In the emerging, fully digital firm

In the emerging, fully digital firm

• In the emerging, fully digital firm
• Significant business relationships are digitally enabled and mediated
• Core business processes are accomplished through digital networks
• Key corporate assets are managed digitally
• Digital firms offer greater flexibility in organization and management
• Time shifting, space shifting

• Management Information Systems
• Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today

• The Role of Information Systems in Business Today

• Read the Interactive Session and then discuss the following questions:
• What are the advantages of using videoconferencing technologies? What are the disadvantages?
• What is telepresence and what sorts of companies are best suited to use it as a communications tool?
• What kinds of companies could benefit from using videoconferencing? Are there any companies that might not derive any benefits from this technology?

• Virtual Meetings: Smart Management

• The Role of Information Systems in Business Today

• Management Information Systems
• Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today

Growing interdependence between ability to use information technology and ability to implement corporate strategies and achieve corporate goals

• Growing interdependence between ability to use information technology and ability to implement corporate strategies and achieve corporate goals
• Business firms invest heavily in information systems to achieve six strategic business objectives: IT Strategic Role
• Operational excellence
• New products, services, and business models
• Customer and supplier intimacy
• Improved decision making
• Competitive advantage
• Survival

• Management Information Systems
• Chapter 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today

• The Role of Information Systems in Business Today