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The relationship between information system functions and corporate strategy.
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1 INTRODUCTION 15 years ago, the relationship between information system functions and corporate strategy was not of much interest to Top Management of firms. Information Systems (IS) Technology was only concerned with automating functions at the operational level of organisations such as transaction processing. Because they were only concerned with making functions more efficient, it was easy to assess and justify the value of purchasing or upgrading the system. Evaluation was generally aimed at the identification and quantification of costs and benefits. As technology evolved, IS began to take on many more roles in an organisation such as management information systems (MIS), and data communication systems. MIS help the people concerned with organisation's Strategy to make better decisions via means of various analyses from collected facts and figures. Data communication systems were brought about due to integration of telecommunication with IS functions and helps the people inside the organisation to communicate...
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