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Running head: INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ORGANISATIONS
INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ORGANISATIONS
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INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ORGANISATIONS1
Executive summary
This aim of this report is to discuss the information system in an organisation. Information
system is implemented in the company for increasing the efficiency in the management of
information. The organisation that has been chosen for this report is HSBC banking. This
company deals in the sector of banking. The department of marketing and IT are chosen for
conducting the research. Detailed discussion of the information requirements of the selected
two functional areas are provided in this report. Comparison of the information systems that
is utilised by both the areas are provided in this report. Detailed discussion of the explanation
after the identification of the methods by which the information system are utilised in one of
the functional areas for the production of information of the management at the management
levels such as senior and middle are provided in this report. The key technical details of the
utilised information system are provided in this report. The ethical and social issues
connected to the information system is provided in this report.

INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ORGANISATIONS2
Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................3
Discussion......................................................................................................................4
Task 1.............................................................................................................................4
Marketing department................................................................................................4
IT department.............................................................................................................5
Information system for the marketing and IT department.........................................6
Task 2.............................................................................................................................8
Task 3...........................................................................................................................11
Ethical and social issues linked to the information system......................................11
Conclusion....................................................................................................................16
References....................................................................................................................17
Appendix......................................................................................................................20

INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ORGANISATIONS3
Introduction
This report aims to discuss the information system in an organisation. The chosen
organisation for this report is the HSBC banking, which is a company based in United
Kingdom. This company deals in the sector of banking. The two sectors of the company
chosen for conducting the research are the marketing and IT department of the company. A
detailed discussion of the identification and explanation of how the information systems are
utilised in one of the functional areas for producing the information of the management at the
senior and middle levels of management of the business is provided in this report. The social
and ethical issues are identified and explained that are connected with the information system
of the business. lastly, this report concludes with an appropriate conclusion of this report.
HSBC banking is a section of HSBC holding PLC, which is a company that is holding
company for multinational banking and financial services. It is the 7th largest bank of the
world, and it is the largest bank in Europe (Naheem 2015). The composition of the HSBC
organisation consists of four business groups: Wealth management, Commercial Banking,
Global banking and retail banking and global private banking.