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This 6-page paper ties the relationship between information systems and communications technology. The essay touches on the challenge -- which is the lack of integration between IS and CT, then describes how certain industries are working to link the two for efficient business organization. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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across the hall to around the world, would have been considered impossible. The explosive growth of information technologies, however - not to mention advances in communications technologies - has made
such communications a reality. What has not caught up quite as quickly is the use of communications technologies in an overall integrated organizational information system. For the most part, it
seems as though e-mail is e-mail - and its an ancillary system, rather than something on which a companys information system can be based on.
This paper will examine the challenges that have come about in trying to work communications technology into an informational system context, and provide some examples in industries
where this is starting to occur. Before beginning this paper, however, some definitions are in order. For purposes of our paper, communications
technology can be defined as ". . . any communication-related technology for moving data, such as electronic data/document transfer, electronic mail systems or local area network" (Choong and Varun, 1999,
p. 190). Information systems, on the other hand, are methods by which information is collected and integrated into organizational development. The Challenge
It has been noted that with industries and organizations developing less structured and simpler forms because of downsizing, business reengineering and structuring efforts, responses to environmental pressures have meant deeper
penetration of communications technologies within information systems (Choong and Varun, 1999). Despite this, however, its been difficult for many managers to link the idea of communications technologies as a basis
for information systems development and/or improvement. Analysts and experts have surmised that the average manager of a corporation has difficulties in viewing
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