CMGT 583 Marvelous Teaching / snaptutorial.com

1. CMGT 583 All Assignments For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com CMGT 583 Week 1 Individual Assignment Aligning With Business CMGT 583 Week 2 Individual Assignment Competitive Forces Paper CMGT 583 Week 3 Individual Assignment New IT Technologies Paper CMGT 583 Week 4 Individual Assignment Peachtree Healthcare Paper CMGT 583 Week 5 Individual Assignment Measuring IT Value Paper CMGT 583 Week 6 Individual Assignment Certification Trends CMGT 583 Week 6 Learning Team Assignment Riordan Manufacturing Executive Report Paper and Presentation ************************************************

2. CMGT 583 Week 2 Individual Assignment Competitive Forces Paper For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com CMGT 583 Week 2 Individual Assignment Competitive Forces Paper Assignment Preparation: Activities include completing the article review, independent student reading, and research. Review the article, “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy,” from Harvard Business Review. Assignment: The article “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy,” from Harvard Business Review, presents a comprehensive view of how five major competitive forces shape the industry and strategic planning of businesses. Each force has specific ways that shape competition, which may influence strategy. Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper on the relationship between IT and a company’s competitive advantage or strategy.

3. Identify and briefly describe five specific areas where IT represents a risk to a company’s competitive advantage. Identify and briefly describe five specific areas in which IT may support or promote a company’s competitive advantage. Select a disadvantage you identified, and provide a detailed scenario of how it would occur and what steps might be taken to reduce the risk. Select an advantage you identified and provide a detailed scenario of how it could be leveraged to improve a company’s competitive advantage. ************************************************ CMGT 583 Week 1 IT and Business Integration in an Organization For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that examines IT and business integration in an organization with which you are familiar (this can be

4. the organization where you work currently or one you worked for in the past). Include the following: €¢ What is the level of IT-business integration for your organization? €¢ How is the value of IT assessed in your organization? €¢ How might your organization improve IT strategic alignment with business? Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ************************************************ CMGT 583 Week 2 Individual Assignment Individual: IT-Business Partnership For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com CMGT 583 Week 2 Individual Assignment Individual: IT-Business Partnership Instructions: Read the Mini Case, "Delivering Business Value with IT at Hefty Hardware" in IT Strategy: Issues and Practices. Create a 14- to

5. 16-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes that addresses the following: €¢ From a leadership/management perspective, what are the fundamental/underlying problems that exist within Hefty Hardware? €¢ Overall, how effective is the partnership between IT and the business at Hefty Hardware? Identify the shortcomings of both IT and the business. €¢ Create a plan for how IT and the business can work collaboratively to deliver the Savvy Store program successfully. €¢ At the end of the case, it was noted that the problems span beyond just the proposed trip and the current project. Identify a plan for IT to not only enable the current business strategy but also help shape future business models and strategy. Provide research and references to support your recommendations. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ************************************************ CMGT 583 Week 3 Individual Assignment Competitive Forces Presentation For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com

6. CMGT 583 Week 3 Individual Assignment Competitive Forces Presentation The article "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy" from Harvard Business Review presents a comprehensive view of how five major competitive forces shape the industry and strategic planning of businesses. Each force has specific ways that shape competition, and which may influence strategy. Prepare a 14- to 16-slide presentation describing the relationship between IT and a company's competitive advantage or strategy with detailed speaker notes that addresses the following: €¢ Identify and briefly describe five specific areas where IT represents a risk to a company's competitive advantage. €¢ Identify and briefly describe five specific areas in which IT may support or promote a company's competitive advantage. €¢ Select a disadvantage you identified, and provide a detailed scenario of how it would occur, including what steps might be taken to reduce the risk. €¢ Select an advantage you identified, and provide a detailed scenario of how it could be leveraged to improve a company's competitive advantage. Provide research and references to support your recommendations. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Supporting Material:The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy ************************************************

7. CMGT 583 Week 4 Individual Assignment The Outsourcing Decision Paper For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com CMGT 583 Week 4 Individual Assignment The Outsourcing Decision Paper Read Case Study IV-3, "IT Infrastructure Outsourcing at Schaeffer (A): The Outsourcing Decision," in Managing Information Technology. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word (3- to 4-page) paper that provides a recommendation for how Schaeffer's corporate management should proceed on the task force results. Include the following: €¢ Identify the business issues leading Schaeffer to consider outsourcing. €¢ Identify the specific risks and benefits to the proposed outsourcing proposal. €¢ Identify the roles and resources associated with an outsourcing proposal. €¢ Include supporting rationale for the recommendation. €¢ Include any operational metrics involved in Schaeffer's decision. Provide research and references to support your recommendations. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

8. ************************************************ CMGT 583 Week 5 Individual Assignment Individual: Make-or-Buy Decision Paper For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com CMGT 583 Week 5 Individual Assignment Individual: Make-or-Buy Decision Paper Read Case Study III-2, "A Make-or-Buy Decision at Baxter Manufacturing Company," in Managing Information Technology. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word (3- to 4-page) paper that addresses the following: €¢ Identify the business issues that are leading BMC to consider a new application. €¢ What are the key factors for Baxter in making the buy vs. build decision? €¢ What would you recommend Kyle Baxter do? Provide a rationale for your recommendation. Provide research and references to

9. support your recommendations. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ************************************************ CMGT 583 Week 6 Individual Assignment Measuring Value For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com CMGT 583 Week 6 Individual Assignment Measuring Value Write a 700- to 1,050-word (2- to 3-page) paper in which you recommend various components that may be used to measure the value of an IS and IT department to a company. Include the following: €¢ Methods used to measure the economic value of an IT department to a company €¢ Models for assessing the IS value put in place by the IT department

10. €¢ Whether or not traditional financial ratios and measurements must be applied to determine the value of IT Provide research and references to support your recommendations. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ************************************************ CMGT 583 Week 6 Learning Team IT at Champion For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com CMGT 583 Week 6 Learning Team IT at Champion Finalize and submit the Learning Team report to Champion. Assemble the previous weeks' assignments, and include an introduction and conclusion for the 5- to 7-page report to Champion executives. Be sure to review all the requirements presented in Week One for this assignment. Include a synopsis of your conclusions and recommendations to the Champion executives.

11. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. SupportingMaterial:Learning Team Instructions: IT at ChampionLearning Team: IT at Champion. ************************************************