Information management

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According to the textbook, information management is among the most critical functions of business success.

In modern world, business has become so competitive and for any business to be at the top then it must be ahead so as to bring new services/ product and features to the market as well as to the customers. When a business is not successful, it impacts the credibility of its brand having timely and high quality data which is an essential business asset. A properly designed data management assists in getting information in order to make correct decisions at the appropriate time, and enhance a fast response to the changes in one’s business environment at a minimum cost, with little mistakes thus leading to better business performance. The top management takes charges of the IT department and manages information quality from the business viewpoint. The management defines what information it needs so as to run the business effectively, when the information will be required and the quality standards it should be.

Evaluate the level of impact of IT / enterprise architecture on information management (e.g., the flow of information throughout the company / organization, etc.) within a company or industry of your choice.

Information technology is radically changing the business setting. Even though the business cultures and organizations strategies shape the use of IT business, it is frequent that the influence is stronger the other way round. IT considerably affects strategic decisions and creates chances and issues that managers require to discourse in the aspects of their business. A business that opens an open flow of information allows everyone in the organization to acknowledge the way the business is expected to be done. A company with kitchen ware products depends exclusively on the IT shop, service catalogues, offers and promotions are enhanced by IT establishing an open flow of information.

Next, determine at least one (1) obstacle or challenge that the IT organizational leader would face in order to support organizational information within the company or organization that you have chosen.   

The company’s main challenge is to accept and adapt to new changes. The business has become fond of offer maintenance, doing promotions in a manual form, store keeping in excel sheet within their working station. However, With the IT architecture of maintaining templates in the main place and auto populate, the present offers and promotions brings about change resistance from business users. They overcome through exclusive training and elevating the technical capabilities of business personnel as well as conducting cognizance conferences on online sales, B2B, B2C models.

According to the textbook, “at no time will a specific target architecture ever be achieved”. State the main reasons why the authors make this assertion and decide whether or not you agree with this assertion. Justify your response.

This is true, thus a simple web design has under gone severe architectural changes for over the last 20 decades, it is essential for changes to take place now and then so as to bring better technological features to the customers’ requirements.

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