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Communication - instant messaging, emails, voice and video calls becomes quicker, cheaper and much efficient

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Communication - instant messaging, emails, voice and video calls becomes quicker, cheaper and much efficient

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Business can use the systems manage the relationship with customers, improve relationship in several ways.
Ex: Inform customers about discounts, good deals.

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while information technology may have made the world a global village, it has also contributed to one culture dominating another weaker one. For example it is now argued that US influences how most young teenagers all over the world now act, dress and behave. Languages too have become overshadowed, with English becoming the primary mode of communication for business and everything else.

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Implementation expenses – to integrate the information system it require pretty good amount of cost in a case of software, hardware and people. Software, hardware and some other services should be rented, bought and supported. Employees need to be trained with unfamiliar information technology and software.

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Availability - can be accessed anytime, anywhere

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Availability - can be accessed anytime, anywhere

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Security issues – thieves and hackers get access to identities and corporate saboteurs target sensitive company data. Such data can include vendor information, bank records, intellectual property and personal data on company management. 

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Security issues – thieves and hackers get access to identities and corporate saboteurs target sensitive company data. Such data can include vendor information, bank records, intellectual property and personal data on company management. 

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Creation of new types of jobs – one of the advantages of information systems is the creation of new and interesting jobs. Computer programmers, Systems analyzers, Hardware and Software developers

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Creation of new types of jobs – one of the advantages of information systems is the creation of new and interesting jobs. Computer programmers, Systems analyzers, Hardware and Software developers

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Its costly to built - Need a skilled workforce to maintain IS which increases cost

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Its costly to built - Need a skilled workforce to maintain IS which increases cost

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Improve data storage with the use of cloud storage such as Google Drive, and Dropbox

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Improve data storage with the use of cloud storage such as Google Drive, and Dropbox

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Corporation can have immediate data and info and act upon it. For example, reorder stocks once the stocks is finish

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Improve accounting management with the use of accounting system such as AutoCount and QuickBooks

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Improve accounting management with the use of accounting system such as AutoCount and QuickBooks

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Depending on organization deployment, usage and extraneous factors, some disadvantages related to Management Information Systems can come to the fore. Allocation of budgets for MIS upgrades, modifications and other revisions can be quite tricky at times. If budgets are not allocated uniformly or as per immediate requirements, key functionalities might get effected and benefits might not be realized consistently. Integration issues with legacy systems can affect the quality of output and vital business intelligence reports.

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Business use technology to automate tasks.  A good example is a bakery which uses automated temperature censors to detect any drop or increase in room temperature in a bakery.

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Technology limits the need for people to be in the same physical location.

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An information system provides each user the information he needs to make decisions or take action.

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Improves business to consumer relationship

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Improves business to consumer relationship

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Businesses have embraced the social technology to interact with their consumers and fans. This creates a strong business to consumer relationship and it results into business growth and expansion.

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Improves on business competitive advantage

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Improves on business competitive advantage

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Companies have used technology to gain competitive advantage over their competitors.  A business will improve on its technology and improve on its services and products which will make its customers happy, this will turn these happy customer loyal to that business and also invite more friends to use that service or product.

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In most cases auction websites have products that are not real. So a user can bid on a shoe thinking it is original, upon delivery, they discover that the shoe is fake and it does not resemble the picture on auction.

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implementing the information systems can save a great deal of time during the completion of tasks and some labor mechanic works. Most paperwork’s can be processed immediately, financial transactions are automatically calculated, etc. As technology improves, tasks that were formerly performed by human employees are now carried out by computer systems.

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Lower employee costsYou can access cities or countries with the same level of talent but with lower living costs. An employee in New York or San Francisco is going to demand far more than someone in South Carolina, let alone in India or in the Philippines.

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Lower employee costsYou can access cities or countries with the same level of talent but with lower living costs. An employee in New York or San Francisco is going to demand far more than someone in South Carolina, let alone in India or in the Philippines.

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Reduced travel timeThis is a substantial benefit for staff who do not need to travel to work each day. Also a great benefit for the environment!

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Reduced travel timeThis is a substantial benefit for staff who do not need to travel to work each day. Also a great benefit for the environment!

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Access multiple marketsYou can hire sales people in multiple locations without the cost of opening an office. This gives you the ability to access a new market without significant costs.

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Access multiple marketsYou can hire sales people in multiple locations without the cost of opening an office. This gives you the ability to access a new market without significant costs.

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Harder to Track Effort - lose the benefit of seeing someone in the office every day, being able to stop by their desk and ask them what they’re working on. Instead, you have to develop other techniques to track and coordinate work.

