information Environment (MIS ass9)

Information Environment

There is now a critical mass of digital information resources that can be used to support researchers, learners, teachers and administrators in their work and study. The production of information is on the increase and ways to deal with this effectively are required. There is the need to ensure that quality information isn’t lost amongst the masses of digital data created everyday. If we can continue to improve the management, interrogation and serving of ‘quality’ information there is huge potential to enhance knowledge creation across learning and research communities. The aim of the Information Environment is to help provide convenient access to resources for research and learning through the use of resource discovery and resource management tools and the development of better services and practice. The Information Environment aims to allow discovery, access and use of resources for research and learning irrespective of their location.

The Essay

As a student, I think my role in the specified environment which is the information environment is to recruit and challenge my fellow to what they can contribute for better. We know that we need or we can say that we have to engage to activities which are needed to have a better system of life.

I will propose principles for good representation of information applicable to six categories of communication: speeches, written texts, presentations, Web pages, movies/videos, and source programs. For each of these categories, many tips have been proposed for creating good information representation. The meaning of good information representation can be interpreted in two ways: as attractive or impressive, and effective in conveying facts and opinions. Although these two ways cannot be said to be independent of each other, I focus here only the latter. The need to establish explicit principles for good information representation is urgent, because information must be transmitted accurately (without loss of fidelity). Bad information representation is proliferating at a rapid pace because of the Internet Information representation

The challenges that could come up in this role are the lacked of innovative experiences to have a way of presenting it.

SONA 2009 (HRM ass8)

The Human Resources Management (HRM) function includes a variety of activities, and key among them is deciding what staffing needs you have and whether to use independent contractors or hire employees to fill these needs, recruiting and training the best employees, ensuring they are high performers, dealing with performance issues, and ensuring your personnel and management practices conform to various regulations. Activities also include managing your approach to employee benefits and compensation, employee records and personnel policies. Usually small businesses (for-profit or nonprofit) have to carry out these activities themselves because they can't yet afford part- or full-time help. However, they should always ensure that employees have -- and are aware of -- personnel policies which conform to current regulations. These policies are often in the form of employee manuals, which all employees have.
As a part in the SONA in July 2009 these are the part which I think related to our topic:

“Compared to the past we have built more and better infrastructure, including
those started by others but left unfinished. The Subic-Clark-Tarlac
Expressway is a prime example of building better roads. It creates wealth as
the flagship of the Subic-Clark corridor.”

“We have built airports of international standard, upgraded domestic airports,
built seaports and the roll-on-roll-off system. I ask Congress for a Philippine
Transport Security Authority Law.”

“This year they gave the largest increase in Internal Revenue Allotment to local government units (LGUs) of P40 billion, imparting strength throughout the country at every level of government.”

This shows that our president did her job. This things can help improve our quality of life because of the jobs that they can offer.

HR personnel (HRM ass9)

We will first define the meaning of Human resource managementHuman resource management is resource-centred activity providing and deploying human resources catering to management needs. It is aligned to management interest being a management activity. Demand rather than supply is the focus of the activity. HRM emphasised on planning, monitoring and control. Human resources issues and problem solving is undertaken with other members of the management. Management of human resources is similar to other aspect of management in the organisation and an integrated part of it.As we interview the human resource personnel of DLPC (Davao Light Power Company) she narrates the following:

Nature of Human Resource Management
1.Ogranisations is the people who manage.
2.HRM involves acquisitioning, developing, maintaining
3.Decisions relating to employees must be integrated.
4.Decisions made must influence the effectiveness of an organisation.
5.HRM functions are confirmed to Non-business organisation also.
1.Ogranisations is the people who manage.
2.HRM involves acquisitioning, developing, maintaining
3.Decisions relating to employees must be integrated.
4.Decisions made must influence the effectiveness of an organisation.
5.HRM functions are confirmed to Non-business organisation also.

Scope of Human Resource ManagementProspects
Industrial Realization
Remunation
Motivation
Maintenance
Nature of HRM
Employee Hiring

Role of Human Resource Management
•To assist employees in achieving their personal goals, these goals enhance the individual’s contribution to the organisation.
•To maintain the department’s contribution at a level appropriate to the organization's needs
•To recognize the role of HRM in bringing about organizational effectiveness.
•To be ethical and socially responsible to the needs and challenges of the society.
•Minimizing the negative impact of such demands on organisation.

