DQ1:
How can information technology support a company's business processes and decision making and give it a competitive advantage? What are some of the toughest management challenges in developing IT solutions to solve business problems and meet new business opportunities?

Answer:
Information technology plays a vital role in the success of an enterprise. For example, the Internet and Internet-like internal networks, or intranets, and external inter-organizational networks, called extranets, can provide the information infrastructure a business needs for efficient operations, effective management, and competitive advantage Use of information Technology has made a workplace more productive and scientific. Business decisions are based on the data’s and information provided to decision makers and information technology ensures the accuracy and reliability of the information collected. Through the use of information technology, data’s and information are to be collected and are to be supplied to all the sectors of organization as per the importance. Decision making department uses these data’s to evaluate the performance of organization and all the plans and policies are made as per the information and data’s provided. Through the use of information technology they can be implemented effectively and also it becomes easy to control the decision, since outcomes of decision can be monitored systematically. This way efficiency of the decision becomes more. When your decisions are appropriate and efficient, you can be able to face the competition with appropriate strategies to win the war.
Information technology is not something that we once implement and keep on using it rest of our life. It’s a very dynamic field which keeps on changing. In today’s era of technological advances where everyday new innovations come to our knowledge it’s a challenge to move with it.