Post 3 - Competitive of Information System

POST 3

Competitive of Information System

This topic will discuss about competitive of Information System that divided into two that are competitive forces and competitive strategies.

Based on Porter’s Competitive Forces Model, there are FIVE competitive forces in information system; traditional competitors, new market entrants, substitute products and services, customers and last but not least is suppliers. What makes the organization compete to each other and how the company remains in the market? All the above five competitive forces will affect the organization’s production.

As we know, every force plays its own roles due to its own importance in information system that must be countered by the organization in maintaining their place and competing to each others. Each of the forces should be well managed in the information system because it contributes to the down or up of the organization.

So, if the organization wants to achieve the target of their business, I think they should well managing and developing the forces will help a business to succeed. An organization that involves in any business must be creative and innovative enough in creating new alternatives or ways in competing with their competitors. I also think that the organization must have targets and strategies on what should be done for future in order to maintain their place in global market.

There are also FIVE main competitive strategies that should be countered by the organization in information system that closely related to their business. The five strategies are cost leadership, differentiation strategy, innovation strategy, growth strategy, and alliance strategy.

In order to make sure the organization is compete well with their competitors, I think the organization must look at the all strategies thoroughly and should not just take it for granted because all the strategies must be well planned. For instance, an organization should learn from past or previous situation. What has happened before should be revised again and do some correction on the previous strategies that has implemented in order to get better strategies to compete with the global business that emerge well in over the world.

Strategies also should be early planned and must be well revised to make sure it really means to the organization as global and international business because they should compete with a lot of competitors that have so many strategies that may put them in low position of global market. I also think that every single strategy should be studied well by the expertise and must have relevant estimation on what is going to happen in future.

Ref : HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Basics, Application, and Future Directions,             edited by Michael J. Kavanagh. Mohan Thite. Richard D. Johnson
      : Micheal E. Porter and Victor E. Millar_Harvard Business Review-1999
      : Elsevier. Information & Management Journal by Erick K. Clemon (Assoc. Prof.)

Post 2 - Introduction of Information System

Introduction of Information System

When mention about Information System (IS), automatically I will think about information and computer that will connect with internet. Actually, when I study about IS, I know that it is not only refer to the information technology (ICT) that an organization use for their business operations and so on. To be more accurate about the IS, look at this definition of IS. “An information system (IS) refers to a collection of multiple pieces of equipment involved in the dissemination of information. Hardware, software, computer system connections and information, information system users, and the system’s housing are all part of an IS.” (Corry Janssen. 2008)

From my understanding, Information System is not only refer to the information technology (ICT) that an organization uses, also aims to support operations, management and decision making, but also to the way in which people interact with this technology in support of business processes. So, information system is a very important system in this era in business running due to the globalization, the increasing of the economy, transformation of the business enterprise and also the emergence of the digital firm. A good business must have a good and manageable information system within the organization.

From my view on this current topic, I can see how information being distributes via a medium that no longer weird in this era of globalization that is internet. Internet plays a very important role as connector to all over the world virtually but efficient and effective. It can help us to communicate, collaborate, access information, participate in discussion, supply information and find entertainment. All these may exchange the business and government transactions.

As what I have learnt, there are many challenges of information system, both in positive and negative sides. For positive side, it able to faster calculations and paperwork, analysis of customer purchase patterns and preferences, more efficient business services and also medical advances. For negative side, it may leads to job elimination, privacy concerns, systems outage or shutdown, health problems and stress.

Ref : Article of Techopedia in Information System. Technology-2002.
     : European Journal of Information System (2007) 16. by Vasiliki Mantzana, Marinos Themistocleos Zahir Irani, Vincenzo Morabito.
     : Berry, R. Rettenmayer, J & Woods, J.T. (2006), Journal of Computing Science in Colleges. 21(5).

Post 1 - Introduction of myself

~CahayaHidupku~

Assalamu'alaikum w.b.t...

Hi everyone, thank you for visiting my blog. Okay, first, let me introduce myself. My name is Noorhayati binti Che Razak. The meaning of my name is "cahaya hidupku". I am 21 years old on this current year. I come from Terengganu, was born there and also grew up there. Both of my parents were also from Terengganu. We lived at Kampung Darat Batu Rakit, inner area of Kuala Terengganu. 

Now, I will shortly tell about my family. Starting from my father. My father’s name is Che Razak bin Mohamad. He is 59 years old, working as a guard at a primary school. My mother’s name is Najidah binti Abd Razak. She is 50 years old and a full time housewife. I have 11 siblings, 7 boys and 4 girls. I also have 4 elder brothers, only 1 elder sister, 3 younger brothers and 2 younger sisters. All of my elder brothers already work and only one of them were still not married but will be married on the end of this October. The only one sister that I have is now still studying but already get married and had a daughter. A little one. Now, she is studying abroad, in Jordan together with her husband. All my younger brothers and sisters are studying.

More about myself. I am now studying at University Technology Malaysia, UTM located at Skudai, Johor. I am third year student. Before I was transferred here, I studied at UTM International Campus located at Kuala Lumpur for one year. Previously, before I join UTM, I studied at Matriculation College of Pahang at Gambang for 1 year, studied course of Physical Science.

I am just a simple person, simple in dressing, simple in spending money and so on. But, I love to talk when I know about the topics or what I am going to talk. Sometimes, I talk so much but whenever I face with problems, I automatically being a silent one and may be a passive one, not in a good mood to chit chat with others. One thing that I want to let you know is......I like PINK colour..! ;-)