SOCIAL NETWORKING

Hi! Good day & salam   

What do you think when we're talking about social networking? Yes! of course there are pros & contras. A social networking is one of the bloom of information technology nowadays. Millions of people engage in this marvellous technology even for what reasons they are joining for membership of the sites. Ok friends... here you are... a social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, let say... who share interests and/or activities. A social network service essentially consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services. Additionally, most social network services are web based and provide means for users to interact over the internet, such as  email and  instant messaging. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks.

To share with you all... in early social networking on the World Wide Web (www) began in the form of generalized online communities such as  Geocities (1994), Theglobe.com (1995),  and  Tripod.com (1995). Many of these early communities focused on bringing people together to interact with each other through chat rooms, and encouraged users to share personal information and ideas via personal webpages by providing easy-to-use publishing tools and free or inexpensive webspace. Some communities, such as Classmates.com - took a different approach by simply having people link to each other via email addresses. In the late 1990s, user profiles became a central feature of social networking sites, allowing users to compile lists of "friends" and search for other users with similar interests.

Afterwards, the new social networking methods were developed by the end of the 1990s, and many sites began to develop more advanced features for users to find and manage friends. This newer generation of social networking sites began to flourish with the emergence of  Makeoutclub  in 2000, followed by Friendster in 2002, and soon became part of the internet mainstream. Friendster was followed by  MySpace  and  LinkedIn  a year later, and finally, Bebo. Attesting to the rapid increase in social networking sites' popularity, by 2005, MySpace was reportedly getting more page views than Google. Facebook, launched in 2004, has since become the largest social networking site in the world. Today, it is estimated that there are now over 200 active sites using a wide variety of social networking models.

Actually I'm going not to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the social networking more further because there are a lot of news that we've heard through mass media whether printed or electronic media. It's up to all of us to think carefully for the entire of those services by reading more, and watching all related news about the previous cases and experiences by the victims in such syndicates which are using the social networking services as the medium for their modus operandi. But... I just want to share with you a several of the list of major active social networking websites such as :-

a) 

Founder : Mark Zuckerberg

Founded : Cambridge, Massachusettes

Description : General

Date Launched : 4 February 2004


Registered Users : 600 mil (Jan 2011)


Revenue : US$800 mil (2009)

   

b) 

Founder : Jack Dorsey

Founded : San Francisco, California, USA

Description : General, micro-blogging, RSS, updates

Date Launched : 15 July 2006


Registered Users : 200 mil (Jan 2010)


Revenue : US$150 mil (2010)


c) 
            

Founder : Jonathan Abrams

Founded : Morgan Hill, California, USA

Description : General

Date Launched : 22 March 2002

Registered Users : 90 mil (Jun 2010)

Revenue : -

 

d) 

Founder : Ludicorp ( owner - Yahoo! inc. ) 

Founded : Vancouver, Canada

Description : Photo sharing, commenting, photo related networking, worldwide

Date Launched : February 2004

Registered Users : 32 mil 

Revenue : -


e) 

Founder : Orkut Buyukkokten ( owner - Google Inc. ) 

Founded : Carlifornia, USA

Description : General

Date Launched : 22 January 2004

Registered Users : 100 mil 

Revenue : -

f) 

Founder :  Tom Anderson ( owner - News Corporation ) 

Founded : San Francisco, Carlifornia, USA

Description : General

Date Launched : 21 Jun 2003

Registered Users : 80 mil 

Revenue : - 

g)  

Founder :  Ramu Yalamanchi ( owner - Sona Networks ) 

Founded : Santa Monica, Carlifornia, USA

Description : General

Date Launched : August 2003

Registered Users : 100 mil 

Revenue : US$385 (2009)

h)  (Formerly - Facebox & Bingbox)

Founder :  Lorenz Bogaert ( owner - Netlog NV/SA ) 

Founded : Ghent, Belgium

Description : General

Date Launched : July 2003

Registered Users : 70 mil ( September 2010 ) 

Revenue : - 

i)   

  

Founder :  Michael Birch ( owner - Criterion Capital Partners ) 

Founded : San Franscisco, Carlifornia, USA

Description : General

Date Launched : July 2005

Registered Users : 117 mil 

Revenue : - 

j)  

Founder :  Reid Hoffman ( owner - LinkedIn Corporation ) 

Founded : Santa Monica, Carlifornia, USA

Description : Business & Professional Networking

Date Launched : 5 May 2003

Registered Users : 100 mil (March 2011) 

Revenue : US$161.4 mil

( source : http://www.wikipedia.org )

Before leaving, I'd like to ask you ladies & gentleman... actually... How Big Is Social Networking?

