Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Barriers in IT/IS Implementation
Our world today has changed a great deal with the aid of information technology. Things that were once done manually or by hand have now become computerized operating systems, which simply require a single click of a mouse to get a task completed. With the aid of IT we are not only able to streamline our business processes but we are also able to get constant information up to the minute and up to date.
The significance of IT can be seen from the fact that it has penetrated almost every aspect of our daily lives from business to leisure and even the society. Today personal computers, cell phones, fax machines, email and internet have all not only become an integral part of our very culture but also play an essential role in our day to day activities as well.
Today information technology involves more than just computer literacy; it also takes into account how computers work and how these computers can further be used not just for information processing but also for communications and problem solving tasks as well.
As we all know, all business processing units nowadays make use of the so-called technology we had now. It brings a lot of advantages for the company since it is an aid in achieving the company’s goal and to become globally competitive in so many ways. With information technology, computerize business process helped those companies in streamlining businesses to make them extremely cost effective money making machines. This in turn increases productivity that ultimately gives rise to profits that means better pay and less tough working conditions. IT has made it possible for businesses to be open 24 x7 all over the globe. This means that a business can be open anytime anywhere, making purchases from different countries easier and more convenient. It simply means money is always coming. Probably the best advantage of information technology is the creation of new and interesting jobs. Computer programmers, Systems analyzers, Hardware and Software developers and Web designers are just some of the many new employment opportunities created with the help of IT.
There are some barriers encountered when Information Technology or Information Systems is involved. Certain companies do have some systems that they use for the overall operation of the business. If we say computerized systems it means work is done easily but how about its disadvantages.
In our adopted company, which is the Davao International Airport, the barrier they stated is described as “Garbage in, Garbage out”. What does it mean? It is used primarily to call attention to the fact that computers will automatically process the most nonsensical of input data and produce nonsensical output. It was most popular in the early days of computing, but applies even more today, when powerful computers can spew out mountains of erroneous information in a short time.
Another barrier stated by the manager is the Budget Constraints and Ignorance. We all know that Davao International Airport is a big company but then in terms of the maintainance of their facilities they do lack of budget. They cannot come up to have a good information system since
money is barely involved. Ignorance on the other hand in a way that they dont have good facilities that are on the trend since they used the old versions of computer.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_In,_Garbage_Out