MIS 600 – Intro to Info Systems in Organizations – Week 2

Week 2 – Information Technology and The Organization

We review organizational structures and how IT can support them. Of the four we review, matrix and networked are the newer ones to me, and hierarchical and flat I have experience in. I realize how important culture is and that on my next role I will want to understand the nature of it before I commit because there are certain cultures I thrive in and some others I do not. There is discussion on perspectives of IT in the organization and how IT can transform an organization as well. We talk about silo and business process perspectives and how IT cuts across both. We start getting into ERPs and what those should do and issues involved in their implementation. I am able to lean on my experiences here and shine on the message board. I am doing pretty well there for sure.