Essentials of MIS (13th Edition)
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Author: Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane Laudon
Publisher: PEARSON
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Selection of hardware and software for an organization is an important business decision because:
- Computer hardware and software play a vital role in an organization.
- If a company does not make necessary hardware and software investments, it can experience poor performance.
- Information technology (IT) plays an important role in organizing a company.
- A good Information technology (IT) infrastructure ensures that the operations of the company become less chaotic.
- Workers can deliver their works more efficiently and it also helps employees become more innovative.
People, organization and technology issues that are to be considered are:
- People:
- People (management) should be willing to deal with a change in computer hardware and software.
- Management should be able to conduct training sessions for the staff to get used to the new computer hardware and software...
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