Managing Change for Is Professionals
Autor: merlineliza • August 30, 2015 • Study Guide • 2,274 Words (10 Pages) • 1,047 Views
ISYS90040 Managing Change for IS Professionals
Week3 – Tutorial Leadership Report
The IS and Change Relationship
Students:
Anisha Ann Koshy (668815)
Merlin Eliza Abraham (668828)
- What is the role of Change Management in implementing Information Management Solutions?
Present day projections show that information is growing at the rate of 25% per annum, thereby forcing most organizations to invest heavily in information management systems. But, most of them fail because of unrealistic expectations from top management and limited investment in change management, leading to a failure in implementation. By focusing more on the user’s emotion through change management, projects can be more successful. The main role of change management is to address the issues and concerns of the employees and further motivate them to use the newly implemented system.
1.1 Why do organizations invest heavily on Information Management Systems?
- To avoid looking for data in the wrong location.
- To avoid spending excessive time in searching useful information.
- To avoid ignoring useful information needed for decision making.
- To overcome the difficulties of legacy filing practices.
- To maintain consistent and uniform record keeping.
- Do all Information Management implementations succeed?
No, most of the attempts fail as the organization struggle to deliver an integrated information management environment.
- What is an Enterprise Content Management?
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It is a business suite consisting of information and records management products which provide comprehensive solution for information management.
- What are the main problems faced by organizations in implementing information management solutions?
- Problematic business case:-
To prepare a business case that will convince the top management to invest in information management systems are difficult. As there are no direct benefits or profits linked, it is hard to formulate a convincing business case that will excite the financial management. Eg: TOGAF and Zachman frameworks are just blueprints that describe components that are critical to the system development and management. Thus convincing the top management to invest in them is not an easy task.
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