_Information_System_Business_Problem_Dimensions

|University of Phoenix | |IT/205 | |Tony Sines | |Information System Business Problem Dimensions | |Checkpoint week1 | |Jason Duquette | |8/27/2011 | The three dimensions to business problems are organization, people, and technology. Organization is how the company is set up. Are the protocols that are in place followed and do they have a winning business model. If the business model is drafted correctly than the company can have success. However, a poor model with create imminent failure. People can be the hardest part of the puzzle. Finding the right people to work for the business is most important to make things run. Starting from senior management down to the store clerk, all people in place need to be qualified workers that have the company’s best interest in mind while keeping the customer happy. Even though senior management makes the hard important decisions, it is the employees that interact with the customers that make the biggest difference. Technology is probably the easiest component to fix within a company. However, technology is not cheap, so it can take the longest to replace. Having poor equipment, our outdated operating systems can actually slow business down, cause inventory mistakes, and system failures. So it is good to have a good mixture of good qualities amongst these three components in order to have a successful business. Information technology (IT) and information systems are two subjects that people often confuse and mistake them as being the same. Information technology is the hardware and software that a firm or company needs in order to complete or reach business goals. (Laudon, J. P. & Laudon, K. C. 2008) Computer hardware, software, disk drives and handheld personal digital assistance devices are some examples of items that fall under the IT label. Information systems on the other hand are a combination of people, machines, processes, and technology, which makes it different from IT. Without these components no system would be created. Hardware and software are needed in order to operate the system which is taken from the technology. However, people are needed to create the systems and develop the process in which it is used. According to our text, Wal-Mart has one of the most sophisticated inventory control systems. (Laudon, J. P. & Laudon, K.C. 2008) With this system, a product can be bought from any location or through their on-line shopping site, and the data from the sale will trigger a supplier to automatically restock the item on the shelf. Because of this system Wal-Mart has been able to increase its profitability while maximizing their efficiency. As long as there are information systems around, information technology will continue to evolve and push the envelope creating a constant demand for the respective fields.