Competitive Strategy

Designing a cover page

a. Title of the report, course information, Your name, and the Date
b. The title of the report should be formatted using a large font size
c. A drawing or image that would reflect the content of the report



Competitive Strategy of a company

1. List down the four Competitive strategies of a business.
ans.

• Differentiation
• Cost Leadership
• Differentiation focus
• Cost focus

2. Describe how an information system may help in realizing each of them.
ans.
Information system may help in realizing of each of the competitive strategies. For the example differentiation is able to select one more criteria of buyers through information system, and can able determine the target markets through information system. Today information system must conceived of broadly to encompass the information that businesses create and use as well as wide spectrum of increasingly convergent and linked technologies that process the information.

3. State what competitive strategy that company is using and why.

ans. Base on my research most of the company now a days the common strategy they using which is Cost Leadership. Because they find out through using that strategy they can be the first lowest-cost producer in the industry. By that they can gain Competitive advantage on their part and increase higher profit. 

Competing with Information Systems 

1. List down the projects of HP enterprise systems regarding General Motors Technology infrastructure.

ans. HP enterprises will provide the following:

• Network
• Workplace
• Mainframe Management
• application and system integration services for GM's global operatios

2. Discuss how information Systems can changed the competitive environment.

ans. The information system is affecting competition in three ways:

• It changes industry structure and, in so doing, alters the rules of competition.
• It creates competitive advantage by giving companies new ways to outperform their rivals.
• It spawns whole new businesses, often from within a company's existing operatios.

Nature of Knowledge Work 

1.       Discuss how information system have changed the nature of knowledge work and the way this work is organized within firms and across societies. 

                            

Ans. As work is changing dramatically integrated, multifunctional and self- coordinated we can propose that work is becoming knowledge work which is performed by knowledge workers. Knowledge work is defined as the acquisition, creation, application and packaging of knowledge, performed by professional or technical workers with a high level of skills and expertise. By the information system is give changed the nature of knowledge work by innovations will change the people work and brings benefit to the organization and its employee. Especially, Business Process Reengineering initiatives were claiming for more substantive and value adding work. The coming of the knowledge based organisation requires from us to think differently about how work is done in these organisations. Its helps the company and the society being global and competition is increasing organisation need to respond adequately and quickly to changes

2.       What ethical issues may arise from this change?

Ans. For this new changed in nature of knowledge work is give more knowledge-intensive. Knowledge-intensive work is not easily managed as work, it resists indeed to structured approaches and it has led managers to let knowledge workers organize themselves their own work. The tools (information system) that we use to perform work have to be adapted. People have for long used may ways to exchange and process information, even before IT was widely available, and it seems that little attention has been paid to thinking about how people use information and not how people use machines.

Business Management Days Celebration

Theme: We are STI

             Business Management students getting Creative and In- Trend

My experience during BM days Celebration

January 22-23, 2015 was the BM days celebration of the department of Business management. Our BM days was focus on Information system. To help us Business Management ex post in any software that we did not experience during our BASICOM subject. The BM students able to learn the two software that can help us being creating making video presentation and awesome  slide shown presentation. The name of the two software are POWTOON and PREZI. Powtoon is an online website that teach how to make nice video prsentation. Prezi can be online or offline. The first day of BM days was teach us how to use powtoon. The students of IT was train us about the powtoon and how to use it better. After train us about powtoon they give us a task to make our own video presentation using powtoon. We should do the same thing as the trainer did. When I explore the powtoon I able to do the same thing of trainer did. I appreciate much the powtoon because I able to do a video presentation nice. In powtoon a lot of theme you can choice, it can also insert an animation, character, images, songs,and everything. the disadvantage of powtoon it is an online to make video presentation. The secon day of BM days was train us about Prezi. Prezi can be online and offline. Prezi is more nice than to powtoon because it easy to use it. Prezi is nice when making power point presentation because it is easy to use and to explore. It easy to insert an animation by just click and drag it. Prezi is a big help to the Business Management students to use an software in professional way. It is not boring when presenting it to our teachers. During our BM days was a great day we able to learn about this two software that are so useful in our course. Thanks to the IT students who train us and partner us during our Business Days celebration. Hopefully next BM days there's a lot of things train us about the Information Technology/Software. 

                         Please join us to
  Business Management Days Celebration 
                             

Theme: "Entrepreneurs  Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild through                                       Information Technology".

Wednesday, Thursday January 20, 21 2015
           9:00 am- 5:00pm

@ STI College Zamboanga , Lab 1 & 2.

Wear your best Business attire. 

See you :) 

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Exercise # 3

1. Analyze the current operation of the business process.

The business operations that I analyze is the company of the Shoper's Plaza here in the Zamboanga.
The business of the Shopers Plaza is focus on merchandising. For example in the super market of the Shoper's Plaza the process of the business if maintain the stocks/ inventory in the stand/ shelves. Ensure the all the employee and diser are doing their duties maintaining and stock available to the customers. If the items are sold out it should refill it immediately.

2. Formulate ideas for a redesign of the business process using the directions stated on the following:

The company of Shoper's plaza redesign the process of purchase the items that are not available in the super market. example the Sunsilk is not available in the store they should order the item that are not available in super market.

Laboratory Exercise # 4

Activity A

1. List down all the information you will need to perform the job.

As a Human Resource Specialist in the company the information or duties should I need to perform on my Job as Human Resource are the following:

• Human Resource Specialist are the link employer and employee.
• Recruitment specialist or employment interviewer
• Human Resource Specialist creates a wanted ad and then interviews potential new employees.
• They ensure that the best  candidate possible is chosen for the position.
• If they find any other applicants particularly qualified, they might file their resume for later position.
• Human Resource Specialist regularly observe current employees and interview them to determine their satisfaction with their job. 
• Human resource specialists are available at any time for comments from employee, accepting feedback and applying it to create a more effective workplace.

2. List down the information Systems that you will work with.

 Human Resource Information System provide:

• Management of all employee information
• Reporting analysis of employee information
• Benefits administration including enrollment, status changes, and personal status 
• Payroll
• Applicant tracking and resume management

Activity B

1. What kind of Information System has been used?

The companies around the world use a kind of information system that could contribute to the company like improve profit margin. And also placing the customer order and setting the check as well.  A kind of Information has a remote connections to the company. 

2. Why is it applicable/ possible in the process?

Before the company doesn't have information system it is costly for them to travel to the different branches to oversees the sales, cost, personal schedules and etc. so it is hassle to them. But the help of information the managers can oversees through the telecommunication software. By that it contributes increase profit to the company. So it is applicable and very helpful in their process. 

1.Why can we consider DATA clearinghouse to be a virtual company? what do you think is actullay supplied by the firm itself?

ans. Data clearinghouse should consider in a Virtual company, because the data clearinghouse offers Pro/Fee Management Service, which is automates the issuing and processing of bills for the professionals.


2. In what respect does O'Malley rely on the information-technology resources available in our developed society? Why can we conclude that computing and telecommunications are converging into a single resource?

ans. O'Malley rely on the information technology because it is helpful to his business. Information technology is help to the Virtual Company about the transaction of the business. It also contribute in the marketing and sales. And why can we conclude that computing and telecommunications are converging into a single resource. It's because O'Malley computing about the transaction of his business after his computing it will sent the computation  through telecommunications, in someway it is still single resource. In what way can Malley sent the details and sent it without telecommunication network? by that the computing and telecommunication are a single resource.