Information System Business Problem Dimensions

Information System Business Problem Dimensions

What are the three dimensions to business problems? The three dimensions are Organization
dimensions, Technology dimensions, and People dimensions.   1: Organizational dimension is defined
as outdated business processes, unsupported culture and attitudes, political conflict, Turbulent
business environment and change, complexity of task, Inadequate resources. An example of this would
be customers not being able to track their orders on a real time basis or having out dated information
on the businesses customers.   2: Technology dimensions this is described as insufficient or aging
hardware, outdated software, inadequate database capacity, insufficient telecommunications capacity
incompatibility of old systems with new technology, rapid technology change. I example of this problem
would be not purchasing and keeping up to date software programs and hardware for the business.
3: People dimensions this is described as a lack of employee training, difficulties of evaluating
Performance , legal and regulatory compliance , lack of employee support and participation ,
Indecisive management, poor management.   A couple of good examples of this problem would be
Having managers that are in affective in motivating workers. Having employees that are not fully trained
at using the technical systems or in putting the data the correct way.

What are the differences between IT and Information systems? Describe some of the functions of
Information systems.   Information technology   Is all the hardware and software a company needs to
uses to achieve its goals. Information systems take multiple streams of data and consolidate them into
one   readable and organized stream for a firm to use. Information Technology consists of computers ,
disk drives , iPods , IPads , or any hand help PDA if they are used in the business. The software could be
windows or Linux operating systems it could also be Microsoft...