Assignment:
[Chapter Business Today]
1. A company plans to start a business that serves customers by filling small errands. Workers are usually tied up with their job and they don't have time to run small errands outside or to take care of family emergencies. This errand buisness will receive orders from the customers by phone or over a website. The backbone of this business operation should be supported by a highly intelligent Information System.
a. Describe how the erroand business should run by assuming to have sales representatives, errand handlers, coordinators, and managers involved in the operation.
b. Provide system requiremets in Organizational dimension that guide development for an Information System to support the business. For example, one requirement can be: Develop a website to receive the customer requests.
c. Provide system requiremets in Managerial dimension that guide development for an Information System to support the business.
d. Provide system requiremets in Technical dimension that guide development for an Information System to support the business.
[Chapter Global E-Business and Collaboration]
2. Automatic Resupply System is an implementation of Supply Chain Management that links the stores and the manufacturers to allow automatic coordination regading the needs and the productions. With the Automatic Resupply System, what kind of benefits can we get in business processes?
[Chapter Information System and Organizational Strategies]
[Chapter Ethical and Social Issues]
3. An Internet company has accumulated a large amount of personal data over the years. The company is considering whether to sell the big data to regular businesses and government organizations, or not. Provide five steps of ethical analysis in this situation to determine whether to sell the data or not.
[Chapter IT Infrastructure]
4. As most people are using mobile devices these days, the companies may consider to allow them to be connected with the business network.
a. When the mobile devices are integrated with the business functions, what kind of benefits can we think from the new working environment?
b. As the companies allow the mobile devices to be connected with their corporate networks, what needs to considered in supporting the new arrangement?