Comparative Analysis of IT Management in Altium and Crossecom Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Information Technology (IT) management, focusing on organizational structures and information systems planning within two companies: Altium Limited and Crossecom. The report begins with an introduction to IT management, followed by an overview of the organizational backgrounds of Altium and Crossecom, detailing their structures and core business functions. It then delves into Information System (IS) planning, exploring its importance and the challenges associated with it. A literature review examines existing research on IT organizational structures and information system planning, providing a theoretical foundation for the analysis. The report further investigates current practices in IT, discussing issues such as data quality, security, and low productivity, along with the impact of cybercrime. The study highlights the significance of strategic information systems planning (SISP) and its role in aligning IT with business strategies. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and implications for effective IT management, emphasizing the need for strategic planning and addressing critical issues to achieve organizational goals. The report is contributed by a student to be published on Desklib, a platform providing AI based study tools for students.

Management of
Information
Technology

Abstract
Information technology is the process whereby all resources related to information
technology. It includes various functions of management such as staffing, organising, budgeting
and control. It has one unique characteristics or support of IT which enhance the best
technological techniques and growth. Present study will be explaining the management
information system and Information system planning. It will be discussing the comparison
between two organisation and their information technology system. It also helps to make the
individual functions and protect business management function. Moreover, it will be explaining
the organisation structures of IT companies and their overall functions to handle the business
activities.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
ORGANISATIONAL BACKGROUND ........................................................................................4
IS PLANNING ................................................................................................................................5
ISSUES STUDIED ........................................................................................................................7
TOPIC IT ORGANISATION STRUCTURES ..............................................................................9
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Organisation structure is the base of every company which defines how activities are
going to be flow in the organisation. All the staff members of the organisation are directly
communicated with their superiors and their subordinates. IT organisation are highly influenced
by the software or new advanced services. It makes good profit Revenue for the organisation.
This process provides the advanced services or flexibility in the organisation. Present report
relates IT organisation structure for this Altium and Crossecom IT software company will be
taken into action. Further apart it will be discussing the organization structure and their
importance for business success. It will be very much productive and effective to take care of big
organisations. Information service planning and its role also will explain in this present study.
For more deep analysis study will be taken overview of literature analysis on the study of IT
structure or planning. Literature review are divided into two part in first literature review report
will explain information system and in second part report will be discussing about IT
organisation structure.
Organisational background
Altium Limited:
Altium limited is the Australian owned public software company which deals with PC
based electronics design software for engineers who designs printed circuit boards. Further, it
was founded as Protel system in Australia in 1985. Now they situated in China, united states,
Europe and japan with other major resellers in all other major markets. The organisation
structure of the company is based on top to bottom or bottom to top. According to resources new
Altium designer users fully understand and the benefits of organising schematic into a
hierarchical top down and bottom up perspective (Anderson, Wipfel and Westerfield, Micro
Focus Software Inc, 2015). They follow the same flat structure without giving second thought to
project organization. In Altium Designer adopts designer and strategic hierarchical design
requires creation of sheet symbols. They adopt the best approachable organisation structure.
Moreover, hierarchical structure is totally based on the given structure or the things which
belongs from the different structure. They focus on the main goals which is more productive and
flexible for the employees.
Crossecom

Crossecom is the hardware and software solution company which is situated in Australia.
Besides, it is a computer service company which deals in RFID tracking devices. It was
established in 1981. It gives new or effective market growth in order to accomplish the best
effective technology growth (Avgerou and Walsham, eds., 2017). They basically provide
automation and accounting systems for fuel industries. Crossecom it also very much required to
make productive and provides services to government, military and business. It will more
effective and impressive performance making task. Crossecom includes different clients into
their business such as BP. BH petrol, Singapore Petroleum corporation, Hindustan petroleum
corporation, Public Bank Berhad. Besides, organization product and services are retail
automation, point of sale hardware and software, radio frequency identification. Organisation
structure of the Crossecom is totally based on top to bottom style that is top level, middle or
bottom level (Bloom Garicano, Sadun and Van Reenen, 2014). It summarizes the basic
organisation structure in order to accomplish the organisation task. It is the most required and
important part of the organisation to adopt the best possible task making performance.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Subject content.
According to Eason, 2014 Information system planning is a structured approach
developed by IBM to helps to make good organisation plan to satisfy their short and long term
information. This will be making good organisation structure. On the basis of Galegher, Kraut
and Egido, 2014 information system is the highly influencing and managing tool for the
company system which full fill the overall growth and covers array of the systems and processes.
It makes good impression on the company overall planning. According to the view of Galliers
and Leidner, E. eds., 2014 information planning is a critical to develop and execute the
developing process. It helps to execute strategic plan in huge firms at global level. According to
author information technology enable to gain competitive advantage to get more set objectives
and organisational goals. Information technology also helps to get proper planning of strategic
management to full fill the needs of customer services and objectives of the company.
Theoretical literature of the information system planning has suggested two challenging theory
of effective planning. In which first theory has suggested about that company organisational
using a formal structure and effective planning tool to get better success. Besides, in other
scenario in which organisation adopt informal structure to get employees satisfaction and

