The final case, the ”Energy Company” is a state enterprise whose mission is to create a
fully integrated business to support the energy, and therefore economic, stability of the
country. The main business units are downstream oil, natural gas, central services and
petrochemical. In 1993 the organisation generated a net profit of US$309 million on
income of $3.43 billion.
The Energy Company’s EIS has evolved to its third version. The first version was
created in 1986 on the initiative of the Head of Information Systems Department at Head
Office. He hoped that senior executives could receive information faster if management
reports were provided electronically. His concept was approved by senior management.
The Head of Information Systems also acted as the project manager while the Deputy
Governor, Policy and Planning was the executive sponsor. The first version comprised 12
screens and was used by 16 senior executives. It was developed on networked personal
computers using the C language.