1.In spite of significant achievements in its delivery of services, negative perceptions of IT persist. In addition, these perceptions tend to be undervalued by IT managers who, probably because of their training, prefer harder and more objective assessments of their performance. Discuss the layers of business need that must be addressed in order to build positive perceptions of IT. (15points)
2.Choose any five issues/topics covered this semester. For each of the five issues/topics: a.Describe each issue/topic, giving a brief history (no more than a paragraph). (10 points)b.Give at least two arguments on each side of the issue/topic (at least four arguments total). (20 points)c.What suggestions do you have for resolving this issue/topic, or why do you think the issue/topic cannot be resolved? Explain your answer.(10 points)
3.Why shouldn’t every organization deploy innovative information systems?
a.Discuss some of the recommended characteristics of an organization that are necessary in order for that organization to successfully deploy innovative technologies? (10 points)
b.Identify several examples of disruptive innovations that successfully displaced or marginalized an industry or technology.(10 points)4.Assume the role of an IT manager. Recommend a firm and a task that would be appropriate for crowdsourcing. Justify your choice, citing factors such as cost, breadth of innovation, time, constrained resources, or other factors. How would you recommend the firm conduct this crowdsourcing effort?(10 points)5.Aligning IT and business strategy is considered a major thrust of effective management of information systems. However, the alignment is a complex management activity, and its complexity increases as the pace of global competition and technological change increases.Discuss how IT-business alignment can be improved.(15 points)
6.Discuss at least three principles to follow when organizing the firm for global business.(10 points)7.Identify the factors on which the value of data analytics depends. Assume that management believes that data analytics depends solely on the technology—that is, the data analytics tools. Compose a response to management explaining why data analytics is not simply a technology issue, but depends on the other factors you identified.(10 points)8.Assume you are a member of a project team working on a project with a six-month timeline. The materials your team needs to complete their first set of tasks will arrive three days later than their promised delivery date. The delay has a 10 percent chance of delaying completion of the project. You know that no one will tell the project manager of the delayed delivery because it is the first month of the project so it does not seem important enough to report. Would you inform the project manager of the delay? Explain your decision. Now assume you did not report the delay and such delays happened in each month afterward. What would you do and when? In your opinion, should the entire team present these problems? Explain your decisions.(10 points)9.Compare and contrast metrics and best practices. Give an example of each in an IT unit in a university.Discuss the relationship between metrics and key performance indicators (KPI).(10 points)10.Is this statement trueor false: What companies can do depends on what their information technology and data management systems can do? Provide a detailed justification for your answer.(10 points)11.Discuss two technologies that are converging and, as a result, are blurring the digital and physical worlds. (10 points)12.Identify and briefly describe three important skills of CIOs needed to improve IT–business alignment and governance. (10 points)13.Assume the role of an IT manager. Recommend a firm and a task that would be appropriate for crowdsourcing. Justify your choice, citing factors such as cost, breadth of innovation, time, constrained resources, or other factors. How would you recommend the firm conduct this crowdsourcing effort?(10 points)14.Compare and contrast metrics and best practices. Give an example of each in an IT unit in a university.Discuss the relationship between metrics and key performance indicators (KPI).(10 points)15.Is this statement trueor false: What companies can do depends on what their information technology and data management systems can do? Provide a detailed justification for your answer.
