HI5019 - Report on Strategic Information System
Added on 2019-10-30
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Running Head: Strategic Information System Strategic Information System
Strategic Information System 1As per the survey report, it has been evaluated that organizational structure has been amended onthe basis of technological adaptation in the workplace for enhancing the effectiveness of organizational structure. From the perception of an organization, adaptations of strategies are done for a long period of time and to could be able to cope up with the market requirements. Further, as per the Hunter (2010), strategic management techniques are adopted in order to enhance the efficiency of the organization. Strategic information system helps the organization todevelop the competitive advantage. This is the main objective of the information technology. Various activities of the organization could be operated with the implementation of the strategic information system. In a business organization, unique functions are involved in order to attain the objectives set up by the organizational management and this would be more feasible through effective strategic management policy. Organizational StructureAs per Zafar, Babar & Abbas (2013), Wesfarmers is an American Company involved in chemical business, coal mining, etc. and they have adopted the conglomerate type of organizational structure for performing the functionalities of the business entity. This type of organizational structure is the amalgamation of two business entities with the same corporate background. With the effect of the mixture of few organizations together with the same primary company, this kind of structure has been formed and all of them have the unique subsidiary companies. The organizational structure practiced by the Wesfarmers is a unique combination of different functionalities of organizations of different industries and along with this; this is also practiced by multinational corporations. Policies and the rules adopted by Wesfarmers is the formation of competitive organization and it helps the organization to develop its significant
Strategic Information System 2place in the business environment. Along with the competitive advantage, this type of organizational structure is also useful in the developing the effective ways for the organization toreach towards the success (Cassidy, 2016).Operational IssuesAccording to an analysis made by Hunter (2010), organizations are facing unique kind of calamity through which their performances are getting declined. Recently, retailers moved towards the field of food and the liquor drinks in order to achieve the goals of the organization aswell as to enhance the profitability but dealing in these products, huge risk factors are available due to which organization may face losses. Author has described the importance of the organizational structure adopted by Wesfarmers while a negative aspect of the same has also been described by the author. With the implementation of this type organizational structure, it has led to the enhancement in the size of the operational as well as managerial expense. Apart from the above crisis, numerous issues have been faced by the organization such as lack of accounting expertise and lack of improvements in the innovation and the development is also a big concern in terms of organization. Besides these aspects, taxation benefits will also be reducedwith the implementation of this structure. This will impact the business activities as lack of focusand lack of managerial control will be the main reason or decreasing performance of the organization (Cecez-Kecmanovic, et. al., 2014).System Acquisition methodSoftware technology has been adopted by the Wesfarmers in order to manage the activities of theorganization and integration of various applications in the software will help the organization to utilize its resources in an effective manner. The adaptability of software technology in the
Strategic Information System 3workplace will help the organization to attain its desired goals. Due to the adaptation of advanced technology for performing the organizational activities, various functionalities of the organization will ease such as back office work, HR operations, etc.The aforesaid picture shows the sales flowchart of the Wesfarmers Limited and this describes theprocedure of sales followed by them. Below are the details of the activities performed within thisprocedure:In the first stage of the sales process of Wesfarmers Limited, customers take the entry on the premises of the store. After that, all the products are tied with a label under which all kind of details is written such as a price of the product, bar code, quantity, etc. Customerscan select the product as per their requirements, budget (Galliers & Leidner, 2014).Customers are offered with price quotations and on the basis of those quotations, customers can sign the contract for in relevance with the particular product. After
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