Information Systems Report: Australia Post Analysis and Strategies

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the information systems employed by Australia Post. It begins with an executive summary outlining the organization's strategies and operational departments. The introduction emphasizes the role of information systems in managing organizational functions, followed by an exploration of information security policies, strategic issues, and global strategies. The report delves into ethical and legal frameworks, ethical and social considerations, and awareness of these issues. It includes a SWOT analysis and a PEST analysis to assess Australia Post's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats within its operating environment. The report also examines innovation approaches and their importance for business growth, alongside the impact of information systems. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and their implications for the organization's future development.

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Executive Summary
Organization is based on their strategies and operation of the different departments. The
information system of is used for the Company operations. Information system structures are
described in this report. Organization must follow the innovation procedure. It is considered as
the essential part of the company. Organizations are having complicated functions of the
different operations. That is why the innovations need to be considered for organization.
Innovation approaches of the statistics systems will discuss in order that the analysis of the
company may appropriate for growth.
It is also described about the functions of the organization and part of the information
system to handle them appropriately. Strengths and weaknesses of the corporation will discuss,
which has been described in brief to ensure the crowning glory of the necessities. Information
system is providing different things and it has many advantages for the organization. In this
report, innovations and information system involvement in growth of organization will discuss. It
is also include SWOT and PEST analysis of Australia Post.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary.....................................................................................................................................1
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Information security policies.......................................................................................................................4
Analysis of strategic issues in the organization.......................................................................................4
Strategies in global perspective...............................................................................................................6
Ethical and legal framework........................................................................................................................7
Ethical and social consideration..............................................................................................................7
Awareness of ethical and Legal issues.....................................................................................................7
SWOT analysis of Australia Post........................................................................................................8
Table 1: SWOT analysis; Australia Post..............................................................................................8
PEST analysis of Australia Post..........................................................................................................9
Table 1: PEST analysis; Australia Post................................................................................................9
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................10
References.................................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
Information Systems are helpful for managing different operations of an organization. It
is a base of any organization. There are so many things to manage different functions of an
organization. In this report, Management Information System role in growth of an organization
will discuss with help of few examples.
This report will provide an explanation for ethical and social issues of an organization.
This will discuss about the ethical frameworks for operating a corporation. Information system
strategies are proposed in this paper for an enterprise to keep distinct operation and services. This
report consists of records protection policies and controls, which are based on the capacity
threats and vulnerabilities of an organization.
It is about technological adjustments in a business enterprise for business progress. Main
purpose of this report is improvement of progressive strategies to increase commercial enterprise
of an employer (Amit, 2012). It is also include basic things for employees as well as
organization. It is also explaining about creative wondering procedures for improvement of
revolutionary ideas for betterment of merchandise and service of a company.
This document is studying strategic issues in the Australia Post business enterprise
restrained. This record is provides strategic solutions with cognizance of ethical and social
concerns. Australia Post is having stakeholders in all around the world. Moral and social
consideration is helpful for enhancing their enterprise at worldwide perspective. It is going to
discuss approximately the strength, and limitations of Australia Post organization constrained in
later phase in this document (Andrijcic & Horowitz, 2016).
This report will describe about the makes use of the rules inside the organisation in
personnel and agency want. Few strategies have to follow by the company for solving issues
with ethical and social frameworks. It is also consist of data about data makes use of in an
organisation with advantages and drawbacks of it in the later phase on this report.

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Information security policies
Information system is also providing human resources functionality for hiring the
employees. It is also helpful for finding issues in employee selection. Telstra Corporation
Limited is having an inappropriate design of most important threat, which is associated with the
information system (Bhagat, 2012). Cyber security is a threat associated with information system
of Telstra Corporation Limited. They can alter all the data in between data transfer between
different departments of Telstra Corporation Limited. Untrained employees are misuse the
information system of Telstra Corporation Limited, which is also other type of risk. Telstra
Corporation Limited is using information system for enhancing the business of them but threats
will make it worst in future.
Employs is having a key role for implementation of new plan. They must consider in the
planning of new policies of an organization. Policies are requires knowledge sharing for
implementation. Information system will be migrates the risks and obstacles of growth of an
organization. Information system is must require effective training and development plan for
getting better impact of it (Bradlow & Jayachandra, 2015).
Cyber security is a big issue for that type of organization. In which have lot of personal
data of the customers, such as name, address, email id, and phone numbers. It is also having few
risks of the denial of service attack. There are few standards for the information security system,
such as Information Security Management System (ISMS). ISO/IEC 27001 is an international
standard for securing the system from the cyber-attacks. Company must follow ethics and it
should be certified by the different standard of cyber security.
Analysis of strategic issues in the organization
The information structures performs a vital position in an enterprise because of the fact is
being saved and handled by the information structures which can be incredibly based on the era
which would be incorporated into the information systems. It is clean that, the complexity of the
information system can decreased, if the system is nicely applied for the functions of
organization. There are varieties of statistics approximately the business execution with the
statistics structures and the digital technologies in order that the workflow of execution can be
higher. I t also reduce the complexity of the system (Busetto, 2018).