Reflection:In my own opinion, the scope, role and nature of the Human resource management of DLPC is good, because the coincide with each other in order to have a firm way ofmanaging,

Seminar-workshop (MIS ass8)

If the Dean of the Institute of Computing will invite me to attend a seminar-workshop these are the things that I will present in my evaluation:

First I will share my insights and knowledge about outsourcing;
Outsourcing involves the transfer of the management and/or day-to-day execution of an entire business function to an external service provider. The client organization and the supplier enter into a contractual agreement that defines the transferred services. Under the agreement the supplier acquires the means of production in the form of a transfer of people, assets and other resources from the client. The client agrees to procure the services from the supplier for the term of the contract. Business segments typically outsourced include information technology, human resources, facilities, real estate management, and accounting. Many companies also outsource customer support and call center functions like telemarketing, CAD drafting, customer service, market research, manufacturing, designing, web development, print-to-mail, content writing, ghostwriting and engineering. Offshoring is the type of outsourcing in which the buyer organization belongs to another country.
Outsourcing and offshoring are used interchangeably in public discourse despite important technical differences. Outsourcing involves contracting with a supplier, which may or may not involve some degree of offshoring. Offshoring is the transfer of an organizational function to another country, regardless of whether the work is outsourced or stays within the same corporation/company.
With increasing globalization of outsourcing companies, the distinction between outsourcing and offshoring will become less clear over time. This is evident in the increasing presence of Indian outsourcing companies in the United States and United Kingdom. The globalization of outsourcing operating models has resulted in new terms such as nearshoring, noshoring, and rightshoring that reflect the changing mix of locations. This is seen in the opening of offices and operations centers by Indian companies in the U.S. and UK. A major job that is being outsourced is accounting. They are able to complete tax returns across seas for people in America.
Multisourcing refers to large outsourcing agreements (predominantly IT).
Multisourcing is a framework to enable different parts of the client business to be sourced from different suppliers. This requires a governance model that communicates strategy, clearly defines responsibility and has end-to-end integration.
Strategic outsourcing is the organizing arrangement that emerges when firms rely on intermediate markets to provide specialized capabilities that supplement existing capabilities deployed along a firm’s value chain (see Holcomb & Hitt, 2007). Such an arrangement produces value within firms’ supply chains beyond those benefits achieved through cost economies. Intermediate markets that provide specialized capabilities emerge as different industry conditions intensify the partitioning of production. As a result of greater information standardization and simplified coordination, clear administrative demarcations emerge along a value chain. Partitioning of intermediate markets occurs as the coordination of production across a value chain is simplified and as information becomes standardized, making it easier to transfer activities across boundaries.
After sharing my knowledge about outsourcing, I will discuss why do we need to outsource or the reasons for outsourcing:
Organizations that outsource are seeking to realize benefits or address the following issues:

Cost savings. The lowering of the overall cost of the service to the business. This will involve reducing the scope, defining quality levels, re-pricing, re-negotiation, cost re-structuring. Access to lower cost economies through offshoring called "labor arbitrage" generated by the wage gap between industrialized and developing nations.

Focus on Core Business. Resources (for example investment, people, infrastructure) are focused on developing the core business. For example often organizations outsource their IT support to specilaised IT services companies.
Cost restructuring. Operating leverage is a measure that compares fixed costs to variable costs. Outsourcing changes the balance of this ratio by offering a move from fixed to variable cost and also by making variable costs more predictable.
Improve quality. Achieve a step change in quality through contracting out the service with a new service level agreement.
Knowledge. Access to intellectual property and wider experience and knowledge.

Contract. Services will be provided to a legally binding contract with financial penalties and legal redress. This is not the case with internal services
Operational expertise. Access to operational best practice that would be too difficult or time consuming to develop in-house.
Access to talent. Access to a larger talent pool and a sustainable source of skills, in particular in science and engineering.
Capacity management. An improved method of capacity management of services and technology where the risk in providing the excess capacity is borne by the supplier.
Catalyst for change. An organization can use an outsourcing agreement as a catalyst for major step change that can not be achieved alone. The outsourcer becomes a Change agent in the process.
Enhance capacity for innovation. Companies increasingly use external knowledge service providers to supplement limited in-house capacity for product innovation.

Reduce time to market. The acceleration of the development or production of a product through the additional capability brought by the supplier.
Commodification. The trend of standardizing business processes, IT Services and application services enabling businesses to intelligently buy at the right price. Allows a wide range of businesses access to services previously only available to large corporations.
Risk management. An approach to risk management for some types of risks is to partner with an outsourcer who is better able to provide the mitigation.
Venture Capital. Some countries match government funds venture capital with private venture capital for startups that start businesses in their country.
Tax Benefit. Countries offer tax incentives to move manufacturing operations to counter high corporate taxes within another country

SONA 2009 (ICT) (MIS ass7)

On the assumption that you heard/read the SONA of the President last month, (July 2000), identify at least 3 areas related to ICT and identify how these areas can improve our quality of life.
Every year, the President of the Republic of the Philippines gives Congress and the people an update about the national situation through the SONA or the State of the Nation Address. This SONA has been practiced by all the Philippine presidents since 1936.

