Write 10 pages with APA style on Current Issues for Strategic Information Systems. This report discusses some of the current issues for strategic information systems in the context of a specific organization. For this report, I have chosen the Greens Lime Mouldings (GLM) business. This report will present an overview of their strategic information system, its operational performance and possible issues regarding better corporate support and will also specify an improved IS/IM based strategy for business management.

A Strategic Information System (SIS) is an information system that allows the organizations to alter or otherwise update their business structure and/or strategy. Basically, the strategic information systems are aimed at streamlining and increasing the response time to varying or changing environmental aspects and helping it in gaining a competitive edge over other business organizations. In this scenario, some of the important elements of a strategic information system can be: (Bhatia, 2007)

First and foremost enterprise resource planning systems that put together/connect the business operations in an attempt to achieve the organization’s goals for the optimization of the enterprise resources

Database management systems having full capabilities and excellent support of data mining to make the best use of existing organizational information for business production, marketing, innovation and promotion. In addition, the strategic information systems also allow business organizations to establish and implement the data collection policies to support the database in optimizing marketing opportunities.

The basic purpose of implementing an SIS is to gain a competitive edge over other business organizations through its participation in the organization’s tactical objectives and offering a capability to considerably improve the efficiency and performance of an organization. In addition, many researchers believe that SIS helps business organizations gain a competitive edge.