BUSINESS

INTELLIGENCE
Assignment Brief – 02
ANC HND
Introduction

■ Type: Individual report

■ Words: 1,350 to 1,650
■ Requirement
– Consider the organization used for assignment 1
■ Investigate the use of IT/IS
■ Investigate what the company achieves by using IT/IS
1.0 Systems and IT

■ Identify the;
– IT/IS used within the organization
■ Hardware
■ Software
■ Systems
Systems and IT (Contd.)

■ Technology dimension
– Computer hardware
– Software: instructions that control H/W
– Data management technology: S/W governing data
– Networking and telecommunications technology
■ H/W and S/W link pieces of H/W and transfer data: Network, Internet, intranets and
extranets, WWW
– IT infrastructure: platform that the firm can built on its IS
Systems and IT (Contd.)

■ BI tools used
Systems and IT (Contd.)
2.0 IT/IS vs. Company Goals

■ Business firms invest heavily in information systems to achieve six strategic business
objectives:
– Operational excellence
– New products, services, and business models
– Customer and supplier intimacy
– Improved decision making
– Competitive advantage
– Survival
■ Pick and select areas which are applicable to the chosen company
3.0 Conclusion

■ Summarize the three most important points from the report

– Focus on BI impacts on the organization
4.0 Reference List

■ Harvard referencing and citations to be used