INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Question 1

There is a growing interdependence between a firm's ability to use information technology and its ability to implement corporate strategies and achieve corporate goals. Discuss the strategic objectives you would consider when investing in information and knowledge management to achieve your organisation's strategic goals.

Question 2

Ethical issues in information systems have been given new urgency by the rise of the internet and electronic commerce. Internet and digital firm technologies make it easier than ever to assemble, integrate, and distribute personal privacy, and the protection of intellectual property. Discuss in detail the ethical, social, and political issues raised by information systems?

Question 3

An ERP system automates and integrates core business processes such as taking customer orders, scheduling operations, and keeping inventory records and financial data. Discuss in detail how an enterprise system will help business achieve operational excellence.

Question 4

Systems are vulnerable due to the large amounts of data they store in an electronic from. Vulnerabilities can occur at different layers in the network and in the communication between those layers in the business. Explain the security concern identity theft, how this would likely occur and the solutions to this type of security concern.