Strategic Management and Information System Assignment
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STRATEGICMANAGEMENTANDINFORMATION SYSTEMContents
1INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................1PART 1..................................................................................................................................................2Current structure of organisation.......................................................................................................2Operational problems linked with this structure................................................................................2System acquisition method................................................................................................................3System Flowchart..............................................................................................................................4Control problems...............................................................................................................................5PART 2..................................................................................................................................................6Development and adoption of accounting software packages............................................................6Present market size............................................................................................................................6Market leaders and the things that gave them competitive advantage................................................7Gaps present or the challenges that is faced by users.........................................................................8Recommendation...................................................................................................................................8CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................9INTRODUCTIONTechnology has deepened its roots in various industries. Organisations need to ensure that ithas adopted the kind of organisational structure that is according to the requirements of the
2industry. Companies need to incorporate best o technologies so as to ensure sustainable andproductive business (Galliers and Leidner, 2014). In any firm there are several operationalproblems and the use of strategic management software can be beneficial for making thewhole business process easier. ERP systems are one of the best software that can help acompany to achieve its goals and objectives as they help in planning of the resourceutilisation. Atlassian is one of the biggest IT firm in Australia and its products like Jira andConfluences has to be to be one of the best software accounting packages. It is providing itsservices in more than 170 nations. This report showcases the operational problems that existin an organisation because of the organisational structure it has incorporated. This alsopresents the system flowchart for Atlassian and frauds as well as control problems that areexist in the system. It also highlights the challenges and gaps that are present accountingsoftware packages.PART 1 Current structure of organisationIt is important for the organisation to have a structure that helps in smoothen their workprocess. Atlassian has adopted a hierarchical structure where the role and responsibilities ofeach individual is clear to them. As per Gullkvist and Jokipii, (2013) Managementinformation system has a close relation with the organisational structure. This is because thebetter the organisational structure the higher will be the chances that information can behandled in a better way. Atlassian is a major player in the Australian software industry and isin the business of generating and developing of the products. They do it for IT officials,Content managers, Project managers, software developers and other IT officials. This firmcomprises of approx. 70000 or more clients and have employee strength of approx. 2300employees. Large workforce and client base requires an effective MIS organisational structure (Hall,2012). This is because all these stakeholders act as a node in the MIS network. Pyramidalstructure of MIS organisational structure facilitates the hierarchical organisational structure.Four levelled information resources are present with this pyramidal structure. It is fact thatlevel of information lies upon the organisation’s structure. The level at the top helps in policymaking and strategic planning at the upper management level. Information generated atsecond level resources supports in tactical planning for management control and decision
3making. The third level of information resources assists in operations and controls in the firmthat are done on daily basis. The bottom most level is having information linked withtransactional processing. Since the decision making at various level of the organisation isdifferent hence need of information at each level also differs the same way (Schorr, et al.,2013).Operational problems linked with this structureMany operational problems arise in any firm due to organisational structure present atAtlassian. Most of the issues arise because of structural faults or defects that are present. Allthe present issues are not good for the firm and are capable of reducing work relatedefficiency.Doar, (2011) believes that due to complexity in the organisational structure, several errorsoccur in the work process. Various internal and external factors are responsible for theseoperational problems. It has a negative effect on the organisation as it alters the originalinformation carried by the data. Having so many nodes in the operational mechanism alsoresults the same. Data abstraction needs to be ensured at multiple levels hence making thesystem more complex and ultimately results in some kind of inefficiencies (Lim, 2013). Datamanagement software is often rigid which leads to loss of crucial data. This happens as thesource from where data gets generated is neglected most of the time. It is dangerous as thesource may contain some real time and crucial data. Additional processing in the MIS makesthe information less relevant and valuable.As the organisational structure seem to be complex hence a timely maintenance is required.This must be done by IT professional as layman will not be able to do it. The talent for thespecific purpose can do it easily. The effective utilisation of information systems is bitdifficult and hence requires trainings for employees at different levels. This must be done asper the requirement and to improve the usability of the Information systems. Atlassians’sinformation system has to be given for revision in terms of inputs and outputs. This could bedone through the help of suppliers or IT professionals.System acquisition methodVarious methods for acquisition of system are available and can be utilised by Atlassian formanaging their routine activities and operations in business. Since activities are in largenumbers hence the software system must also be dynamic and unique. It must be done as per
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