 ( Video dated : 13 May 2008 )

Wokey friends... I think I should stop here. Suppose we can meet again in another writing. Hope you'll be always in good condition and received some knowledge from this sharing.

Roger & Out! 

WHY MIS?

Hi... Yo!

Today I'm going to talk about MIS... just a bit of them. Ok guys... before that, I'd like to share with all of you regarding the categories of Information System where MIS one of it's surrounding. Actually, there are several approaches for solving a certain problem or developed to overcome specific problems, besides trying to fulfil the user's requests generally. Every type of Information System has their own role to play. Basically, there are six main categories of Information System such as :-

a) Transaction Processing System (TPS) - can access and record information about all transactions related to the organisation such as the activities involving sales order processing, ordering, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and inventory.

b) Decision Support System (DSS) - the manager able to analyse the information and for handling decisions that are unstructured, i.e. decisions which are made when an emergency happens. The system uses a database management system, query language, financial modelling, statistical analysis program, electronic spread sheet, report generator or graphic software.

c) Expert System (ES) - produces a decision which is almost similar to decisions made by an expert in a certain discipline. It can imitate the way humans think and consider in making a decision by combining the use of knowledge, facts and techniques.

d) Office Information System (OIS) - covers activities in the office which can improve work flow and communication among workers, whether inside or outside the office. The functions are word processing, fax processing, e-mails, e-documents, work group scheduling, work group programming, imaging and management of work flow.

e) Executive Information System (EIS) - spesifically used by the executive management in making strategic decisions. It is a tool that provides online access directly to the relevant information which are timely, precise and useful in business aspects, according to the interest of certain managers.

f) Management Information System (MIS) - this system will take the information that has been extracted from TPS and generate reports which are required by the management for planning and controlling an organisation's business. This system is capable of fulfilling the needs of management in acquiring the information that is brief and useful, and, can be obtained and processed at the right time to make a decision.  

Since Information System play a very important role in the management aspect of an organisation. By looking at the functions and scope of its usage, an Information System can be divided into two main support systems namely Operation Support System (OSS) and Management Support System (MSS). Well... do you know why MIS is important in organisation activities and would give a large impact to the performances of the organisations? WHY MIS?

It's not my intention to talk about this section more longer... why not we take a short break while watching this video represented by Njoudmuhamad. Supposed that we would be able to get some info and ideas from that...  

WHY MIS?

Wokey... see you all next time and have a good day!

INTEGRATION OF BUSINESS PROCESS & INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Hi... Guys!

This is my first writing regarding the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) which is related to the Management Informartion Systems (MIS). First of all, I would like to talk about the nature of business organisation. All of us encountered the importance characteristics of a business organisation with respect to the nature of the business, its mission, vision, goals and objectives whithin their business environment. However, we should note that business functions are the basic building blocks of a business enterprise and they exist in various organisational structures. Some of the usual and important function areas covered  are :-

a) Marketing - functional area that performs marketing research to identify and determine what products and services customers needs and wants. 

b) Finance - functional area responsible for financial accounting, management accounting, and sometimes for corporate finance and investment management.

c) Production - functional area responsible for production operations (in producing goods and services that meet the production plan) and quality assurance.

d) Human Resource - functional area that provides services in support of business functions such as : recruitment, selection, training, appraisal and promotion of staff. 

e) MIS - functional area responsible for the development, maintenance and smooth running of computer systems that capitalise on Information Technology (IT) to achieve organisational objectives.

So... my friends... according to Cule (1995) proposed that all organisations are supported by three architectures namely process, organisation, and information. Firstly, for the Process Architecture, we also have to bear in mind that any business process (e.g. supply fulfilment, product development, or claims processing) could be organised as an architecture of subtasks, delegated personnel and management processes which are namely planning, organising, directing, and controlling.

Secondly, at the higher level, the Organisation Architecture represents the governance of the company, its culture, human resource policies, and internal relationships between employees and functions. The organisation architecture is human-centered. The constitution of this structure would influence the skill set of managers, management processes, and the success of business processes. For instance, in the early 1990's, people started to realise the important role of information technology (IT) plays in orchestrating business processes such as Business Process Reengineering (BPR) exercise usually results in the careful planning and implementation of the information structure (the database), the IT infrastructure and the information systems (IS) applications. For more details on BPR, please click on :-

http://www.synergem.org/

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Finally, the value of the Information Architecture in Cule's theory is mainly attributed to its capacity of being used as an efficient means of communications. Actually, there are intra-organisational and inter-organisational communications. According to Benbasat and DeSanctis (2000), communications can also be devided into transactional and relational. Hence, IT units and business units are strategically integrated through communications as a whole.