Risks and Necessities in Evolving Business Systems: Embracing GreenTechnologies and Continuous DevelopmentBased on Lunquist’s (2006) article, what risks do you see in trying to maintain existing,working applications or replacing them with new, untested ones?According to the Lunguist article green-planning is the wave of the future.Businesses must accept and embrace the change to more efficient work systems in orderto remain competitive in an ever-changing market. Older systems are becoming harder tomaintain and most costly due to energy cost. Many of the older applications are readilybeing replaced with more efficient infrastructures. Instead of upgrading older systemscompanies are building systems from the ground up at cheaper cost. Organizations thatfail to commit to the going green changes risk profit loss, customer and public relationscriticism.Changing to new systems can present certain risk associated with new untestedproducts. Production may be slow do an organization ability to adapt to more advancedsystems. Employees can experience learning curves as newer systems are implemented.Failure to comply with the demands of the business market will contribute to profit losesand customer dissatisfaction. Inferior systems will force many customers to focus oncompetitor businesses that offer more user friendly options.Preview Mode
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