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Harder to Track Effort - lose the benefit of seeing someone in the office every day, being able to stop by their desk and ask them what they’re working on. Instead, you have to develop other techniques to track and coordinate work.

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Decrease in the number of leaves:Virtual office workers no longer have to stick to a regular monotonous routine and neither do they have to spend much time commuting to and fro from work, which means they remain stress free and thus do not fall or report sick often. This means a decrease in leave applications and increase in work output.

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Decrease in the number of leaves:Virtual office workers no longer have to stick to a regular monotonous routine and neither do they have to spend much time commuting to and fro from work, which means they remain stress free and thus do not fall or report sick often. This means a decrease in leave applications and increase in work output.

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Relocation issues do not exist:Relocation is a major issue with regular employees but with virtual office workers, this issue does not arise at all and the office can be located or shifted anywhere, the employees do not change.

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Relocation issues do not exist:Relocation is a major issue with regular employees but with virtual office workers, this issue does not arise at all and the office can be located or shifted anywhere, the employees do not change.

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virtual organization allows firms to redesign jobs to make employees more effective and efficient

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Harder to Create Culture - The black art of imbuing the company culture into employees gets harder when the team is distributed. The businesses have fewer touch points.

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Harder to Create Culture - The black art of imbuing the company culture into employees gets harder when the team is distributed. The businesses have fewer touch points.

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Extra Overhead - Remote teams require tasks, ideas, bugs and work to be documented, saved and tracked in online systems.  

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Extra Overhead - Remote teams require tasks, ideas, bugs and work to be documented, saved and tracked in online systems.  

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Everyone in the team doing their own job separately in their own spaces. Lack of face-to-face interaction, emotion expression, less collaboration.

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The lack of physical interactions with its associated verbal and non-verbal cues and also the synergies that often accompany face-to-face interaction

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Being isolated - Virtual office workers work in an isolated environment and hence they may feel alone or isolated and may tend to remain out of sync with regular counterparts. This factor may not work well for an organization.

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Being isolated - Virtual office workers work in an isolated environment and hence they may feel alone or isolated and may tend to remain out of sync with regular counterparts. This factor may not work well for an organization.

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because if people that do not have self-discipline, they can easily get off track and get lazy.

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Low employee motivation because employees are working remotely, hence,  there is low moral support which will cause employees likely to quit or reduced in productivity

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Low employee motivation because employees are working remotely, hence,  there is low moral support which will cause employees likely to quit or reduced in productivity

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The image projected by a well-trained staff and upscale environment projects professionalism and competence.

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Virtual teams allow firms to expand their potential labour markets enabling them to hire and retain the best people regardless of their physical locations.

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Fewer opportunities for teamwork because the employees in Virtual office works remotely. No chance to do brainstorming to generate ideas.

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Fewer opportunities for teamwork because the employees in Virtual office works remotely. No chance to do brainstorming to generate ideas.

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One company, Office Evolution, has office sites in several key cities in the United States. In their system, you may hold a morning meeting in a well-appointed office in Salt Lake City, UT, and meet that evening with another client in the conference room of the Denver office.

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Virtual Teams allows organizations to look for talent beyond their country of origin. This brings together the experts and specialists from across the globe to work together on the project. Increased knowledge sharing and greater innovation happens as organization’s human capital share their understanding of global and local markets as well as best business practices.

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“Virtual Officing” has become commonplace in recent years. Selecting the right situation will put your company in the right light as a company interested in keeping costs down while maintaining a professional presence.

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Heavy reliant on technology-based facilities. If there are technology failure or difficulty, it will affect the company's operation and performance.

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Heavy reliant on technology-based facilities. If there are technology failure or difficulty, it will affect the company's operation and performance.

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because virtual office workers work without any boundaries of space, time or rules, there is fear that they may be less professional than regular employees

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Since the members span the time zones, there could be different team working on the same project 24*7, so when one member sleeps there will be another one somewhere else who would start work where the former had left. This shortens the product development time as well as faster response time to demands in both global and local markets.

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Rent, staffing and equipment costs in a conventional office for a start-up or single entrepreneur are far greater than the cost of hiring services from a well-run virtual office. And you will only pay for the services that you use.

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Virtual teams can be organised whether or not members are in reasonable proximity to each other.

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It saves time, travel expenses and eliminates lack of access to experts.

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It saves time, travel expenses and eliminates lack of access to experts.

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Teams’ communication and work reports are available online to facilitate swift responses to the demands of the (global) market.

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Teams’ communication and work reports are available online to facilitate swift responses to the demands of the (global) market.