Sunday, 15 January 2017

U2 & CHAPTER 6 : Valuing Organizational Information WEEK 6 ( 10th January 2017, 9.21 p.m.)


Assalamualaikum Dear Blog Readers,
Well, upon updating my chapter 5 slot, I felt that there is an ample of time that I ask myself, Should I continue with Chapter 6?, The answer is YES, because if I don’t, I wouldn’t even be typing this right now. =D

WELCOME TO UNIT 2 : EXPLORING BUSINESS INITIATIVES

Unit 2 which consists of Chapter 6, 7 and 8.Now let us open the curtains for Chapter 6 or in Malay language we call it “ Pembuka tirai untuk Unit 2 adalah Bab 6”.

CHAPTER 6 : VALUING ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
 
 

Organizational Information

·         Information is literally everywhere in an organization

·         Employees must be able to obtain and analyze the many different levels, formats, and granularities of organizational information to make decisions.

·         Successfully collecting, compiling, sorting, and analyzing information can provide tremendous insight into how an organizational is performing.

·         Levels, formats, and granularities of organizational of information.

 

The Value of Transactional and Analytical Informational

 
The Value of Timely Informational

·         Timeless is an aspect of information that depends on the situation.

·         Real-time Information

Immediate, up-to-date information.

·         Real-time system

Provides real-time information in response to query requests.
 
 
 

The Value of Quality Informational
 
 

·         Business decisions are only as good as the quality of the information used to make decisions.

·         You never want to find yourself using technology to help you make a bad decision faster.

·         Characteristic of high-quality information are :

 

v  Accuracy

Are all the values correct? For example, is the name spelled correctly? Is the Ringgit Malaysia amount recorded properly?

 

v  Consistency

Is the aggregate or summary information in agreement with detailed information? For example, do all total fields equal the true total of the individual fields?

 

v  Uniqueness

Is each transaction, entity, and event represented only once in the information? For example, are there any duplicate customers?

 

v  Timeless

Is the information current with respect to the business requirements? For example, is information updated weekly, daily, or hourly?

 

Poor Information,

 
 

What is the cost of Poor Information?

The source came from,

v  Online customers intentionally enter inaccurate information to protect their privacy

v  Information from different systems have different entry standards and formats.

v  Call center operators enter abbreviated or erroneous information by accident or to save time.

v  Third party and external information contains inconsistencies, inaccuracies and errors.

The potential effects towards the Business,

v  Inability to track accurately customers

v  Difficulty in identifying valuable customers

v  Inability to build strong customer relationships.

 

 

THANK YOU FOR READING ;)

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