CHAPTER 3: Nature of Work Summarized from Fundamentals of Information Systems, 2nd Ed, Yuen, N. B. et al, McGraw Hill, SG, 2005
Types of Work (Robert Reich) Touch Non-Touch
Work Activities Value-adding Non-value-adding Routine Waste Non-routine
Managerial Activities Planning Execution Control R.A. Antony’s Planning and Control: Strategic Planning Management Control Operational Control
Managerial Activities Involve: Information Processing Decision Making
Information Processing Structured or Programmable Unstructured Semi Structured
Behavioral Model of Managerial Activities (Henry Mintzberg) Interpersonal Informational Decisional
Other work classification Professional Technical Data
Communication Sharing information between two or more individual to create a common understanding and vision Effective Communication is an essential skill Means for interacts with environment (suppliers, customers, competitors, government, etc)
Communication Dyad Sender Receiver Message Channel
Communication Distortion and Noise Distortion is transforming the meaning of a message by altering some aspects of the message Noise is any disturbance in the communication process that interferes the intended message The need of information processing must be reduced The capacity of information processing must be increased
Communication Distortion and Noise Distortion is transforming the meaning of a message by altering some aspects of the message Noise is any disturbance in the communication process that interferes the intended message The need of information processing must be reduced The capacity of information processing must be increased