Mis 190 Homework

Chapter 4 Homework

1. A) Mission, objective statements, competitive strategy

 Mission - is a statement that makes it clear what business a company is in.

 Objective statements - refer to “broad and timeless” goals for the organization. These goals can be expressed as a series of statements that are either qualitative or quantitative but that typically do not contain details likely to change substantially over time. Objectives are often referred to as critical success factors.

 Competitive strategy - is the method by which an organization attempts to achieve its mission and objectives. In essence, the strategy is an organization’s game plan for playing in the competitive business world.

b) Corporate strategic planning, ISP

 Corporate strategic planning - is the process of developing and refining models of the current and future enterprise as well as a transition strategy is often referred to as corporate strategic planning. During corporate strategic planning, executives typically develop a mission statement, statements of future corporate objectives, and strategies designed to help the organization reach its objectives.

 Information systems planning - is an orderly means of assessing the information needs of an organization and defining the information systems, databases, and technologies that will best satisfy those needs

 c) Top-down planning, bottom-up planning

 Top-down - planning attempts to gain a broad understanding of the informational needs of the entire organization. The approach begins by conducting an extensive analysis of the organization’s mission, objectives, and strategy and determining the information requirements needed to meet each objective. This approach to Information systems planning implies by its name a high-level organizational perspective with active involvement of top-level management.

 Bottom-up - planning is a generic information systems planning methodology that identifies and defines IS development projects based upon...