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Group Members

Swapnil Sinha ± 222

Tirthadaya Choudhary ± 223

Sayan Datta ± 156

Manoj Mishra ± 239



International Information systems



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When building an international system, one must first

understand the global environment in which your firm

is operating, including the business drivers that are

pushing the industry toward global competition and

management challenges.

The structure of the organization, locations, job

functions, management issues, technology platformswill all factor in to a successful globalization plan.



IIS Architecture



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The global business drivers can be divided into two

groups: general cultural factors and specific business

factors.

General cultural factors include:

Global communication and transportation technologies

Emergence of global social norms

Political stability

Global knowledge base



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Specific business factors include:

Global markets

Global production and operations Global coordination

Global workforce

Global economies of scale



Organizing International

Information Systems

The three main organizational issues in globalizing a

business are:

Choosing a strategy

Organizing the business structure (decentralized,

centralized, coordinated)

Organizing the systems management area



Strategies

Four main global strategies form the basis for global

firms' organizational structure.

Domestic exporter

Multinational

Franchiser

Transnational



Types of Information systems

The four main types of information systems

configuration are

Centralized systems: Systems development and operation occur

totally at the domestic home base

Duplicated systems: Development occurs at the home base but

operations are handed over to autonomous units in foreign

locations

Decentralized systems: Each foreign unit designs its own unique

solutions and systems.

Networked systems: Systems development and operations occur

in an integrated and coordinated fashion across all units.



Principles in developing IIS

Organize and locate value-adding activities or

functions along lines of comparative advantage.

Develop and operate systems units at each level of

corporate activity. Host country systems units should serve

local needs; telecommunications and systems development

should be handled by regional systems units; and

transnational systems units should be established to create

linkages across major regional areas.

Establish at world headquarters a single officer (CIO)

responsible for international systems



Technology challenges

The technology challenges of global systems include:

Computing platforms and systems integration

Connectivity

Software



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Managing IIS

Management challenges in developing global systems

include-

Agreeing on common user requirements

Introducing changes in business processes

Coordinating applications development

Coordinating software releases Encouraging local

users to support global systems



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The first step in managing a global transition is

identifying core systems.

It includes identifying critical core business processes,

identifying centers of excellence for these processes,

and rank-ordering these centers.

then one can decide which processes should be core

applications, centrally coordinated, designed, andimplemented around the globe, and which should be

regional and local



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The second strategic step is to conquer the core

systems and define these systems as truly

transnational.

The third step is to choose an approach to

implementing and managing change, avoiding

piecemeal or grand design approaches that try to do

everything at once.



Contribution

Global systems contribute, overall, to:

Superior management and coordination

Improvement in production, operation, supply and

distribution

Costs can be spread over a larger, global customer

base, unleashing new economies of scale atproduction facilities

The ability to optimize the use of corporate funds over

a much larger capital base.

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