Case Study: CAROLINA INGREDIENTS AND THE MATURATION OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

1. How does Carolina Ingredients address the issue of social responsibility? How would you rate their performance? Do you have suggestions for improvement in the area of social responsibility?

2. What security upgrades were made by Carolina Ingredients? What privacy concerns might employees have about these security upgrades? How might Carolina Ingredients manage the concerns employees have about the security upgrades?

3. With respect to the knowledge management of the employees at Carolina Ingredients, what is the company doing to capture some of the knowledge of its employees? How can this process be improved? Specifically address tacit versus explicit knowledge.

4. In which stage of the systems development life cycle is the software for the hand-held scanning devices?

5. What are some of the drawbacks to implementing a software application that has just been released? How can some of the drawbacks be minimized??6. Which of the four alternatives should the leadership team decide to pursue and why?