COMMERCE 2KA3 Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Information Systems, Organizations, and Strategy
26 Mar 2018
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3-1 which features of organizations do managers need to know about to build and. Information systems are built by managers to serve the interests of the business firm. The organization must also be aware of and open to the influence of information systems to benefit from new technologies. An organization is a stable, formal social structure that takes resources from the environment and processes them to produce outputs. Capital and labour are primary production factors provided by the environment. The organization transforms these inputs into products and services in a production function. More stable than an informal group in terms of longevity and routineness. Formal legal entities with internal rules and procedures that must abide by laws. In the behavioural view, people who work in organizations develop customary ways of working. A technical view of organizations encourages us to focus on how inputs are combined to create outputs when technology changes are introduced into the company.
