Essentials of MIS (13th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134802756
Author: Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane Laudon
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3.4, Problem 2CQ2
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Factors of people contributed to Carter’s business process:
- Information systems are created and designed for certain processes but not for whole organization.
- The managers include the information systems to execute different operations related to the business process.
Factors of organization contributed to Carter’s business process:
- The data pricing related to customers is tabulated.
- The data provided by the organization must be updated by employee only.
- Updating the data requires more time and labor and sometimes becomes complex...
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