBJECTIVES (continued) 4. Identify the five competitive forces described by Porter, and explain how the Web impacts each one. 5.Describe the strategies that organizations typically adopt to counter the five competitive forces and achieve competitive advantage. 6.Define business – information technology alignment, and describe the characteristics of effective alignment.

  6. 2.1 Business Processes • Business Process • Cross-Functional Business Processes

  7. 2.2 Business Process Reengineering and Business Process Management • Business Process Reengineering • Business Process Management

  8. 2.3 Business Pressures, Organizational Responses, and IT Support Business Pressures • Market Pressures • Technology Pressures • Societal Pressures

  9. Market Pressures • The Global Economy and Strong Competition • The Changing Nature of the Workforce • Powerful Customers

  10. The Stages of Globalization (From Thomas Friedman in The World is Flat) • Globalization 1.0 (from 1492 to 1800) • Globalization 2.0 (from 1800 to 2000) • Globalization 3.0 (from 2000 to the present)

  11. Thomas Friedman’s Ten Flatteners • Fall of the Berlin Wall • Netscape goes public • Development of work-flow software • Uploading • Outsourcing • Offshoring • Supply Chaining • Insourcing • Informing • The Steroids

  12. The Steroids • Computing • Instant messaging and file sharing • Voice over Internet Protocol • Videoconferencing • Computer graphics • Wireless technologies

  13. Technology Pressures • Technological Innovation and Obsolescence • Information Overload

  14. Societal/Political/Legal Pressures • Social Responsibility • Government Regulation and Deregulation • Protection Against Terrorist Attacks • Ethical Issues

  15. Organizational Responses • Strategic Systems • Customer Focus • Make-to-Order and mass customization • E-business and E-commerce

  16. 2.4 Competitive Advantage and Strategic Information Systems • Competitive Advantage • Strategic Information Systems

  17. Porter’s Competitive Forces Model

  18. Porter’s Competitive Forces Model • Threat of entry of new competitors • Barriers to entry

  19. Porter’s Competitive Forces Model • Bargaining power of suppliers • Bargaining power of buyers

  20. Porter’s Competitive Forces Model • Threat of substitute products or services • Rivalry among firms in an industry

  21. Porter’s Value Chain Model • Primary activities • Support activities

  22. Strategies for Competitive Advantage • Cost Leadership • Differentiation • Innovation • Operational Effectiveness • Customer-orientation

  23. Closing Case • The Problem • The Solution • The Results

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