Tuesday, 15 March 2016

CHAPTER 6 : VALUING ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION



ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
  • When addressing a significant business issue, employees must be able to obtain and analysis all the relevant information so the y can make the best decision possible.
  • Information granularity refers to the extent of detail within the information.
  • Successfully collecting, compiling, sorting and finally analysing information from multiple levels in varied formats, exhibiting different granularity can provide tremendous insight into how an organization is performing.






THE VALUE TRANSACTIONAL & ANALYTICAL INFORMATION

  • Transactional information : Encompasses all of the information contain within a single business process or unit of  work, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of daily operational tasks.
  • Analytical information : Encompasses all organizational information, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of managerial tasks. 











THE VALUE OF TIMELY INFORMATION

  • Real-time information : Immediate or up-to-date information.
  • Real-time systems : Real-time information in response to query requests.










UNDERSTANDING THE COST OF POOR INFORMATION

  • Using the wrong information can lead to making the wrong decision.
  • It also cost time and even reputations.
  • Inability to accurately track customers, which directly affects strategic inititatives such as CRM and SCM.
  • Difficulty identifying the organization's most valuable customers.
  • Inability to build strong relationship with customers which increases buyer power.



PRIMARY SOURCES OF LOW QUALITY INFORMATION

  • Online customers intentionally enter inaccurate information to protect their privacy.
  • Different systems have different information entry standards and formats.
  • Call center operators enter abbreviated or erroneous information by accident or to save time.
  • Third-party and external information contains inconsistencies, inaccurate and errors.

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