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.)