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Information Technology for Management Digital Strategies for Insight Action and Sustainable Performa 10th edition Efraim Turban, Carol Pollard, Gregory Wood - Solutions
Despite multimillion-dollar investments, many IT organizations cannot respond quickly to evolving business needs. Also, they cannot adapt to large-scale shifts like mergers, sudden drops in sales, or new product introductions. Can cloud computing help organizations improve their responsiveness and
How can cloud computing solve the problem of managing software licenses?
What are the benefits of cloud computing?
Describe cloud computing.
What is the difference between data centers and cloud computing?
Visit oracle.com. Describe the types of virtualization services offered by Oracle. Oracle provides several virtualization products and solutions including:
What is a data center?
Why are databases inappropriate for doing data analysis?
Define MIS and DSS and give an example of each.
Explain why TPSs need to process incoming data before they are stored.
How can virtualization reduce IT costs while improving performance?
When are real-time processing capabilities needed?
Why is an SLA a legal document?
When is batch processing used?
What protection does an effective SLA provide?
Define TPS and give an example.
What are the functions of data centers?
Contrast data, information, and knowledge.
What are the immediate benefits of cloud computing?
What role does personal conflict or politics play in the success of data governance?
Discuss why the cloud acts as the great IT delivery frontier.
Why has interest in data governance and MDM increased?
Explain what is meant by data volatility. How does it affect the use of databases for data analysis?
What is the function of data governance?
Why are TPSs critical systems?
What are the two ways that data are used in an organization?
Why is it important for data to be standardized? Give an example of unstandardized data.
How can EA maintain alignment between IT and business strategy?
Name two industries that depend on data governance to comply with regulations or reporting requirements. Given an example of each.
What are the business benefits of EA?
What two problems can EA solve?
What are the four components of EA?
Explain why organizations need to implement enterprise architecture (EA) and data governance.
Explain Enterprise architecture.
According to a Tech CEO Council Report, Fortune 500 companies waste $480 billion every year on inefficient business processes. What factors cause such huge waste? How can this waste be reduced?
Explain the relationship between complexity and planning. Give an example.
Why do managers and workers still struggle to find information that they need to make decisions or take action despite advances in digital technology? That is, what causes data deficiencies?
What are the business benefits of information management?
What are the benefits of data governance?
Discuss how wearable electronics and the instant feedback they send to your mobile device could be valuable to you.
How does the reduced cycle time of the order fulfillment process improve revenue generation and customer satisfaction?
Why are enterprises adopting cloud computing?
What is the value of M2M technology? Give two examples.
List and give examples of the three components of a business process.
Why does reducing the cycle time of a business process also help to reduce errors?
What is the purpose of business process management (BPM)?
What IT careers are forecasted to be in high demand? Explain why.
Explain IT consumerization.
What are two key components of corporate profitability?
Go to the U.S. Department of Commerce website and search for U.S. Economy at a Glance: Perspective from the BEA Accounts.Click on the Glossary. Use the Glossary to explain GDP in your own words. US. Department of Commerce M Bureau of Economic Analysis Home National International Regional Industry
Define competitive advantage.
A transportation company is considering investing in a truck tire with embedded sensors—the Internet of things. Outline the benefits of this investment. Would this investment create a long-term competitive advantage for the transportation company?
Describe strategic planning.
Assume a bank’s data are stored in silos based on financial product—checking accounts, saving accounts, mortgages, and auto loans, and so on. What problems do these data silos create for the bank’s managers?
What three factors are driving collaboration and information sharing?
What are the benefits of the new IT architecture?
If business data are scattered throughout the enterprise and not synched until the end of the month, how does that impact day-to-day decision making and planning?
Explain KPIs and give an example.
How did the CIO improve the EIS?
What is a data silo?
How did server virtualization benefit Liberty Wines and the environment?
Explain the value or benefits of each organization’s cloud investment.
What were the two reasons for those EIS problems?
Explain the difference between customer-centric and product-centric business models.
Why do organizations still have information deficiency problems?
How does Liberty Wines’ IT infrastructure impact its competitive advantage?
What problems did executives have with the EIS?
1. What might happen when each line of business, division, and department develops its own IT apps?2. What are the consequences of poorly managed apps?3. What two risks are posed by data chaos? Explain why.4. What are the functions of data governance in the healthcare sector?5. Why is it important
Why is a strong market position or good profit performance only temporary?
Explain information management.
What business risks had Liberty Wines faced?
Why was an EIS designed and implemented?
1. What is the difference between customer-centric and product-centric business models?2. Explain the business challenges caused by Intel Security’s dirty data.3. What is the function of data governance?4. Describe the function of master data?5. Why is it important to keep data synchronized
Why are IT job prospects so strong?
Explain why it is beneficial to study IT today?
Why is IT a major enabler of business performance and success?
What are three business applications of NFC?
What was the significance of Apple’s introduction of the iPhones music store?
What are three IT trends?
Explain Porters’ five forces model and give an example of each force.
How does this company’s business model differ from traditional car rental companies, such as Hertz or Avis?
Discuss how the redesigned order process supports the company’s three new business objectives.
Visit and review the Amazon Mechanical Turk Web site. Explain HITs. How do they provide an on-demand workforce?
What are the benefits of cloud computing?
Why are businesses experiencing a digital transformation?
Think of two physical things in your home or office that, if they were embedded with sensors and linked to a network, would improve the quality of your work or personal life. Describe these two scenarios.
How can data from wearable technology be used to improve worker productivity or safety?
Visit and review the InnoCentive Web site. Describe what they do and how?
What is machine-to-machine (M2M) technology? Give an example of a business process that could be automated with M2M.
More data are collected in a day now than existed in the world 10 years ago. What factors have contributed to this volume of data?
1. What software capabilities did Pei Wei need to launch its marketing campaign?2. What factors contributed to the success of Pei Wei’s campaign?3. Why is a high-capacity (massive) infrastructure needed to launch e-mail or text campaigns?4. Visit ExactTarget.com. Identify and describe how the
What might the privacy concerns be?
What are two other potentially valuable uses of instant feedback or data from wearable technology?
Does reducing the cycle time of a business process also reduce errors? Why or why not?
Describe the relationships in the SoMoClo model.
Assume you had no smartphone, other mobile device, or mobile apps to use for 24 hours. How would that mobile blackout disrupt your ability to function?
What is the value of knowing and doing more?
How can wearable devices impact personal privacy?
Explain the cloud.
What were three highly disruptive digital technologies? Give an example of one disruption for each.
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