State of the Nation Address was originally mandated by Article VII, Section 5 of the 1935 Philippine Constitution, which states: “The President shall from time to time give to the Congress information on the state of the nation, and recommend to its consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”

This provision was copied from the United States Constitution, the Philippines being under American rule at the time. The US provision, however, talked of the state of the union.

SONA continues to this day. The 1987 Philippine Constitution requires the President to address the Congress at the opening of its regular session on the fourth Monday of July (Article VII, Section 23 and Article VI, Section 15), which is July 27 for this year, 2009.
Pres. Gloria Arroyo on July 27made a final push for the creation of DICT (Department of Information and Communications Technology) in her last State of the Nation Address (Sona).
Speaking before members of both chambers of Congress, the chief executive urged the country to “have a Department of ICT” as she highlighted the huge role that the BPO sector has played in the local economy.

A proposed law calling for the creation of DICT has been pending in Congress for the last five years. This even if Malacanang has certified the bill as urgent.

Arroyo made the endorsement as she noted in her Sona that the Philippines is now starting to create wealth with the development of the BPO industry as an engine of growth.

“Electronics and other manufactured exports rise and fall in accordance with the state of the world economy. But BPO remains resilient. With earnings of $6 billion and employment of 600,000, the BPO phenomenon speaks eloquently of our competitiveness and productivity,” she said.
The president’s call for the creation of DICT, however, was less urgent compared to the appeal she made to revise consumer laws as she underscored her directive to the National Telecommunications Commission to act on complaints against dropped calls and lost cellphone load.
“We need to amend the Commonwealth-era Public Service Law. And we need to do it now,” Arroyo declared.
In an earlier interview, CICT (Commission of Information and Communications Technology) chair Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua said there’s time left and that the government is still hoping that Congress would pass the DICT bill.
“Unlike a full-fledged department, the problem with CICT just being a commission is that it can be easily demolished by the next administration. All that is needed by the next president is to sign another EO. That would be the end of the programs we’ve put up over the years,” he said.
These are the articles I found relate to the topic.
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/213088/gma-sona-bats-dept-ict
The three areas related to ICT that can improve our quality of life are
Ø BPO or Business Process Outsourcing industry as an engine of growth and innovations for us IT professionals. Through outsourcing we can broaden are knowledge and we can follow the trends of our technology. Through this, it is easy for us to engage to different profitable activities that could help to the improvement of our lives.
Ø Additional engines of growth-when we say additional engines fir growth, this would help every individual to improve they way of leaving. For example additional recruitment or hiring for any job.
Ø Philippine Transport Security Authority Law- I think it would be good to have this kind of law so that we can secure to our selves the existence of martial law and to have a fair treatment to all kinds of people. In this way we can improve our way of leaving, were there is fair and non abusive treatment to humans.

University Consultant (MIS ass6)

Technology is moving forward now, it is a way in which human develop their way of living. They try to practices new facilities and they try to engage to different way of developing their learning andapply it in their works.
There are so many aspects that can cause hindrance or barriers in implementing Information System or Information Technology. Before we discuss about how do the companies or organization comes up with those barriers, we will first define the meaning of it:
A barrier is an obstacle which prevents a given policy instrument being implemented, or limits the way in which it can be implemented. In the extreme, such barriers may lead to certain policy instruments being overlooked, and the resulting strategies being much less effective. For example, demand management measures are likely to be important in larger cities as ways of controlling the growth of congestion and improving the environment. But at the same time they are often unpopular, and cities may be tempted to reject them simply because they will be unpopular. If that decision leads in turn to greater congestion and a worse environment, the strategy will be less successful. The emphasis should therefore be on how to overcome these barriers, rather than simply how to avoid them.
I will base my discussion on two companies the GH Office Depot and the Davao Light Power Company.
These are the some Barriers I found:
Common Barriers
Studying the problem too long without acting
On GH Depot

