Information Systems and Strategic Planning

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS - INFORMATION SYSTEMS DISCIPLINE
BCO6653  Management of Information Technology
Semester 2, 2014
ASSIGNMENT #2
Case Analysis for
TPG Telecom Limited and Atlassian Corporation
A study of issues in:
Managing Human Resource
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MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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IT Manager Interviews for TPG Telecom Limited and Atlassian
Corporation
Bree Davies, [e-mail]
Craig Levy, [e-mail]
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Abstract
Information technology is an important aspect of an organization that requires proper
planning and implementation of those plans. To understand various aspects of the information
technology and its impact on the business two organizations are analyzed. TPG Telecom
Limited (http://www.tpg.com.au) and Atlassian Corporation (https://www.atlassian.com) are
two model organizations with good IS Planning strategy that is mostly handled by the IT
department within this organizations (Bruque & Moyano, 2007). TPG Telecom main focus
on the simplicity of the information system that appears to more traditional in nature.
Atlassian Corporation, on the other hand, has well structure information system that conforms
to the current business environment especially in IT industry. The literature review also
provides the importance of IS Planning in an organization, connection between IS Planning
and the strategic plan and also the literature reveals the importance of organizations IS
requirement in IS Planning (Brumec & Vrcek, 2002). The topic of discussion in this paper is
managing human resource and the two organizations have their approach to human resource
management. Both organizationss uses software to manage the human resources though they
show the difference in terms of software used and background idea in the software. Analysis
of the literature also reveals some of the current trending human resource management themes
with respect to IT companies. The paper also compares the literature and the approaches that
the two organizations use to manage human resource (Guetal & Johnson, 2012).
Introduction
Management of the information technology is one of the trending issues in the most
organization in Australia and globally. The document seeks to explore the impact of CIO in the
information system of an IT company. The report gives the background information of the two IT
companies; TPG Telecom Limited (www.tpg.com.au) and Atlassian Corporation
(www.atlassian.com). The IT department is an important aspect of the business and majorly focus on
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the ensuring the information system is organized in line with the objective of the organization. In
order to understand the process of managing the human resource in contemporary IT organization, the
business needs to first explore the IS planning. The paper explores two IT companies with good IS
planning strategy. Literature analysis is also part of understanding the IS structure of the organization
compared with the IS of the two organization. The document also explores the human resource
management in an organization giving literature analysis and comparing with the human resource
management within the two organizations. Literature analysis on human resources management show
the current approaches that the business uses for the human resource management. Moreover, the
literature analysis also provides the importance of the managing human resources in the current
society.
Organisation background
TPG Telecom Limited
TPG Telecom Limited is a telecommunication and IT company and with more than 1400
employees. The organization was founded in 1986 with the original name of Total Peripherals Group.
The organization, therefore, need as strong human resources management. The head office of the
organization is in North Ryde, New South Wales Australia. The human resources manager is also
located within the organizations head office. In addition, the business has a well-developed website
located by the URL www.tpg.com.au. Since its inception, the company has undergone various
changes that include merger and acquisitions that shaped the organization’s management. The
company has larger IT department and by 2015, the company was one of the largest IT companies in
Australia. The company is an IT organization, the IT department forms the dominant department with
more employees than any other department. One of the technical issues that are found in the
organization is the managing of human resources based IT System (Ramli & Hutchison, 2013).
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