Question

Drudgen Fitness Inc. is a fitness equipment provider that markets its products through a chain of retailoutlets in four states. As part of its expansion strategy, the company decides to open outlets in four morestates and decides to revise its existing business processes. According to the five-component model ofinformation systems, which of the following processes will be the least disruptive to the organization?1. collecting demographic data from the new markets 2. developing new CRM software for the existing and new outlets 3. relocating existing employees and hiring new employees 4. buying and installing new computers in the new outlets

Answer 1

Answer:

4) buying and installing new computers in the new outlets

Explanation:

The five component model of information systems includes what a company needs to create is IT infrastructure and it includes:

1. people: I firmly believe that people are the most important component of any system, at least until AI replaces us.
2. hardware: refers to the equipment needed (e.g. computers, etc.)
3. software: includes both system (windows or linux) and applications software (e.g. ERP software)
4. database: the place where collected data is stored, e.g. physical storage devices or cloud storage
5. network: the connections needed for different hardware to work together, e.g. cables, routers, internet service