productive environment. It will also very much required and fulfilling organisational goals.
According to author information system has many models and stages of IS such as strategic
planning, information requirement analysis, project planning, resources allocation are very much
impressive and productive for organization structure. It is overall based on some specific
Crossecom tools and techniques. Moreover, it will also cover the rules and regulations which
helps to set organisation set objectives. It helps to take better objectives plans. Overall
informations' technology helps many of the Altium limited to take new productive methods or
strategies to set their own standards and marketing goals. It will also cover some impactful topic
to recover the business plans.
Most recent.
Altium limited get advantage from information system by preparing strategic planning,
information requirement analysis process. This process or techniques will enable to achieve
organisational objectives and target. As per the view of Laudon and Laudon, 2015 this overall
process or system of information technology will give more opportunity growth and
development to Altium limited. This also helps to get better strategic planning growth.
Moreover, Crossecom is the another big organization who adopts better strategic planning or
strategies to meet the goals of organisation.
Critical analysis:
It also gives the better business environment and development growth. It will more
attractive and impressive method of technology. Moreover, it will be more impressive and
effective growth challenge. Nowadays, every organisation functions are relies on information
system. It has been the core substance of the organisation to make the productive growth factor.
It also has provides the best productive growth and company objectives. Information technology
has been given credible results to gain competitive advantages to the organisation development.
It also provides some best examples and results to prove the importance of information system in
organisation development. It may gives new development process of making fruitful results of
organisation. Information system is the new approach to analyse the external internal information
and present it into productive manner. It provides the best productive results and growth factor.
Crossecom get opportunity to built strong relation with employees as well as customers or to
interpret the data according to business objectives. It gives opportunity to business owners to
collect information and transform into the best possible manner. As per the view of Or and Tao,

2014 information system helps company in business operation, sales revenue, production, in
management etc. the most powerful role play of information system is that enable in decision
making approach in the organisation. Moreover, on the basis of author information also creates
huge security issues in within organisation which may creates risk and uncertainty in the
organization. Hackers hack the company data and gives negative impact on the business
activities. On the basis of some more effective making work and improvement session, it can be
concluded that, it will get overcome from the productive manner.
CURRENT PRACTICE
Subject content.
Information technology has been given benefits and productive growth to the
organisation. It makes impressive and productive task making work in order to get the best
possible action plan. The main issue of information system is that data quality issues, it is the
main issue, this issue has been increasing by MIS framework because its overall structure will be
based on total quality of its data (Schermerhorn and et.al., 2014). Incorrect data, insufficient
sources, misplaced data resources would be given wrong impression on the company data. Along
with that, it also helps to provide better opportunity and growth for the better development. For
example Altium limited finds big project from the clients to give them the best software services
in order to meet the needs of clients, for that they need to acquire more services or material from
suppliers. It gives new process of working and effective process making approach. Another issue
of information system is security issues. It is the another issue with management information
system is that security issues (Schnoll, 2015). Company always needs to protect data of clients
and needs to provide the best competitive data analysis process. In current information system
they generally include five most essential elements such as hardware, software, data, people,
process. This all elements should be followed by the company. In order to keep the company
environment more productive and effective.
Most recent
Information technology has become one of the potential asset of the organisation. In the
development of information system in within the organisation it makes or creates various hurdles
in within the organisation growth. Among all issues one of the major issue is low productivity.
Large number of failures and an inadequate alignment of IS with business needs. Due to low
productivity company might be facing software crises which provides low customer attraction. It

also makes negative environment in the organisation which might be not good for the
organisation behaviour (Schwalbe, 2015). Besides, another issue includes in information system
is cyber crime due to which customer get affected and take negative influences in the
development of organisation growth. It also includes great advantages and good impact on the
behaviour of influencing development. This issue arises the financial loss to organisation which
would get low environment and lo productivity growth. Altium and Crossecom both are always
to develop their information system version and get good one always. It makes good presence in
front of their customers and employees as well. Information system can enhance and make the
objectives for an organisation this makes good factors of the development of organisation goals
and objectives (Schnoll, 2015). SISP (Strategic information systems planning) has become
increasingly important as information systems have begun to play a more critical role in
implementing business strategies. Issues and conflicts always enhance the issue and growth of
the organisation. It also makes good presence of making good skills for the organization. This is
the effective and efficient manner of growth. Along with that, it will also make impressive ways
of working. Information system is the another effective and productive manner of results and
effective technology to full-fill the growth. In order to enhance better opportunity growth it takes
time to influence better opportunity and growth for the organisation structure (Sellers and et.al.,
2017). Altium also facing some challenges and issues by holding information technology system.
Many authors state that information system requires strategic information planning to hold the
best approachable results. It also very much required and productive for the organisation
development. In order to maintained information system technology. It also very much required
and productive in order to meet the needs of clients. It will more productive and impressive work
limits. Moreover, software companies are generally based on information technology in order to
build most important and impressive work environment. Moreover, it also influences another
activities and opportunity growth which influence company objectives and activities in order to
meet the needs of company objectives (Sellers and et.al., 2017). In order to overcome from the
issues of information system company will require adopting strategic competitive growth for
company. There are various scope of IS such as information system, abilities, higher client
satisfaction, higher reliability interconnectivity and flexibility. It makes good impression on the
behaviour of preventative opportunity. On the other hand, information planning. Overall findings
from this study is that to analyse the information system and their growth analysation to give

