Business Environment

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Business Environment

• Dr. Oualid (Walid) Ben Ali
• University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
• www.walidali.net

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Outline

• Business environment

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Our Business Our goal

• Our goal Increase our Benefit (Increase our
  Revenue OR Decrease our Cost

Benefit Revenue - Cost
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Our Business the Environment

• The Business Environment Real firm

Product or Service
Customers
Staff member
Competitor
Supplier
Asset
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Our Business Our goal

• Our goal Increase our Benefit (Increase our
  Revenue OR Decrease our Cost

Benefit Revenue - Cost
Product or Service
Customers
Staff member
Competitor
Supplier
Asset
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Our Business Our goal

• Our goal How to fulfill this target using
  Information Systems and Information Technology?

Benefit Revenue - Cost
Product or Service
Customers
Staff member
Competitor
Supplier
Asset
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Our Business the Environment

• The Business Environment Real firm

Product or Service
Customers
Staff member
Competitor
Supplier
Asset
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Our Business the Environment

• The Business Environment Virtual firm

Data
Product or Service
Customers
Data
Staff member
Competitor
Data
Supplier
Asset
Data
Data
Data
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The virtual firm

• The Business Environment Virtual firm

Customers
Data
Product or Service
Asset
Customers
Data
Product or Service
Staff member
Data
Competitor
Transaction
Supplier
Supplier
Asset
Data
Competitor
Data
Staff member
Other Data
Data
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The virtual firm

• The Business Environment Virtual firm

Product or Service
Real firm
Virtual firm
Customers
Staff member
Competitor
Supplier
Asset
Information
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The virtual firm Database
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The virtual firm Database
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The virtual firm From data to Information
The Business Environment Virtual firm
Data
Information technology
Decision
Information
Information systems
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Our Business By function

• The Business Environment Real firm

Product or Service
Customers
Staff member
Competitor
Assets management
Supplier
Manufacturing and sales
Other functions
Asset
Human resources management
Innovation management
Procurement management
Accounting and finance
Production Manufacturing
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Our Business By function

• Information systems are in all the functions,
  whatever you function, you need MIS, if it is not
  a MAJOR, as a MINOR

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E- Business (Anytime) and M-Business (Anytime,
Anywhere)

• The Business Environment

Product or Service
Customers
Staff member
Competitor
Supplier
Asset
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The virtual firm Website
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The virtual firm Mobile
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Thank You!
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