CASE STUDY: AVOIDING THE ALIGNMENT TRAP IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Executive Summary An alarming pattern has surfaced in that many companies are concentrating on alignment and are finding that their performance is either declining or moving sideways. Companies are focusing on the wrong solutions with respect to their Information Technology problems‚ resulting in severe bottlenecks to growth. Companies need to learn how to break out of the trap and build IT organizations that allow for growth
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Avoiding the Alignment Trap in Information Technology 1 About the Case • Article in “MIT Sloan Management Review” • Article is prepared based on survey of more than 500 senior • • business & technology executives and in-depth interview of 30 CIOs. The principle findings of the study is that even at companies that were focused on alignment‚ business performance dependent on IT sometimes went sideways‚ or even declined. Article talks about two primary factors for success in IT: • • Alignment between
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Interview Reflection Worksheet Please use the information from your interview to complete this worksheet. Submit this worksheet in the Module 2: Assignment Dropbox no later than Day 7 of Module 2. Include vocabulary and concepts from your reading and course site to support and illustrate your own insights. In preparation for the papers you’ll write later in this course‚ take the time to organize your thoughts for each question and write clearly. 1. Summarize how you were rated on the
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APPEX CORPORATION 14P087 14P088 14P091 14P102 14P105 14P110 Presented by: Mohana Kodipaka Mukul Panchineni Nidhi Kumar Sameer Jain Jaideep Sarnaik Srijan Bhatnagar COMPANY BACKGROUND MAY 1988 Appex Inc. LCC APPEX CORPORATION APPEX CORPORATION = APPEX INC. MIS for cellular MIS for cellular industry and credit industry scoring system for financial serviceand credit scoring companies system for financial service companies LCC Design and engineering of cellular radio network for cellular companies
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OBJECTIVE EFFICIENCY * Performance * Quality * Customers * and Stockholder * Costs FAIRNESS COMPLIANCE COMPLANCE TECHNIQUE EXHIBIT 1.5 The pay Model ALIGNMENT Work Descriptions Evaluation Analysis Certificate Internal Structure COMPETITIVENESS Market Surveys Policy Line PAY Definitions
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it’s HRM practices with the overall business strategy‚ able to manage the responsibility of identifying‚ attracting‚ selecting and moulding employees and provides an evaluation of their recruitment processes and policies .It further discusses the strategic link between Nestles performance management system and its development initiatives and examines Nestles approach to employee compensation and unique aspects of the benefits offered. Gbadosmosi (2003) sights HR arena which influences employee’s
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APA Citation Worksheet Student name: Date completed: 1/ 30 /2013 Instructions for APA Citation Worksheet 1. Above each original citation‚ define the type of citation‚ i.e.‚ Book; Journal Article; Chapter in a Book; Entry in an Encyclopedia; Conference Proceeding; Interview; Electronic resource such as an online Journal article or article from a database‚ etc. (1 point). 2. In one sentence‚ state the mistake(s) in the citation as it is presented. An example of the mistake(s) statement
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Case Analysis of Intel Corporation – Leveraging Capabilities for Strategic Renewal Dorothy Thornton Concordia University Portland Technology is a constantly shifting market and Intel is an organization which has adapted their corporate culture and vision to meet the demands of these changes. In the 1980’s Intel’s vision was a performance driven organization focused on new product development with action orientation from the front lines (Bartlett & Nanda‚ 1994). According to John P Kotter (1995)
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Worksheet #1 Coverage: Classifications of Law; Sources of Law‚ Court System‚ Litigation Process. Alternative Dispute Resolution & Managing Lawyers LAW CLASSIFICATIONS Substantive and Procedural Law – Substantive – Procedural – Importance of Procedure Rules (R.E. Development Example) Public and Private Law – Public – Private – Common Law? Civil ‚ Criminal Law‚ and Administrative Law – Civil – Criminal – Administrative Law Burden of Proof – Civil – Administrative – Criminal
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What personality (or character) type does Hank display according to Freudiantheory? Provide evidence for your answer. At what stage is Hank fixated‚according to the Freudian perspective? Find evidence of fixation in the casestudy. What might have caused this fixation? Hank¶s personality is a reflection of the unconscious mind. He is not aware of howothers perceive him. Unfortunately‚ Hank was isolated from the social scenebecause of his character. He never had the pleasure to meet a girlfriend
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