Assalamualaikum blogger readers, Iam sorry for the long
paused after the Chapter 4 assignment which right now I have completed Chapter
6 in class. So now, Let’s move on Chapter 5
CHAPTER 5 :
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES THAT SUPPORT THE STRATEGIC INITIAVES
Began from Chapter 3, previously we have discussed upon
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES all the while till its metrics of effectiveness and
efficiency.
The
organizational structures,
·
Organizational employees must work closely together to
develop strategic initiatives that create cooperative advantages.
·
Ethic and security are two fundamental building blocks
that organizations must base their businesses upon.
IT Roles
& Responsibilities
·
Information technology is a relatively new functional
area, having only been around formally for around 40 years.
·
Recent IT-related strategic positions :
v Chief
Information Officer (CIO)
Overseas
all uses of IT and ensures 9the strategic alignment of IT with business goals
& objectives. Their broad CIO functions include the Manager, Leader and
Communicator.
v Chief
Technology Officer (CTO)
Responsible
for ensuring the throughput speed, accuracy, availability and reliability of
IT.
v Chief
Security Officer (CSO)
Responsible
for ensuring the security of IT systems.
v Chief
Privacy Officer (CPO)
Responsible
for ensuring the ethical and legal use of information
v Chief
Knowledge Office (CKO)
Responsible
for collecting, maintaining and distributing the organization’s knowledge.
The Gap
between BUSINESS PERSONNEL and IT PERSONNEL.
·
Business personnel possess expertise in functional
areas such as marketing, accounting and sales.
·
IT Personnel have the technological expertise.
·
This typically causes a communications gap between the
business personnel and IT personnel.
Improving
Communications
·
Business personnel must seek to increase their
understanding of IT.
·
IT personnel must seek to increase their understanding
of the business.
·
It is the responsibility of the CIO to ensure
effective communication between business personnel and IT Personnel.
Organizational
Fundamentals – Ethics & Security
·
Ethics and security are two fundamental building
blocks that organizations must base their businesses on to be successful.
·
In recent years, such events as the Enron and Martha
Stewart, along with 9/11 have shed new light on the meaning of ethics and
security.
ETHICS
The principles and standards that guide our behavior toward
other people. Privacy also is a major ethical issue.
The issues affected by technology advances
·
Intellectual property
Intangible creative work that is embodied in physical
form.
·
Copyright
The legal protection afforded an expression of an
idea, such as a song, video game, and some types of proprietary documents.
·
Fair use doctrine
In certain situations, it is legal to use copyrighted
software.
·
Pirated software
The unauthorized use, duplication, distribution, or
sale of copyrighted software.
·
Counterfeit software
Software that is manufactured to look like the real
thing and sold as such.
One of the main ingredients in trust is privacy. Such that
reasons why privacy issues lost of trust for e-business.
·
Loss of personal privacy is a top concern.
·
Among Internet users. 37 percent would be a lot more
inclined to purchase a product on a Website that had a privacy policy.
·
Privacy is the number one factor that would convert
internet researches into internet buyers.
SECURITY
The organizational information is intellectual capital which
must be protected via Information security. Information security here is the
protection of information from accidental or international misuse by persons
inside or outside and organization.
Therefore, E-Business automatically created tremendous information
security risks for organizations.
THANK YOU my dear blog readers.
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