About this Assignment
In this course, you learned about the importance of information systems in business operations. To apply what you have learned in the course, each student will select two NYSE publicly traded, competing companies to research each company’s usage of information systems. Audience: upper-level business students.
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. The written assignment should follow APA formatting style. This written research paper should be a minimum of 1,000 words in length and include responses to address the associated
Questions.
What is the corporation’s history of existence and what products and/or services does the company offer?
Each company employs what types of information systems? Such as management information systems, HR systems, transaction processing systems, etc.
Are there similarities in the business information systems employed by the companies being analyzed?
How can information systems be used for companies to establish a competitive advantage?
How does the company use information systems to manage data collection and manipulate data?
