Barb Piccininni
Week 2 (T2.4)
For this task I will be referring to the system Oracle. “Many early systems theorists aimed at finding a general systems theory that could explain all systems in all fields of science. The term goes back to Bertalanffy's book titled "General System theory: Foundations, Development, Applications" from 1968.[6] “[2]. Foundations, development and applications would reference back to the beginning of the Oracle system. Foundations can begin with the programming for a particular company and their needs. Development, pertaining to using those in HR or Management having input as to how Oracle would best suit their company. Applications of course would refer to Oracle, Kronos and other systems that fall under Oracle to assist with the final end of the company.
Oracle boost of how they benefit a company “Oracle is the only vendor able to offer a complete technology stack in which every layer is integrated to work together as a single system.”[3. A system like Oracle would be absolutely valuable to a company as this would save much time in accounting and with a system “figuring out” the payroll it would take out the chance or error as human factor. Humans would cost more money to complete these task, would probably create more errors and the process would take much longer. As with many other IS a system it allows for time otherwise spend on the old system to put human hours into other items of interest/needs of the company.
Oracle is a Business Information System that can have many parts to the whole. From Kronos, tracking of employees time, to MIS (Management Information Systems) assisting with budget planning there are many parts. “As reference the makeup, a functional information system consists of several smaller information systems that support specific activities performed in the functional area.” [ 1 ] Oracle can consist of employment details, personal details, benefits enrollment, pay statements to be viewed, W4 information, banking information all in one system. Transaction Processing System, of which Kronos would be a large part of, is very important in a company saving time and money.
Oracle can also host expense processing (i-expense) that would keep track of expenses any given employee would have week, month or year. These systems might not be accessible to view at the same time to the employee but would have a common database, MIS, where a manager would be able to access this information in one location without going through to many processes of obtaining information from Kronos or i-expense. Accessing information for any said cost center or employee number and have that information at hand is very valuable and time saving to a company.
Oracle would also be very good for a company in planning for future fiscal years or adjust time management or budget for this year to meet projected plans for the year. This would roll into rather smoothly, reference figure 1.19 [4], Three Stages in the Business Use of Information Systems. “Cost and productivity, competitive advantage, performance-based management” [4]. This would play a large part in the company and how they would succeed.
1 - Answers.com - (Turban et al., 2006, p. 248-249) Researched and posted by Bryan H.
2 – Wikipedia who (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory) who referenced - ^ a b 1968, General System theory: Foundations, Development, Applications, New York: George Braziller, revised edition 1976: ISBN 0-8076-0453-4
3 – Oracle website - http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/index.html
4 – Fundamentals of Information Systems 6E, figure 1.19
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