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Information Management Strategy & Information System Strategy
Information Management Strategy & Information System Strategy
Information Management Strategy & Information System Strategy
Business function
Step 2: Business function analysis
Information system
Step 3: Information system
Information Technology
Step 4: Computer application
Strategic Phase- Strassmann IT/IS
Investment Approach
• This framework begins with analyzing the firm’s
business environment in search of competitive
opportunities and evaluating financial conditions.
• The analytic understanding will be translated into
operating priorities in form of information systems
and applications.
Strategic Phase- Strassmann IT/IS
Investment Approach
• The alignment of information strategy with business
strategy is more difficult in a rapidly change
environment as the goal of the organization may
have shifted radically by the time the information
strategy has been articulated.
• Effective information strategies should not simply
reactive but should offering a proactive solutions.
Conclusion: Information Strategy
• Information strategy is a key to the delivery of the
business processes as they are valuable and
dependent.
• If Information Strategy + Business Strategy
-> form and shape a better choice and definition of
business goals.
• This is because management will have a greater
understanding of the opportunities to create new IT
based capabilities rather than just focusing on
improving existing operations.
Activity
• Evaluating the impact of the Internet on the five
competitive forces
• Purpose: Using Porter’s Five Forces model to assess
the impact of a technology on an industry.