In the case of GH they have only one IT personnel that’s why he cannot do many tasks at the same time. He cannot easily handle two different things at the same time.
On DLPC (Davao Light Power Company)
On DLPC it takes long time to study their problem when it comes to implementing IT/IS practices because the company needs a thoroughly analysis due to sensitivity of data.
Trying to get everyone's agreement first
On DLPC
The IT department of DLPC was divided into 4 that’s why they need to communicate constantly so that they can have the views and opinions of each team so that they will agree on the same idea, imagine a company without union, it will be hard for them to implement and promote new IT and IS practices.
Educating without changing structures or expectations
On GH Depot
The IT personnel says that if he develops a new software or anything that is related to IT, some of the employees will expect that it will be hard for theme to adopt it.
Tackling everything at once
On both companies, they have a briefing with their employees. These briefing can minimize the different complications they will encounter.
Measuring nothing or everything
Before implementing the different Information Technology and Information Systems practices the companies will first encounter the measuring or analyzing the right way how to implement it and measure the capacity of the services they can offer.
Assuming that the status is OK
Some times they assume that the implemented Information Technology and Information System practices are good enough to answer the needs of their employees, but the truth is it’s not enough.
More Barriers to Change
Lack of such resources as time and commitment
Due to limitation of time, the implementation of those practices can increase the problems of the companies systems. In DLPC sometimes they cannot do or practice it perfectly because they were given limited time.
Resistance to change
It’s been a long year when DLPC change there way of implementing different IT and IS practices, they resist to change because it may help the company or it may cause a problem to company’s daily transactions. But there was a time that they really need to change it, because they see that it will help. They try it first, and then they continuously develop it. Until now they are trying to develop it for better usage of their employees.
On GH Depot, they are practicing it for more than 5 years now, their IT personnel said that it a big help for them. But some of the employees would prefer to use the older way because they have grown to that way of working.
Reflection:
Due to the increasing demand of our day to day needs, and the desire of the person to ease their way of working, we IT person tries to make and develop different Information Technology and Information Systems practices so that it can help us in our day to day activities. The barriers that had been discussed are just some of the barriers that are develop and exist during the time that they are practicing the IT and IS practices that they conclude.
The better way to have good and manageable employees is to have a unity in a company. As what I have said, how could you implement the changes in a company if you cannot control your employees.
http://www.mywhatever.com/cifwriter/content/22/4481.html

Barriers in IT/Is Implementation (MIS ass5)

Technology is moving forward now, it is a way in which human develop their way of living. They try to practices new facilities and they try to engage to different way of developing their learning andapply it in their works.

There are so many aspects that can cause hindrance or barriers in implementing Information System or Information Technology. Before we discuss about how do the companies or organization comes up with those barriers, we will first define the meaning of it:

A barrier is an obstacle which prevents a given policy instrument being implemented, or limits the way in which it can be implemented. In the extreme, such barriers may lead to certain policy instruments being overlooked, and the resulting strategies being much less effective. For example, demand management measures are likely to be important in larger cities as ways of controlling the growth of congestion and improving the environment. But at the same time they are often unpopular, and cities may be tempted to reject them simply because they will be unpopular. If that decision leads in turn to greater congestion and a worse environment, the strategy will be less successful. The emphasis should therefore be on how to overcome these barriers, rather than simply how to avoid them.

I will base my discussion on two companies the GH Office Depot and the Davao Light Power Company.

These are the some Barriers I found:
Common Barriers

Studying the problem too long without acting

On GH Depot

In the case of GH they have only one IT personnel that’s why he cannot do many tasks at the same time. He cannot easily handle two different things at the same time.
On DLPC (Davao Light Power Company)
On DLPC it takes long time to study their problem when it comes to implementing IT/IS practices because the company needs a thoroughly analysis due to sensitivity of data.
Trying to get everyone's agreement first

On DLPC
The IT department of DLPC was divided into 4 that’s why they need to communicate constantly so that they can have the views and opinions of each team so that they will agree on the same idea, imagine a company without union, it will be hard for them to implement and promote new IT and IS practices.
Educating without changing structures or expectations

On GH Depot
The IT personnel says that if he develops a new software or anything that is related to IT, some of the employees will expect that it will be hard for theme to adopt it.
Tackling everything at once

On both companies, they have a briefing with their employees. These briefing can minimize the different complications they will encounter.
Measuring nothing or everything
Before implementing the different Information Technology and Information Systems practices the companies will first encounter the measuring or analyzing the right way how to implement it and measure the capacity of the services they can offer.
Assuming that the status is OK
Some times they assume that the implemented Information Technology and Information System practices are good enough to answer the needs of their employees, but the truth is it’s not enough.

More Barriers to Change
Lack of such resources as time and commitment
Due to limitation of time, the implementation of those practices can increase the problems of the companies systems. In DLPC sometimes they cannot do or practice it perfectly because they were given limited time.

Resistance to change
It’s been a long year when DLPC change there way of implementing different IT and IS practices, they resist to change because it may help the company or it may cause a problem to company’s daily transactions. But there was a time that they really need to change it, because they see that it will help. They try it first, and then they continuously develop it. Until now they are trying to develop it for better usage of their employees.
On GH Depot, they are practicing it for more than 5 years now, their IT personnel said that it a big help for them. But some of the employees would prefer to use the older way because they have grown to that way of working.

Reflection:
Due to the increasing demand of our day to day needs, and the desire of the person to ease their way of working, we IT person tries to make and develop different Information Technology and Information Systems practices so that it can help us in our day to day activities. The barriers that had been discussed are just some of the barriers that are develop and exist during the time that they are practicing the IT and IS practices that they conclude.
The better way to have good and manageable employees is to have a unity in a company. As what I have said, how could you implement the changes in a company if you cannot control your employees.
http://www.mywhatever.com/cifwriter/content/22/4481.html