CSU DBA8671 ALL UNITS ASSIGMENTS RESEARCH PAPER

UNIT 1

Question 1:

Why is it necessary to strengthen the relationship between business strategy and IT strategy? Give three examples of organizations that are successful because of such a strong relationship.

Your response should be at least 300 words in length

Question 2:

Why is it necessary to strengthen the relationship between business strategy and IT strategy? Give three examples of organizations that are successful because of such a strong relationship.

Your response should be at least 300 words in length

Question 3:

How can you, as the IT manager, ensure that each IT project delivers value to your organization? Use the purchase of new presentation software for your organization?s marketing department as an example.

Your response should be at least 300 words in length

Question 4:

As the IT manager, you have been tasked with convincing your company’s CEO that the time has come purchase a new operating system and the latest office tools for the company’s computers. Create a report for your CEO that outlines the value of this software purchase for the company. Also, develop a strategic plan to put this new software into place and discuss how you would implement your strategic plan.

Your response should be at least 500 words in length.

UNIT 2

Unit II Case Study

Read “Mini Case Study: IT Planning at ModMeters” on pp. 69-71. Summarize the overall viewpoint of the case study. Do you feel that the communication skills between the business managers and the IT managers were in need of improvement in this case? Why or Why not? Did you notice any obstacles in effective communication among individuals in the organization? If so, please explain. How do you feel that the business-IT communication could be improved? How would you characterize the nature of the business-IT relationship in this case? How could each of the four components mentioned in your textbook help strengthen the relationship? Indicate any professional and/or nonprofessional behaviors that you noticed in this study. Discuss methods for improving professionalism within this organization.

In addition, develop an IT planning process for ModMeters to accomplish the demands as set out in the Case Study.

Your paper must be approximately three to five pages in length, not including the cover page and references. CSU requires that students use the APA format in writing course papers. Therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed. Your paper must contain at least three professional references and may include internet sources, books, and professional journals or resources related to the profession.

UNIT 6

Scholarly Activity

Using your favorite search engine, locate various types of MDM (Master Data Management) software. Choose the three best ones (in your opinion) and describe the functions each one performs for an organization. Compare the three types of software you have chosen and determine which of the three would work best for your organization and explain why you think it would be the best choice.

Your paper must be approximately two to three pages in length, not including the cover page and references. CSU requires that students use the APA format in writing course papers. Therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed. Your paper must contain at least three professional references and may include internet sources, books, and professional journals or resources related to the profession.

UN IT 5

1. Explain in terms of your organization, or organizations with which you have been associated, the three conditions necessary for strategic IT experimentation.

Your response should be at least 300 words in length.

2. Discuss the changes that social computing is bringing to organizations. Do you feel these changes are good for business? Why or why not? What are some ways that you see your own company or other companies beginning to change as a result of social computing?

Your response should be at least 300 words in length.

3. How does your company or other companies that you have been associated with involve strategic experimentation within its innovation process?

Your response should be at least 300 words in length.

4. Discuss the role of IT in making collaboration successful. What are some methods your company or other companies use to make collaboration possible, even for remote employees?

Your response should be at least 300 words in length.

UNIT 4

Unit IV Scholarly Activity

Internet Activity

Search the web or any online research database for a story on an organization that successfully uses data-capturing

techniques. Write a two- to three-page paper describing in your own words what the software was able to do for the

organization and how the results benefitted the organization. Emphasize what information the organization now has that

could not be obtained without using data-capturing techniques.

Your paper must be approximately two to three pages in length, not including the cover page and references. CSU

requires that students use the APA format in writing course papers. Therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting,

paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed. Your paper must contain at least three professional

references and may include internet sources, books, and professional journals or resources related to the profession.

