Tutorial Sheet 10 School of Science‚ Information Technology and Engineering ITECH3210-ITECH6210 IT MANAGEMENT Topic: IT Strategic Planning Topic Objectives: By the end of this topic you should be able to: Explain the value of aligning the IT and business strategies‚ and how this alignment can be achieved. Recognize the importance‚ functions‚ and challenges of IT governance. Describe the reasons and benefits of aligning IT strategy and business strategy. Describe the IT strategic planning process
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capabilities and research technologies. (Pfizer‚ 2010) The Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) will initially focus on collaborations within the U.S. Pfizer expects to expand into Europe and Asia in 2012. Each Center will be governed by a Joint Steering Committee (JSC) comprised of Pfizer and Academic Medical Center (AMC) representatives who will provide leadership
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Decision Support Systems 50 (2011) 480–490 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Decision Support Systems j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / d s s An empirical investigation of the impacts of internal/external facilitators on the project success of ERP: A structural equation model Wen-Hsien Tsai a‚⁎‚ Michael J. Shaw b‚ Yi-Wen Fan c‚ Jau-Yang Liu d‚ Kuen-Chang Lee a‚ Hui-Chiao Chen a a Department of Business Administration‚ National Central
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6). Ultimately the PMO (Project Management Office) subsection of the BPTO (Business Process‚ Technology and Organization)‚ which Matulovic established as a new internal IT department upon his arrival‚ approves projects prioritized by the IT steering committee (ITSC). Who should control these budgets? Should the IT department have its own budget? 3. How should Matulovic respond to his fellow executives who are calling to ask him for special treatment outside the new priority
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Problem Statement: In 2003‚ Zara’s CIO must decide whether to upgrade the retailer’s IT infrastructure and capabilities. At the time of the case‚ the company relies on an out-of-date operating system for its store terminals and has no full-time network in place across stores. Despite these limitations‚ however‚ Zara’s parent company‚ Inditex‚ has built an extraordinarily well-performing value chain that is by far the most responsive in the industry. Therefore the major problem to the company is to
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executive-level champion‚ for any organization there should be someone in charge to make decision about certain policies or project. This will reduce migration and everyone will be in the same page. Second is to select a steering committee and working task force. “The benefit of the steering committee is to develop a timeline for program
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organization Links between the student’s research and the hands-on work of the product Oral presentation skills before a panel of community members The Student will. . . develop a written proposal to be approved by the school’s Graduation Project Steering Committee prior to beginning the project select and research a topic of interest‚ write a research paper‚ and complete a product a that is related to the project topic write‚ speak‚ solve problems and use real life skills‚ such as time management and
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Legal Entity Rationalization A Post-Merger Path to Sustainable High Performance Table of Contents Introduction 3 Legal Entities at a Glance 4 Rationalization Benefits 6 From Assessment to Execution 8 Governance Model 10 Additional Considerations 12 Summary 14 About the Authors 15 2 | Legal Entity Rationalization: A Post-Merger Path to Sustainable High Performance Introduction In recent years‚ many companies have seemingly chosen to respond to changes in market dynamics and increased
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Case Study HealthSouth: The Trials that Temper an Organization1 Table of Contents Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Case Overview............................................................................................................................................... 5 Background ..............................................................................
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The analysis of the Allentown Materials Corporation case study reveals a number of issues mostly related to the untimely death of a respected leader‚ the subsequent change in leadership‚ and also the management style of the newly appointed upper-level managers. This paradigm shift in operational management strategy is one of the root causes of the conflict between departments‚ absence of teamwork‚ and low morale. Additionally‚ radical changes are required to bring Allentown Materials Corporation
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