Strategic Information System and Business Enterprise

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Strategic Information System and Business Enterprise
\Introduction
Modernization and globalization are the two revolutionary terms that have forced the business
organizations to make changes in their organizational structures and to make the adaption of
contemporary means and mechanisms for operating business. The strategic information system is
one of the contemporary platforms that can be adopted by the business corporations for
executing the business as per the modern era. This system aids the business enterprises on
various grounds such as attainment of desired goals and accomplishments of expected outcomes.
The below-presented analysis has been focused on the
Part 1
The current organizational structure
Xero provides accounting software solution to many organizations in Australia. The company
supports accounting operations for some of the small business. It also promotes businesses by
managing their business-related operations. Xero provides opportunities to the businesses to put
claims and purchase loans. The company is dealing with enterprise, banking, financials and
cloud-based partners. The company has the functional organizational structure that works for the
other organizations to manage their accountability. The company deals in different functional
areas like cloud, IT and others; therefore, it has a functional structure. This type of structure
provides better efficiency in work as there is a team of skilled employees that are grouped
together (Xero, 2017).
Operational Problems
Since the company is dealing with different organizations, they may face issues like delays in
work. Due to operational issues in the software system, the companies face challenges to create a
competitive advantage in the market. The system should be easily accessible to all the users for
achieving better productivity. Some of them are discussed below-
1. Errors in business operations- In some cases due to workload, companies make mistakes
in certain calculation and that is considered as an error. It is the loss to the business itself.
The out-dated version of the accounting software system creates more errors than the
customized one. Xero must use a system which is modified and is capable of handling a

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large amount of information as the data is transferred more often in a day to different
organizations.
2. Inefficiency- due to employee issues inefficiency occurs in work performed for the other
organizations (Liebowitz and Frank, 2016). This led to the loss of productivity and
economic value of Xero. To resolve this issue, the company managers decided to divide
the employees into different departments and provide them training.
3. Team problems- conflicts between team members leads to the interruption in achieving
business goals. It is important for the team members to work with accurate coordination
and collaboration. Team members should be dedicated towards their work and focus on
meeting business goals and objectives.
System Acquisition Method
There are various methods which can be used by business organizations to perform their regular
business operations. It is important to use an effective software system to analyze the current
business status and to improve it (Hunton, McEwen and Wier, 2015). An effective software
system can be used to make business strategies for a better business growth. I will be describing
three software systems and will also describe briefly about the system that is used by the
business organization.
1. Commercial software- One of the biggest examples of commercial software is Microsoft
Windows operating system and MS office which can be purchased from any retail shops.
The commercial software is used by Xero to maintain the records. Microsoft operating
system is used by the company to install useful application programs like desktop
applications to perform business operations. The benefit of the commercial software is
that these can be updated whenever required. There is also functionality in such system
for automatic updates.
2. Custom software- this type of software system runs on a specific hardware only. These
software systems are developed for a company for a specific purpose (Hill, Jones and
Schilling, 2014). Xero is a custom software application which is designed according to
the requirements of users. The entity needs to manage accounts of other organizations
and they require a custom software system.

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3. ERP- this type of system is used for enterprises to perform automated business operations
(Kecmanovic et al., 2014). These are reliable to use and provides better business features
to the users. It enables users to access different types of software applications necessary
for their business. These systems provide data integration to Xero as a large amount of
information is transferred each day. It provides the two-tier structure to manage the front-
end and back-end processes for a business organization like Xero. Due to these features,
The firm uses enterprise resource planning systems for better integration of their business
processes (Jirava and Toseafa, 2017).
System Flowchart
This type of flowchart describes the processes a company uses to sell their products or services
to the customers (Goetsch and Davis, 2014). Benefits of a system flowchart are that it helps to
analyze the business processes, training for new employees and managing sales through the
software application. It is a part of sales procedure which is used by the corporation. The
business organization deals with clients to provide best accounting services. The flowchart for
Xero is as follows: