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What Enterprise Systems Can Do for You

An Enterprise System is a system that focuses on the entire organization, not just a certain part or group. Enterprise Systems are an important element when it comes to the processes of the organization. They support the organizations by helping them coordinate and communicate “among different functions” (19) as well as make data easily accessible to everyone involved in the process. There are three roles in which Enterprise Systems are involved. Execute the Process Companies have become so dependant on Enterprise Systems because throughout the process they are able to stay organized and up to date with what they need to accomplish and how to do it. “Enterprise Systems help execute the business process by informing people when it is time to complete a task, providing the data necessary to complete the task, and in some cases providing the means to complete the task” (20). Enterprise Systems play a critical role in executing the process. Since the system and the process are connected...

What it means to be a Good Knowledge Worker

It is common knowledge in today’s business environment that the market has gone global. Even small, seemingly local businesses have ties overseas and across borders. As businesses expand all around the world, the business processes grow increasingly complicated and complex. As a result, many businesses are using information technology to tie together and coordinate the many business processes taking place all around the world. Employees in these companies then tend to fall into one of two primary camps: those that cannot keep up with the rapid technological advances, and those that can. Those that can are able to filter through the onslaught of overwhelming quantities of information provided by these systems and mold that information into relevant and applicable content that will aid in decision making. Need for these capable individuals is mounting. These individuals are what is called Knowledge Workers. A Knowledge Worker: 1. Uses information and Communication Technology to ...