How and why governance decisions and strategies are develop
2. Describe in detail IT governance and how and why governance decisions and strategies are developed. Include issues related to the type of organization, IT control issues (centralized/decentralized/hybrid), industry impacts and organizational maturity in relationship to its IT. Make sure you ground (support) your answers with relevant citations from the literature used in the course.
3. Describe in detail a process for developing IT strategy; make sure you address traditional strategic planning processes (SWOT, etc.) and how environmental scans can assist in IT related strategies and decision-making. In looking at the outcomes of IT strategy, describe the process for using change management techniques and strategies to overcome resistance to new technology or a change in the current technology. Make sure you ground (support) your answers with relevant citations from the literature used in the course.
4. Describe what in your opinion the greatest security threat to an organization is, and how it can be mitigated or controlled. In the same vain, what is or are the primary ethical issues facing organizations in the use of corporate IT/IS resources. Make sure you ground (support) your answers with relevant citations from the literature used in the course.
5. When we discussed enterprise systems in class, one of the types we briefly discussed were Knowledge Management Systems and Knowledge Management (you may have to do a quick Google search on KM and KM systems). Briefly explain what KM is and how KM is supposed to work in organizations. Additionally, when we look at collaboration (a key to KM), we have seen social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and other similar sites allow people to communicate, share, and keep in touch with each other and groups over large distances. Discuss how these types of social networks could be used as a knowledge-sharing tool within a KM program. I am not looking for their use in marketing or customer outreach. What I am looking for is your opinion on how these kinds of sites might be used in place of more expensive KM systems or as a means of complimenting an organizational KM system or program.
