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Title: MIS Organization


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MIS Organization
  • Define CKO, CTO, CIO, CPODiscuss the
    functions typically performed in the IS
    organizationDiscuss the advantages,
    disadvantages and characteristics of centralized,
    decentralized and federal organizational
    structures

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Figure 9.1 The CIOs lieutenants
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Figure 9.3 Sample IS organization chart
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What IS Does Not Do
  • Does not perform core business functions such as
  • Selling
  • Manufacturing
  • Accounting
  • Does not set business strategy.
  • General managers must not delegate critical
    technology decisions.

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Figure 9.7 Organizational continuum
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Centralization Advantages Disadvantages
  • PROS
  • Global standards
  • Common data
  • One voice with suppliers
  • Economies of scale
  • Access to large capacity
  • Better recruitment of IT personnel
  • CONS
  • Technology may not meet local needs
  • Lack of business unit control
  • Us vs. They
  • Slow support for strategic initiatives

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Decentralization Advantages Disadvantages
  • ADVANTAGES
  • Better meet local needs
  • Closer partnership between IT and business units
  • Greater flexibility
  • Better match with decentralized enterprise
    structure
  • Better unit control over overhead costs
  • DISADVANTAGES
  • Difficulty in maintaining global standards
    consistent data
  • Higher infrastructure costs
  • Loss of control
  • Duplication of staff data
  • Harder to negotiate preferential supplier
    agreements

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Figure 9.10 Federal IT
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Federalism
  • Structuring approach
  • Distributes power, hardware, software, data and
    personnel between a central IS group and IS in
    business units
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