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Chapter 1 Managing The Digital Firm
Chapter 1 Managing The Digital Firm
Objectives
Objectives
Management Challenges
Management Challenges
1. Globalization
2. Rise of the Information Economy
3. Transformation of the Business Enterprise
4. Emergence of the Digital Firm
Globalization
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• Flattening
• Decentralization
• Flexibility
• Location independence
• Low transaction and coordination costs
• Empowerment
• Collaborative work and teamwork
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Formal Systems
• Fixed definitions of data and procedures for
collecting, storing, processing, disseminating, and
using these data
• Can be computer-based or manual
Window on Technology
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Management Levels
• Senior managers: make long-range strategic
decisions about products and services
• Middle managers: carry out the programs and
plans of senior management
• Operational managers: monitor the firm’s daily
activities
Complementary Assets
• Assets required to derive value from a primary
investment
• Can be organizational, managerial, or social
assets
• Technology investments supported by
investment in complementary assets receive
superior returns
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Organizational Assets
• Supportive organizational culture valuing
efficiency and effectiveness
• Efficient business processes
• Decentralized authority
• Distributed decision-making rights
• Strong IS development team
Managerial Assets
• Strong senior management support for technology
investment and change
• Incentives for management innovation
• Teamwork and collaborative work environments
• Management training programs
• Management culture valuing flexibility and
knowledge-based decision making
Social Assets
• The Internet and telecommunications infrastructure
• IT-enriched educational programs
• Governmental and private-sector standards
• Laws and regulations creating fair, stable market
environments
• Technology and service firms in adjacent markets to
assist implementation
Social Assets
• Technical approach: emphasizes mathematically
based models, physical technology, and formal
capabilities of systems
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Sociotechnical Systems
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The Internet
• Flattening organizations
• Reorganizing workflows
• Increasing flexibility
Flattening organizations
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• Electronic commerce
• Electronic business
Window on Organizations
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