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¶ … employees business. What information employees listed job? Could employee's job replaced information system? Suggestions Responding Peer Posts Compare contrast peer's response.
Employees and information systems
Information systems assist a company in managing all its business areas Stinchcombe, 1990.
It is vital that a company has an appropriate system, and the requisite software applications which would enable it and its employees to conduct its daily tasks. The employees chosen for this research are human resource officer, customer support executive, and the accountant.
The human resource officer is charged with the management of all employee affairs within the company. he/she handles appointment of new employees, conducts interviews, conducts employee appraisals, and is also charged with employee termination. The human resource officer would make use of a balanced score card system to follow up on the progress of each employee, and also to provide feedback to the management...
The human resource employee would need to have each employee's details including previous employment records, recommendation letters, employee salaries, and emergency contacts. The human resource officer will also need to have an employee's medical history. An information system will cannot fully replace the human resource officer, as some of the roles they perform need a human touch, and the balanced score card system may not be as human as possible. The information system will only compliment their work and make it much easier.
The customer service executive handles all initial inquiries from customers and potential customers. The customer service executive is also charged with following up with the relevant departments to ensure that a customers query is handled quickly. A CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system would be the most suitable system for a customer service employee. The system would enable them to log customer inquiries and also follow up on…
References
Stinchcombe, A.L. (1990). Information and Organizations: University of California Press.
For a product configuration system to be effective it must be able to submit orders directly into production while at the same time being able to determine what the Available-To-Promise (ATP) ship dates are (Mendelson, Parlakturk, 2008). Instead of just giving the standard four to six weeks I'd also integrate the product configuration systems to supply chain systems to ensure that accurate Available-To-Promise (ATP) dates (Gunasekaran, Ngai, 2009). I'd
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In fact just the opposite is the case, with case studies indicating that employees hired at outsourcers for the more menial tasks lack the necessary educations and professional backgrounds to do them competently (Rottman, Lacity, 2008). The paradox of outsourcing is the reputation the industry has for providing cost reduction strategies for menial or repetitive tasks, yet in reality doing those tasks poorly (Metters, 2008) yet having exceptional expertise
functions of an information system. List and describe three types of enterprise systems. The four basic functions of an information system are gathering data, storing data, processing that data into information, and outputting the information (O'Leary & O'Leary, 2008). The system has to be able to collect data, or have the data placed into it, or it does not have anything with which it can work and with which it
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Historically, many companies have been resistant to this commitment due to their focus on the bottom line of the business which has become even more prominent during the current economic downturn. However, several factors have recently companies realize that sustainability is an investment that can generate tangible benefits. Most notably, research is increasingly showing that customers value supporting businesses that are socially responsible (Good business deeds, 2004). There is