UNIT 6

PowerPoint Presentation

Read the Mini Case Study “Customer Service at Datatronics” on pages 236-239 in the textbook and develop an understanding of the role IT plays with customer service initiatives. Matt Rubenzahl voices his concerns to his boss, Joel McGivern. Joel gives Matt the assignment to find better ways to improve their customer service through product education and meeting customer needs. The ideas need to be presented to a steering committee for extra funding. Your job is to create a PowerPoint presentation addressing the three discussion questions at the end of the mini case study. Your presentation should be professional, as a steering committee looks for information and facts as well as visual aspects, in order to make their decision. You are also welcome and encouraged to research them using outside sources.

Your PowerPoint presentation should include the following elements:

Slide 1: Title page

Slides 2-3: Outline the specific information that Matt should collect to build a case for improving

customer service at Datatronics.

Slides 4-6: Describe the top ideas for Matt to present to Joel next week.

Slides 7-9: How would Matt get Joel to support his ideas?

Slide10: List of sources using APA guidelines

UNIT 8

Question 1

What are some ways that you could help link your organization’s business metrics to your IT department? Which approach to establishing a business measurement program in IT would you use in your organization? Explain your choice.

Your response should be at least 500 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

Answer

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50 points

Question 2

Discuss the IT-based risks that your organization faces, or an organization for which you worked previously. Were these risks managed in an effective, holistic manner? Explain your answer. Create a risk management framework for the organization and discuss how you would use this framework to improve the organization’s risk management capabilities.

Your response should be at least 500 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

Answer

Press Tab to enter the content editor. For the toolbar, press ALT+F10 (PC) or ALT+FN+F10 (Mac).

Unit VIII Research Paper

This activity requires you to write a Research Paper on a subject of your choice within Technology and Innovation Management.

Format: The Research Paper must be at least 6 pages in length, not including the cover page and references. CSU requires that students use the APA format in writing course papers. Therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed. Your paper must contain at least five professional references and may include internet sources, books, and professional journals or resources related to the profession.

Example topics include:

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1. Delivering Value with IT

1. Creating and Evolving a Technology Roadmap

1. Delivering IT Functions: a Decision Framework

1. Information Delivery: Its Evolving Role

1. The Identity Management Challenge

Once you have chosen your topic, please email your professor for topic approval. Search the Internet for organizations that have embraced IT and have proven successful at excelling in the area you have chosen for your topic. Include examples to demonstrate a course understanding. Suggested areas of discussion could include: employee workforce, communications, suppliers and partnerships, accountability, security and risk, etc. Develop a paper that addresses the benefits and challenges of the topic chosen. Explain how organizations relate strategically to their IT functions.

Unit V Article Critique

We have learned during this unit that social computing can help improve an organization’s visibility and, as a result, increase revenue for the organization. For this assignment, choose a peer-reviewed article concerning the effect of social computing on a business to critique. Use the databases within the CSU Online Library, or use another source that contains peer-reviewed articles. The purpose of this assignment is for you to practice reviewing articles that contribute to the industry. The authors of these articles are researchers and professionals who have shared or experimented with ideas that demonstrate potential to improve the industry. As a professional in the industry, it is in your best interest to review the literature and trends. This provides you with the opportunity to read about what was successful and how it was accomplished. Plus, it allows you to analyze what was unsuccessful, how you can improve it, or at least how you can avoid repeating the mistakes of others. Use these skills to contribute to Research Papers and other scholarly writings. If you have not already, hopefully, you will contribute to the industry by publishing an article and sharing with your community of peers.

As you read the article you choose for this assignment, consider the following questions: How could the topic of this article apply to your personal or professional life? How could it apply to an organization you have observed?

The article you choose must meet the following requirements:

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· Be peer reviewed

· Relate to the concepts within this course

· Be at least ten pages in length

The writing you submit must meet the following requirements:

· Be at least two pages

· Identify the main topic/question

· Identify the author’s intended audience

· Critique the article and share your thoughts—what appears to be valid and invalid?

· Do you agree with the author’s assertions? Why, or why not?

· Discuss the best methods of managing an organization’s social computing and what, if any, effect social computing has had on your organization or organizations with which you were affiliated.

Format your Article Critique using APA style. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to