Information System Management Report: Case Studies Evaluation

This report provides an analysis of information system management, focusing on four case studies: the use of smartphones in business, enterprise social networking, data security issues, and global systems infrastructure. The report examines how organizations like Network Rail, Sanofi Pasteur, and AbbVie utilize information systems to improve performance, manage data, and address challenges. It explores the benefits of smartphone applications, enterprise social networking for innovation, and the importance of addressing security breaches. The report also discusses how companies build global systems infrastructure to manage their operations. The conclusion highlights the significance of effective information technology in managing crucial organizational data. The report references key academic sources to support its analysis.

Management of
Information System

Introduction
• The use of information system helps in
managing organization performance
• The four case studies that are going to be
evaluated in this assessment are:
 “Can You Run the Company with Your iPhone?”
 “Enterprise social networking helps Sanofi
Pasteur innovate and improve quality”
 “Meltdown and Spectre Haunt the World’s
Computers”
 “AbbVie Builds a Global Systems Infrastructure”

About Information
System
• Information system plays a crucial role in every organization.
• This helps in analyzing the overall business objectives together.
• With the help of information system it becomes easy to
manage the raw data in useful ones (Eroshkin et al., 2017).
• Information system is essential for running an organization
successfully as this manages the key operations effectively
(DeLone & McLean, 2016).

Types of information
system

Case study 1:
• Smartphones have became
one of the most suitable
device for carrying out
Activities.
• Several organization manages
their activities and employees
through smartphones (Laudon
& Laudon, 2020).
• iPhone and other
smartphones has introduced
several software's for
enhancing the performance.

Case Study 1:
• Different applications are
used in Network rail for
improving the overall
performance and safety.
• Close call application is
designed for providing help
towards the employees so
that they can address the
hazards quickly.
• MyWork app is designed for
ensuring that proper
maintenance information
are shared with the team
(Laudon & Laudon, 2020).

Case Study 1:
• Sentinel app ensures that verified workers are
allowed to perform the tasks.
• iPhone and ipad apps are used for providing
better maintenance data towards the technicians.
• Safety has increased with the use of proper
technology.

Case Study 2:
• Information system is
used for the purpose of
operating the business
activities successfully.
• Sanofi Pasteur has
integrated information
system for improving the
business performance
• With the use of
information system it
has been observed that
organizational
performance has
improved.

Case Study 2:
• Sanofi Pasteur’s knowledge sharing process has
improved with the use of information system
• Order fulfillment process became successful with
the use of IS.
• Information system helped in making decisions

Case Study 3:
• The security issue that may
arise with the flaws in
central processing unit is
that it provides access
towards a malicious program
to get access over the data
(Laudon & Laudon, 2020).
• Security breach hampers the
data that are crucial for
organization
• Ethical and security issues
within World’s computers are
hampering the way data are
managed.

Case Study 3:
• Cloud vendors used patches for protecting the operating systems
and applications.
• Apple released patched version for protecting the operating
systems
• Catching technique is used for increasing the processing speed of
computer memory
• Systematic updates and patches needs to be included towards the
software browser.
• Replacing the affected processors with new hardware security
procedure.

Case Study 4:
• AbbVie management faced
issues while making
decision about the way
company should run the
activities in future.
• Proper decision needs to
be taken for improving the
business performance
• The issue faced is with
maintaining the
globalization after
separation from Abbott lab