fatalist

Human beings, as they say, is the highest form of life. And that is true, based on my opinion as well as what i have read about man. True, for we are able to reason and do things greater than the rest of all living things.


Because of this, man had become the most important driving force in the success of an organization. Basically, human beings are the ones who are managing the organization in the first place. They can make or break an organization. They render almost every services needed in order for an organization to be competent. Without man, there will be no organization or a company at all.

But also because of this, man has become the least understood and the worst managed resource in an organization. Why? for man is and always be taken for granted. In addition to that, there are inequalities in the position in an organization. Some may be higher than the others, while some are on the bottom part.Not only that, the rights and benefits of a man in an organization may not be given properly.

Human Beings should always be given a priority in an organization for they are the best resource in an organization.

Some of the Information System's Best Practices:

Educating the End Users
- The success of the implementation of an application depends on the knowledge of the users on the said application. Training on a continuing basis greatly helps in improving the capabilities of users in using the system.

Data Access Security
- grants or restricts the user of accessing a specific application depending on his/her role or job.

Network Security
- The administration of an application security is utilized to grant/ restrict data access within the application.

Data Integrity
- Must ensure accurate and complete data.

Program Change Control
- This practice see to it that only appropriate and important changes are made in the program logic. This change should produce the expected results by the users that want the change.

System Interfaces
- Based on my source, the exchange of data from one business application to another is considered an interface. Therefore, the reliability, accuracy and the completeness of the data being transferred or received should be assured by a quality control process.


Backups, Recovery plans and Business Continuity
- There will always be unforeseen circumstances that will ultimately affect an application or a system. Creating Recovery Plans will help cope with the unavailability of the system during the outage. This plan should be written and approved by the management and also checked on a regular basis. The plan must show how the system will recover and how the operations will continue during the recovery.

Reference:
http://www.legaudit.state.ar.us/Resources/Publications/ADLA-IS_Best_Practices.pdf

I had a hard time looking for the appropriate reference for this topic. But fortunately, I found a reliable source that I hope will answer the question: What are the barriers in IS/IT?

These are the said barriers that I had found when I was searching:

- Lack of Commitment and Incentives
- Educational barrier
- Limits on organizational intelligence
- Organizational design
- Unclear or conflicting purposes
- Lack of Procedure

Basically, the solution for all this barriers is just adequate literacy and proper communication. ^^,



Reference:
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ejis/journal/v17/n1/fig_tab/3000727t5.html#figure-title

Risks in changing the IS of an organization reflects the events that can affect the flow of business.
Based on what I have read and understood, these are some of the risks associated with changing the IS/IT:

Inconsistency of data
- Variations in the way data is collected may affect the consistency of the information being gathered and thus, affects the operations in an organization.

Incomplete system
- unfinished or incomplete systems can greatly hinder the progress of an organization.

Irrelevance of information
- Information that is inappropriate, unnecessary, or too detailed for effective decision making has
no value.

In addition to that, poorly programmed or systems lacking in proper security can be easily manipulated and it may disrupt the flow of work that will lead to incorrect decisions or impaired planning.

Having new or changing the information system can be a tasking job. But then, if used properly and accordingly, the organization can benefit from it. The success of implementing new or changing the system depends on the accuracy of the technical deployment and also the people's acceptance of the change. As always, proper education and communication are the keys in helping the implementation of the change in the information system in an organization.


Reference:
http://www.occ.treas.gov/handbook/mis.pdf

based on what i have read, Information Systems fails in ways more than one. There are a lot of factors affecting the failure of a System. There are a lot of factors involving the failure of a system. But based on what I have read, there are five major concepts of failure. These are:

- Incomplete or the requirements are not given
- Failure to meet the deadline
- Cost
- Unused Systems
- Customers are not satisfied of what they get


On those said failures, the cost and the unsatisfied customers can be connected. Some IS can be relatively cheap compared to most but there may be a flaw or two that can be seen. Due to this flaws, the users may find it annoying and will resort to dumping the said IS and find a new IS, which means that the discarded system will be lost. If the requirements is not met in a said IS, then that will be considered a failure for its use is limited and there is certainly flaws that will arise.

reference:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4153/is_n4_v53/ai_18863038

Human Resource Management is included in the BSIT curriculum for it is essential when they will be having a job. HRM(Human Resource Management) is essential for it helps in dealing with people in a certain workplace. No matter what job we do or where we are, we are most certainly dealing with people no matter what.

Through this said subject, we can mingle effectively and understand more about the people that we will be dealing with in the near future. And if that will happen, then there will be a harmonious relationship between us and the people that we will be working in the near future (hopefully when we graduate). ^^