productive growth and environmental effectiveness. On the other hand there are three
conceptualizing challenges in the information strategy that is lack of accountability and
flexibility, improper implementation process creates more implementing and productive nature
of work (Sellers and et.al., 2017).
COMPARATIVE
According to Schwalbe, 2015 In order to maintained proper organisation structure and
productive environment Altium limited and Crossecom requires to adopt the best effective
planning tool to implement productive environmental tools and techniques. In Altium limited
there is one Head of IT who take care the work of IT departments and take further growth action.
It will be more efficient and capable to implement more productive plans to implement.
According to author IT services manager which overall responsible to handle it services and
nature growth. As per the view of Sellers and et.al., 2017 there is one service manager who has
responsible to take care the day to day activity running of all IT services management. This role
is very far away from organisational head. It also makes good impression on the overall
development process. Besides, there are another responsible people who solves the issue and
problems to analyse the root cause which is problem manager. In IT organisation structure there
is a perfect need of problem solving manager in order to full fill the employees needs. It gives
betterment and productive growth to Altium limited to implement better business objectives.
Another role of technical support manager. According to author he is the person who basically
responsible for technical support and maintenance of the central system such as mainframe,
servers, operating system, disk subsystem etc. according to author employees has some cross-
linking power to effective (Sellers and et.al., 2017). And give better quality management
activities. Another activity of technical support manager which helps to influence managerial
skills and an employee motivation which influence productive management skills. Technical
support manager and maintenance. It also influences activity also effective. Another role in the
organisation to take care the needs of organisation structure and also helps to influence more
impressive and effective market and company growth. Moreover, another, as per the view of
other management task and impressive manner that is configuration and release manager who
responsible to take care of administration departments. It also influences managing effective
working which helps to take care the needs of organisation. This must be according to the needs
of organisation and work environment. On the basis of service delivery manager are responsible

for service delivering activities which includes several activities. Along with that, this is the
productive and effective management skills. All IT firms would take care the needs of its
structure and management process (Sellers and et.al., 2017). It also influences management
Skills and or competitive managerial skills and wants. Along with that, it also helps to influence
activity and effective working activity. Overall, IT organisation structure must be according to
the organisation needs and objectives. Altium should revise their structure as per the needs of
customer and their organisation requirements. It will be more productive and efficient manner of
growth in terms of management skills and wants (Valacich and Schneider, 2015).
Overall study is based on Information systems and their requirements. It also helps to
influence business activities and client growth. It will also need to revise their organization
structure and more product development plan. Moreover, it will be more productive and
impactful target market needs. It also helps to influence organisation structure and productive
manner growth. In every organisation financial manager has to be there to full fill the
organisation needs and wants. Financial manager helps to control the financial control including
budgeting, IT accounting and which is relevant to the business organisation. On the basis of
author development manager also plays a very essential role in the organisation structure. It will
also help to influence essential activity growth. Moreover, another activity and essential growth
to make effective role play (Schwalbe, 2015). Out of the several roles in the IT organisation
structures strategy manager is the another essential role play in the organisation. It also helps to
influence effective planning tool and technology. It will be more grateful and influencing
management skills and target market which helps to full fill the organisation roles and skills. In
order to analysing the process of making good skills.

Comparative analysis
Altium and Crossecom they both are the productive and profitable software company in
Australia. On the basis of company financial growth in which they reproduce the productive
environment growth as per the data of the company. Altium delivered strong results in the first
half of fiscal 2018, worldwide product revenue grew by 30 % to US $63.2 million. Besides, on
the other hand, they also enhance their carer growth nu 40 % as per the previous data. As per the
business activities Crossecom provides retail automation, point of sales hardware and software
and radio frequency (Valacich and Schneider, 2015). It also helps to grow the business activities.
Moreover, Both company has from same sector and deals with information technology.
Moreover, it also helps to find the new opportunity growth for further developments. Moreover,
study based on the information technology and their features which helps company to adopt
better productive level. Along with that, it also helps to recover the most effective and
productive market growth in order to influence activities. Organisation needs to save their
Illustration 1: IT organisational structure
Source: Organisational chart, 2018

organisation and client data into very safe manner. It will gives more competitive growth factor
in order to enhance more productive growth.