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Business enterprise can decided based on the issues may be diagnosed about the
information systems. In addition, to the configuration of the services are for the selected
corporation. It might be having the substantial system in order to base on the middle function of
information management system. The elaboration could be greater higher, whereas the data
systems of the organization are continually having the middle function. Big facts of the
information system is that it allows the stop users to combine the right services at the same time
as the complexity of the technique must be identified by making the hazard evaluation to the
system (Bélanger & Crossler, 2011).
The chosen corporation is one of the most well known postal service organizations of the
Australia, which are the maximum postal services in Australia. Most of the people are using in
the Australia. They are imparting loads of facilities for the interest of the patron along with the
consumers. They can post their packages in Australia as well as outside of Australia (Campbell,
2017).
Numerous customers of Australia growing day by day, as their offerings are most widely
used service of the Australia Post in Australia. The humans also can ship the payment and
receive the payment of the cash throughout the United States. It is a huge process in Australia
(Chen, Chiang, & Storey, 2012).
Australia put up offers the web interface to the customers with the intention to run their
on-line business using on-line E-trade support on the Australia submit portal. It is not providing
only postal service (Teece, 2010). There might be an entire workflow of execution, which
should have to be controlled by the information system of the organization. The control of
Australia post needs to combine some new ideas, which are beneficial for users as well as
organization. The commercial enterprise can increase their business using different strategies.
All the clients may be accommodated well timed by the organization. Few people of the existing
customer are facing troubles in the information system. It is currently running as a right statistics
system within the decided rules on agency. Information systems are helpful for optimized the
services. It is also change the productivity of the organization in the different forms
(Chesbrough, 2010).

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Document comprise quick facts approximately innovation approaches, which are
exceptionally big in business enterprise. Consequently, whole workflow of execution may
manage to execute the proper float of execution in the marketplace. Technologies are beneficial
for the organization, as they are used for changes in the previous functions of organization
(Cooper, 2001).
Strategies in global perspective
Improvement in the information system as well as procedures of the organization is
beneficial for the future progress. Organization services are the most valuable things for making
their business more procreative (Costa & Santos, 2017).
Australia post is very large organization. Therefore, the builders and the control
participants of corporations need to be able to combine the database control machine, where the
information can be secured. It is the fact the clients are surprisingly oriented and acutely aware
of the records. They share with the employer inclusive of the Australia. They are submitting their
details in system. Information system is also providing security of the personal data of the
customers at their end. Information systems are also reducing the complexity of the operations
and it maximizes the efficiency of the system (Da Veiga, 2015).
Effective innovations can most effective take area whilst there is a good environment in
the business enterprise. Information systems are helpful for the innovations. It is the most
valuable thing for users. Most of the customers are focused with the era, which can be stepped
forward. Because of few reasons, organizations are denied to adopt the digital technologies, such
as high cost, legacy systems. Many vendors are transferring their enterprise to on line systems,
because the clients are having accept as true with in on line platforms as they are able to extend
their business using on-line offerings (Downes, 2015).
Innovations are helpful for the making services better for employees and organization as
well as for customers (Drucker, 2014).
Ethical and legal framework
In the agencies, some techniques are based totally at the strategic control facts. Strategic
management is the necessary system. The middle useful implementation of the design technique,

