Ch02+Global+e-Bus

=Chapter 2 Global e-Business: How Businesses Use Info. Systems = a flash file on the integration between management functions and business functions at all management levels to create org. value. and performance.... we need networks...

1. How IS can improve BP and create more values, by eliminating non-value adding activities. 6. What is the role of the information systems function in a business? media type="youtube" key="YEmDVg7SsNo" width="560" height="315"
 * __ Learning Objectives __**
 * 2. ** What are business processes? How are they related to information systems?
 * 3. ** How do systems serve the various levels of management in a business?
 * 4. ** How do enterprise applications, collaboration and communication systems, and intranets improve organizational performance?
 * 5. ** What is the difference between e-business, e-commerce, and e-government?

__//**SYSTEMS FROM A FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE**//__

The sales and marketing function is responsible for selling the organization’s products or services.
 * 1-Sales and Marketing Systems :**

2-**Manufacturing and Production Systems :** The manufacturing and production function is responsible for actually producing the firm’s goods and services. The finance function is responsible for managing the firm’s financial assets, such as cash, stocks, bonds, and other investments, to maximize the return on these financial assets.
 * 3-Finance and Accounting Systems :**

The human resources function is responsible for attracting, developing, and maintaining the firm’s workforce.
 * 4-Human Resources Systems : **