The third case, “Bank B” is a leading commercial bank in the South East Asian region.
The bank employs 25,000 employees and according to its 1993 annual report, profit after
tax was US$556 million. The Bank operates 427 branches: 407 domestic and 20 foreign.
The board and senior management of the bank is dominated by one family. Prior to the
development of the EIS, Bank B had attempted to use information technology to support
management. This proto-EIS involved the creation and transmission of daily trial
balance sheets to Head Office, in order to provide both operational units and senior
management with detailed accounting information and the overall status of all branches
on the next working day.
The EIS development project commenced in September 1991 under the sponsorship
of a Senior Vice Executive President. The aim of the EIS was to provide information to
top executives to help them make better and faster decisions. Moreover, the Bank also
wished to provide a continuity of information during the transition to a new management
team. The project proceeded without cost-benefit analysis and the approximate initial cost
of hardware, software and personnel was US$300 000, $100 000 and $200 000,
respectively. Annually, the Bank spends about US$60 000 for maintenance and operation
of the system. The technical environment was client/server with high-end Apple
Macintosh computers used as the executive workstations. The data-base product 4th
Dimension was the primary development tool.
The first EIS was delivered after 12 months and comprised 60 screens. The current
EIS supports 15 senior executives and their staff and covers the marketing, finance and
personnel areas. The system comprises three main functions: executive summary reports,
business performance analysis, and support tools. The information is presented in tables,
graphics, and text. Colour is used to highlight information and to produce attractive
screens.
The EIS of Bank B can be considered to be a relative failure. According to anecdotal
evidence the system has not been used by executives for some time. Executives continue
to receive verbal reports on business unit performance from their support staff each
morning. The EIS was largely developed by a foreign consultant who did not adapt his
design strategies to Asian management styles.
The third case, “Bank B” is a leading commercial bank in the South East Asian region.
The bank employs 25,000 employees and according to its 1993 annual report, profit after
tax was US$556 million. The Bank operates 427 branches: 407 domestic and 20 foreign.
The board and senior management of the bank is dominated by one family. Prior to the
development of the EIS, Bank B had attempted to use information technology to support
management. This proto-EIS involved the creation and transmission of daily trial
balance sheets to Head Office, in order to provide both operational units and senior
management with detailed accounting information and the overall status of all branches
on the next working day.
The EIS development project commenced in September 1991 under the sponsorship
of a Senior Vice Executive President. The aim of the EIS was to provide information to
top executives to help them make better and faster decisions. Moreover, the Bank also
wished to provide a continuity of information during the transition to a new management
team. The project proceeded without cost-benefit analysis and the approximate initial cost
of hardware, software and personnel was US$300 000, $100 000 and $200 000,
respectively. Annually, the Bank spends about US$60 000 for maintenance and operation
of the system. The technical environment was client/server with high-end Apple
Macintosh computers used as the executive workstations. The data-base product 4th
Dimension was the primary development tool.
The first EIS was delivered after 12 months and comprised 60 screens. The current
EIS supports 15 senior executives and their staff and covers the marketing, finance and
personnel areas. The system comprises three main functions: executive summary reports,
business performance analysis, and support tools. The information is presented in tables,
graphics, and text. Colour is used to highlight information and to produce attractive
screens.
The EIS of Bank B can be considered to be a relative failure. According to anecdotal
evidence the system has not been used by executives for some time. Executives continue
to receive verbal reports on business unit performance from their support staff each
morning. The EIS was largely developed by a foreign consultant who did not adapt his
design strategies to Asian management styles.
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