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CE303 Security of InformationSystems. What is Information Systems IT - wheel of business Importance of Information Systems Ensure decision makers have appropriate tools Ensure information resources are available Respond rapidly to information needs. Challenges: Global competition
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What is Information Systems • IT - wheel of business • Importance of Information Systems • Ensure decision makers have appropriate tools • Ensure information resources are available • Respond rapidly to information needs
Challenges: • Global competition • New Competition • New forms of competition
MIT Research Model • Strategy > Processes ,Roles,Structures > Technology
Research Findings: • Turbulence(challenges) in the business world will continue • Improvements in IT capability will continue • Rethink of core business • Integration provides main opportunities for improving business effectiveness
Flexible networked organizations need to be created • Data and information will be a major problem (e.g. Data mining) • Change of work nature • Managers must become agents of change • New roles for organization leadership
5 levels of Business Transformation • IT as a strategic resources • Localized exploitation (development) • Internal Integration • Business process redesign • Business network redesign • Business Scope Redefinition
3 styles of IT Planning • Independent -> administrative expense • Reactive -> business expense • Interdependent -> business investment
Strategic Alignment Model • Notes p.16 Chapter 1 • Need for alignment • Organizational Structure • Business Processes • Trained and Motivated Resources • IT Strategy • Supporting IS infrastructure & Processes