DQ Responses Oct 30


Q. Please read the below paragraph and write your opinion, also by discuss any differences you may see.

Note: 250 words with intext citations and references needed.

Business architecture defines an organization’s capabilities in a structured way. It identifies all kinds of resources a business possesses, such as personnel, infrastructure, and business, them comes up with a strategy to make the most value out of them. The purpose of business architecture is to transform high-level vision into actionable items, so that the company survives and becomes successful in today’s market. In a hierarchical structure, a company’s major concerns might be separated into operation, finance, marketing, information, HR, compliance, and security, which represent the critical components in the architecture. The seamless coordination among those components is critical for the execution of a transformation of vision.

Many of the tech giants have chosen to lay off employees this year due to the slow down of growth. This is part of a bigger move that those companies are making based on their predictions of the situations and strategies to counter them. The layoffs, reorganizations, and other moves mean that companies are adjusting their business architecture to suit the transformation of their visions. Sometimes, the layoff itself is rather a symbolic action to convey the high-level vision to employees and the public, with the hope of showing their responsiveness to stakeholders. The purpose of such organizational transformation is to improve the company’s current stand in the ever changing market.