In order to run properly, these processes need support from:
??? External.environment, including regulatory policies, supplier, and competitor behavior;
and
??? Internal.environment, in the form of resources and managerial and organizational
commitment.
Information systems support or automate the business or work processes by processing the
information which is usually limited to capturing, transmitting, storing, retrieving, manipulating,
and displaying information. An innovative information system usually changes the
existing business/work processes in order to make them more suitable for automation.
A typical organization is created, established, and eventually evolved through a mix of indigenous
factors like social, cultural, technical, and political mechanisms and interventions.
IS are tools that contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the certain processes of an
organization; therefore, IS development efforts in the organizations of a developing country
have to be oriented towards local innovation needs and prevalent professional techniques
and methods. These techniques and methods bear a strong influence of the above-mentioned
indigenous factors. In order to understand and analyze information systems in organizational
context, it is useful to first review the issues that cast a strong influence on the implementation
and success or failure of an IS.
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