Journal "The Performance of Information System Through Organization Culture"

This assignment is due at 23 May 2014 , it's about to review a journal with the title is "The Performance of Information System Through Organization Culture".

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The Performance of Information System through

Organization Culture

· Background

In a firm , informations system , informations technology , and organizational culture now have become one of important point that must be noted , not only in an organization but even a nation / country.

· Problem Identification

There are many peoples still have a wrong perceptions about what is the differentiation between informations system and information technology and its role for organizational structure.

· Research Purpose

To knowing mutual relationships among information technologies , informations system and organizational culture.

· Research Benefits

- It allows us to know if the implementation of IT / IS will be satisfactorily accepted.

- It lays down the patterns for the usage of information. Thus , it helps identify which information is important , where it may be obtained and , above all , to whom it must be supplied.

- It is an important means of communication , both inside and outside the firm ( schein , 1992) and it allows us to assess the effectiveness of IT applied to telecommunications (grote and baitsch , 1991 ; kanungo , 1998).

- It creates cohesion among the members of a firm , as it explains “the way things are done in a firm”.

- It allows the creation of social control within a firm. For instance , the implementation of an IS , and the correct predisposition of corporate members towards such IS , is hardly controlled merely by means of formal measures. Cultural rules are also very important in this respect.

· Theory

- Anderson et al. (1992) , “an IS is a system which collects , records , stores and rearranges the data on the operations of a business , and then offers the results of this process to the suitable personnel of a corporation under the shape of informational this information will be used to facilitate an efficient management of the said business, to control its operations and as basis for efficient action. In a nutshell , an IS must help corporations to make decisions”.

“According to my opinion this theory is accordance with the concept of research it self , it describe about the important thing to running the information system by the suitable personnel so the main purpose of information system it self can be achieved.”

· Various Concepts

- Does the organizational culture lay down the guidelines for the acquisition and usage of IT ?

Answer :

several authors have supported this view , including Allard (1998) ; Brown and Starkey (1994); Gordon and Gordon (1992); Katz and Townsend (2000); Moorman (1995); Poole and DeSanctis (1990); Thompson and Wildavsky (1986) and Tolsby (1998).

The basis for this opinion is that , if the members of an organization share the view that IT , and its correct usage within an IS , entails competitive advantages for a firm and a personal or group satisfaction , which would be acknowledged , for instace , through a rewards policy , then its acquisition and usage will be part of the firm’s values , and also the opposite may happen.

- Does IT/IS is the one that establishes the specific character of an organizational culture ?

Answer :

The justification for this view is that , due to the specific weight IT/IS is progressively gaining in all areas of business , and given its adaptability to all the departments of a corporation , IT / IS will influence the firm’s personality to such an extent that they will create a shared , common vision which becomes a cultural value.

· Previous Research

Conducted by Weber and Pliskin , (1996).

Their research is about the relationship between the investment in informations system (IS) and a firm’s performance continues to be important ; conclusive evidence that information technology (IT) contributes to a firm’s effectiveness is rare.

The result it there is a positive relationship between IS integration and effectiveness only when controlling for IT intensity , and organizational culture differences between the joining firms.

My opinion about the previous research , that is clear enough to describe the relationship between each variable and the researcher also give the direct relationship in their conclusion.

· Theoretical Framework

Show when an efficient transformation of IT into a suitable IS cannot take place without changing the informatics culture into an informational one. More specifically , it should be said that , more than changed , the set of values should be expanded , in such a way that an informational culture , in addition to informatics beliefs , should also have its own concept of support to IS in the process of supplying decision-making information.

· Research design : Descriptive research

· Research methodology : this journal wasn’t mentioned the research methodology that they use.

· Research result

- Effectivity in IT / IS is not enough to generate positive result for organizational culture.

- Organizational culture is the important thing in success of information system.

· Research limitation

The limitation of these research is use quantitative method , so the data were collected from the empiris is has a chance to bias caused of the differentiation of time and condition from the pass time and research current time.

· Advice for the next research

For the next research better to use perspective from the newest companies / firms condition.

· When i will make those journal become my scription , the title that accordance is “ The Influence of Organizational Culture to Information System and Information Technology in the Company ”.