Identifying Opportunities for Strategic Information Systems

Select a local company and visit the company's Web site to find information about that company and to see how the firm is using the Web. On the basis of this information, analyze the business.

Information on all of the following topics can be found in under the Week by Week module sin study online.

Include a description of the organization's features in the following sections:

1 Important business processes

Describe the organization's important business processes.

2 Structure

Describe the organization's structure.

3 Environment

Describe the organization's environment.

4 Business Strategy

Describe the organization's business strategy.

5 Strategic information systems

Suggest strategic information systems appropriate for that particular business. including those based on Internet technology.

6 Value chain

Use the value chain to identify the primary and support activities that most directly create value for the company's customers.

7 Information systems supporting/improving the value chain

List and describe the information systems that would support or improve the activities identified above. thus adding value to the chain

8 Competitive strategy

Select one or more of the basic competitive strategies to deal with the competitive forces. adapting the strategy to their company.

9 Information systems supporting the competitive strategy

List and describe the information systems that will contribute to their company's ability to effectively execute the specific competitive strategies identified.