Information System Management:
Team Project
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Barabanov Mykyta: s1820907
Mariya Kabantsova: s1810154
Karina Dobrunova: s1841165
Tatjana Schneidmueller: s1803034
The following report is aimed to provide an insight into our future investigation on the information systems and information technology of the Hilton Hotels Corporation. It does not yet cover all subject specific topics and areas in detail. On the contrary, it shall be regarded as a plan or guideline for our analysis. Hence, at this point in time it is designed to explain why we selected the Hilton Hotels Corporation. Doing so, we will provide a brief background history of the enterprise. Moreover, we will explore in which industry this corporation is operating and with whom it has to compete. Thirdly, we will give a first insight into the Information Systems and Information Technology (IS/IT) of the organization; problems arising with its maintenance and solutions of the same problems. Finally, we will conclude this first draft by demonstrating our scheduled work methodology.
Regarding the research topic, we decided to choose the Hilton Hotels Corporation due to several factors. First, we consider the hotel management industry as a great possibility to broaden our horizon concerning the development and application of information systems. Secondly, among all the hotels, we selected the Hilton Hotels Corporation due to the fact that it is a major player in the global hotel business, as it contains several chains and facilities around the globe. Thus, being such an international company, Hilton Hotels’ information systems management requires the implementation of the most up-to-date and developed information system and information technology. In other words, they are using one of the most groundbreaking technology platform, which in fact secures them the leading position in...