#1 Management Information Systems

Individual Project 4-5 pages

For this assignment you are to read four case studies as they appear in your text. The case studies you will be reading are as follows:

• Chapter 1, pg. 36: Are Electronic Medical Records a Cure for Health Care? (50 points)
• Chapter 2, pg. 75: Should Companies Embrace Social Business? (45 points)
• Chapter 3, pg. 99: Technology Helps Starbucks Find New Ways to Compete (35 points)
• Chapter 4, pg. 151: Wasting Time: The New Digital Divide (20 points)
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Discussion board 5 paragraphs

While information systems has one meaning, it can be used in different ways for companies to keep a competitive edge on the marketplace. Compare and Contrast two distinctly different organizations on how they use information systems in their organizations.

Include in your post the following:

• Research the 4 competitive strategies and briefly describe them.
• From the 4 strategies, pick 2 and provide an example of a company that uses each strategy.
• How do they implement the strategy?
• Provide examples of how the companies use the strategy, and do not simply write the description. 
• Appraise the individual and organizational consequences of the use of information technology and recognize potential security breaches and computer crimes.