Information_Systems_and_Software_Applications

Information Systems and Software Applications Jenessa Bishop BIS219 03/15/2010 Bradley Hulce Information Systems and Software Applications Corporations today use various forms of information systems to successfully run their businesses. A great percentage of those corporations rely heavily on PC technology and software applications. PC technology is the use of computers to carry out nearly all of business duties; these duties are fruitfully completed with the use of software applications; a designed computer program that allows users to perform a particular task. Three important divisions of a corporation that contribute to the triumph of a business are Human Resources, Accounting, and Marketing. Human Resource is a department that works with the employees in a company. Their role is to staff and operate an organization as well as deal with employee related services such as payroll, W-2's, badges, truancy, related work issues and injuries. The top-rated and award winning HR software available for businesses today is Halogen. Halogen is a world leader with over 1500 customers all-inclusive. Founded in 2001, Halogen provides commanding, affordable, and trouble-free software to improve HR and line-manager productivity. One of Halogen’s promising systems is one that links and tracks employee performance and learning, providing insight into important metrics between learning managers and HR leaders. Additionally, Halogen provides the means to align employee and organizational goals, to give employees richly-detailed performance appraisals, identify skill gaps, and assign targeted development plans to address them, and measure their effectiveness in terms of increased performance. More-so Halogen provides training applications and schedules for all employees (Halogen Software, 2010). Additionally, the Accounting department is a vital ingredient to overall successful. The accounting department handles audits and the finances of a business; preparing financial reports and communicating information to shareholders and high-end managers. Additionally, the accounting department is responsible for billing customers, preparing payroll, creating various ledgers and other financial reports as well as purchasing and paying for materials. Today, Peachtree is the number one accounting software for small business providing applications for accounts receivable, accounts payable, account reconciliation, and company reports. Peachtree is widely known and commonly accepted for all accounting applications and needs (Peachtree Quantum, 2010). Moreover, Marketing is an imperative component to a successful corporation. Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large (American Marketing Association, 2010). MarketingPilot is today’s promotional software providing numerous features including but not limited to traffic and productions, flowcharts, result tracking, online rate cards, media databases, and vendor and client CRM. MarketingPilot states, “There is no other media buying and planning software available that truly rival MarketingPilot’s full and complete set of tools” (MarketingPilot Software, N.D.). In conclusion, corporations today use various forms of information systems to successfully run their businesses, often turning to technology for a faster approach. Human Resources, Accounting, and Marketing departments are only a piece of a corporation’s success. But such success can not be granted without them. References American Marketing Association. (2010). Marketing Power. Retrieved from http://www.marketingpower.com/aboutama/pages/definitionofmarketing.aspx Halogen Software. (2010). Halogen Employee Performance Management. Retrieved from http://www.halogensoftware.com/ MarketingPilot Software. (N.D.). MarketingPilot Media Buying and Planning Software. Retrieved from http://www.marketingpilot.com/mbo/media_buying_planning_software_intro.shtml'gclid=CM238O-ru6ACFVl35Qod2Cz3Uw Peachtree Quantum. (2010). Business Accounting Software. Retrieved from http://www.peachtreequantum.com/