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Homework: Information Systems
About this Homework
In this Module, you learned about the importance of information systems in business operations. To apply what you have learned in this module, each student will select two NYSE publicly traded, competing companies to research each company's usage of information systems.
Project Prompts
Research and discuss each company's history of existence, the information systems utilized by each company, and the advantages and disadvantages of employing information systems to manage people, organizations, and technology. Also, include a comparison of the information system types in the analysis and the business purpose(s) of the system. This written research paper should be 1,000 to 1,500 words in length and include responses to address the associated questions.
Question 1. What is the corporation's history of existence and what products and/or services does the company offer?
Question 2. Each company employs what types of information systems? Such as management information systems, HR systems, transaction processing systems, etc.
Question 3. Are there similarities in the business information systems employed by the companies being analyzed?
Question 4. How can information systems be used for companies to establish a competitive advantage?
Question 5. How does the company use information systems to manage data collection and manipulate data?