This is an academic report about information manangement and stsytems
strategy.
It should include one section that explictly deals with the impact on
information use and one section that explores the potential
consequences for business strategy.
And it should be preceded by an executive summary, which hihlights the
main points of the analysis and findings.  the main report should have
an introduction which lays out the nature and purpose of the proposal.
 the main body should be clearly sub-clearly sub-headed with a logical
structure and conclusion which draws upon the analysis presented,
offering suggestions that organisations might consider.

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Request for Question Clarification by willie-ga on 09 Nov 2002 01:51 PST

Hello

In order to answer your question we'll need som more info.

- What is the area that the analysis is to be performed on? That is,
if we are to assess the inpact of information usage systems on
something, we need to know what the "something" is. So, what is the
business area? If we don't know what the business is, we can't discuss
any potential impact on it.

- Also, your question title mentions groupware. Is what you are really
after a report on the "general" impact that the introduction of a
groupware product might have on a "non-specific" business?

The more you tell us, the better we can answer your question.

willie

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Clarification of Question by cleo1223-ga on 09 Nov 2002 16:31 PST

Hey,
  
  First of all, it is quite hard for me to tell  you what business area
that  should be restricted, since "information technology has been using
in any kind of workplaces nowadays.  
  So, I hope the report can be connected with what i have learned in my
classes and to support the idea in this report.  So, i am going to give
you some key points that i have known from my sessions.
1.date to information--how to transfer data to information, how to use of
information for decision( including: Critical Success Factors and Key
Performance Indicators)

2.technical trends--do IT explore the potential or limitations of
technology in dealing with workplace information?

3.individual and organisational factors--the concept of socio-technical
systems is introduced to place emphasis on the need to consider technical,
social and organisational factors in the introduction of new technology. 
what are individual barriers to information flows?  however, how modern
organisations remove these barriers and to reshape their structure by IT.

4.Information literacy and policies--to understand different notions of
information and to explore the relevance of information literacy to
organisations, and to examine how network company align information
policies with other policy aress, assess the value of information policies
and explore changing roles.  

As for 'groupware', my teacher used two case studies-- Shorko, a French
manufacturing company, and Unilever, to
*test understanding of the socio-technical framework
*apply it to examples of the inter-relationship among information, people,
structures and IT
*look at the limits of the framework
*build on the exploration of technology that we have conducted so far.

I hope these explainations for my question can give more clear ideas to
help me to finish this report.  If you still feel confusion about my
question, please let me know.