RELATED TO KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, AND HAVE VALUE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

Information System : A Holistic Approach

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Executive Summary

The advent of Information system and its importance for the business organization has forced the organizations to implement different Information system projects . Many of the projects became a failure due to lack of proper skills in to undertake these projects successfully . On the other hand the companies which initiated and successfully implemented these projects enjoyed the hyper growth . In to make these projects successful different tools and the management gurus introduced techniques so that success rate of

these projects can be increased

Second important factor is the proper storage and easy access to the information in to improve its effectiveness

The third factor , which hinders the way of the successful implementation of these projects , is resistance from the employees . Careful and effectively planned change management plans should be implemented in to minimize the effects of employee resistance

Right and effective combination of the above mentioned factors can help the business organizations in competing and achieving the desired level of hyper growth through effective knowledge management

Organizations are human communities , which are formed by bringing people together to communicate , intact and build ties to help each other to create meaning together . Information plays an important role in building these societies and providing knowledge about the task people perform The information networks created by the organizations help the people to adopt the environment . Build and develop communication networks improves learning process , develops sense of understanding and sharing between the people , provides a platform to discuss discoveries and innovations , provide the people with chance to learn after making mistakes

Learning can be done in two ways

Single loop

Double loop

In single loop learning people learn in a way prescribed to them by the organization

In double loop learning people , people not only learn in a prescribed way but also can question and can change the framework . The ability to use double loop learning is a key to success for today 's organizations

Hence the role of IS in management is to support , facilitate and improve the knowledge creation and knowledge implementation processes in the organization (Fig . 1 Figure 1 . Double Loop Learning Interpretation (Argyris , 1985

The Holistic approach towards Information System undertakes the study of implementing and using the Information System in a successful manner it gives importance to the fact that in to make most of an Information System the functions performed by the people should also be studied . The study of the Information System components alone cannot serve the purpose . The Information System in the organization should be used to improve the tasks people perform . The Information Technology is the fastest , easiest and time-savvy way of spreading knowledge throughout the organization and in the organization community . But this purpose can only be achieved if the people know how to use the information system in to improve their tasks performed . In similar way a large amount of data is not a way to...