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Discussion Question

(1b) Other information systems used to help increase competitive advantage include personnel information systems (PISs) or human resource information systems (HRISs), logistics information systems (LISs), manufacturing information systems (MFISs), financial information systems (FISs) and marketing information systems MKISs).

In this assignment, you will explain which system you find most effective, particularly in relation to the use of Porter's Five Forces Model.

Please respond to all of the following prompts:

In your opinion, which of the strategies for gaining competitive advantage is most effective, and why? Which is least effective, and why?

Suppose you are the CEO of a mid-size company. Which information technologies would you be most likely to implement at your company, and why?

What do you see as the most significant pros and cons of using the Five Forces Model to evaluate information technologies?