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the statistics structures may identify. Technologies are used for the strategies making process.
Strategies are based on the target market and according to that it will changes day-by-day
(England, 2017).
Ethical and social consideration
Ethics and morals are needful things for an organization. Now it has turn out to be a
critical issue to changes inside the company. Organizations are followed all the rule and
regulations for the employees and they are used code of conducts for helping employees for their
rights (Fitzgerald & Dwyer, 2017).
Innovations and entrepreneurship are the two things for enhancing business of the
organization. Innovating technologies are helpful for simulation and different tasks of the
organization (Hair, 2012).
Awareness of ethical and Legal issues
Awareness of ethical and legal issues at organization is must for customers and
organizations. There are few boundaries for the management of the different operations of the
organization. (Lundvall, 2010). At the same time as every so often, the screw-ups can take
region together with the hacking of the system. Facts structures in order that the customers would
now not sense dependable even as running with the businesses. There are lot of ways to crack the
security of an information system, but an intelligent management information system is having
high security level, and for that they use firewalls and authentications (INC, 2018).
Data protection is the vital a part of the corporation, because the businesses are
chargeable for the records protection. It is far the center purposeful policies of the groups with
the customers that, the records of the consumer might now not be leaked, so, that the
management of the business enterprise would be tremendously responsible to manipulate the
entire statistics about the carriers in addition to the customers (Johnston & Marshall, 2013).
Ethics are beneficial for the customers and it makes a reputation of an organization in
front of customers at worldwide level. It is also seen by the different large organizations that
ethics and morals are helpful for making an image in front of other competitor (Kaplan, 2001).

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Ethics, morals and values are developed at workplace of business is a good thing. There
is a complete code of behavior for every relation and each work. Europe has his very own
controlled code for paintings cost ethics and in ultimate two hundred years, it is advanced with
growing. To guide the sector with true margin, it is far constantly vital to comply with a few
codes. Every so often, these codes are set with the aid of organizations and on occasion by way
of their non-secular (Karlsson, Hedström, & Goldkuhl, 2017).
SWOT analysis of Australia Post
Australia post is the postal company in which communicate all across the world. in order
that there ought to be a few strengths just like the offerings different service. Customers are the
main thing for the Australia Post. Satisfied customer is strength of the organization. Organization
makes changes in operations for providing better facility to the customers. They also increase
their customers for business from good services. Australia Post is offering so many services to
customers for their business. They mold their services according to customers needs (Kim,
2005).
There are few weaknesses of the Australia Post in respect of customer satisfaction. They
have so many services and a proper workflow is not maintained by the organization. It is also fail
in the field of technology adaption process. There are few loopholes in the organization, which
are short out with the help of information system (Lowry, Posey, Bennett, & Roberts, 2015).
Table 1: SWOT analysis; Australia Post
Strength Weakness
 Australia Post is leading company in the field
of telecommunication industry.
 It has wide range of products and services
 It has customer management system
 More than 30 thousands employees
 Stakeholders from 190 different countries
 Australia Post has limited liquidity
position
 It has limited market shares
Opportunities Threats
 it can take initiatives for the strategic growth
 it can increasing high demands for their
 Risks with rapid technological changes
 Competition in the postal services

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services
 it can grow their IT services in the market
 It can launch new online services
 Stringent regulations
PEST analysis of Australia Post
PEST analysis is also helpful for the organization, which is showing political, economic,
social, and technological things in the organization. Australia post is a huge organization in the
field of postal services. There are so many services in the Australia and they serve for the
international customers. PEST analysis is expelling about the relationship between organization
and different necessary things for their growth, such as technological changes.
These things are beneficial for the organization by which organization can analysis about
the loopholes and remove them for future growth.
Table 1: PEST analysis; Australia Post
Political Economical
 Government of Australia is putting restrictions
on the companies in case of equal benefits
 It affected diplomatic relation of Australia
because of Postal industries growth
 Prices are affected because of GDP of
Australia
 Employees are require more benefits,
which is coming form organization
funds.
Social Technological
 Population of Australia is increasing business
of Postal services.
 Companies provide different resources to
citizens in favor of social work.
 Information Systems are helping in the
growing the Australia Post companies in
all over the world.
 Information Systems are growing
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Conclusion
It is concluded form the previous parts of the report that, information system is providing
many things for managing different operations of Australia Post with ethical and legal
conditions. It is also beneficial in terms of social work. It connects people with their resources.
There are so many strategies for managing different operations of the organization but use of
information system makes it simple for all the users. There so many things for making an
organization had better compare to other competitor.
The statistics about the organizational strategies primarily based at the statistics system of
the selected data of the organization. It has been described by the information system. There are
loads of capabilities within the system. Therefore, they can manage different things in the
organization. The fact is that the innovations are also defined to make organization in different
phases. It is sure that the information systems are in order to that there might be the ideal
techniques of the technology. It may elaborate in addition to the strengths and the weaknesses of
an organization. It is also affecting the business of an organization in different ways. There are
few steps for increasing business of an organization. Information system is optimizing the
procedures of the different operations.
Finally, it is concluded that digital technologies are most important part of an
organization for increasing their growth, productivity, and decreasing risks for an organization.
Innovation systems are also helpful for increasing overall productivity of different products, and
services of company.
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