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MGT 540Managing Technology For Organizations
November 10, 2010Nicholas Davis
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• Building and redesigning IT systems• Implementing effective reengineering and process
improvement• Technology and change management• IT an improving decision making processes• The role of IT in facilitating international business
• Trends in IT as they relate to global business
Today’s Agenda – Activity #1MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• Questions about structure of assignments and class
• Return papers
Activity #2MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• Building new information systems
• Automation
• Rationalization• Business Reengineering
• Paradigm shift
Activity #3MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• Systems building/development approaches• Analysis• Design• Programming• Testing
• Conversion• Production• Maintenance
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• Prototyping
• End user design/development/education
• Canned application software packages• Outsourcing
Activity #4MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• Challenges and opportunities to building information systems
• Legacy hardware and software
• Business model unfamiliarity
• Fear and resistance to change
Activity #5MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• U.S. Census Bureau data collection project
• Page 550-551• Case study questions
Activity #6 MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• Chapter 14 overview
• Project management
• On time• On budget
• Benefit business
Activity #7MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• Project planning activities
• Planning work
• Assessing risk• Estimating work resources
• Organizing the work
• Directing execution
• Analyzing results
Activity #7MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• Project planning variables
• Scope
• Time• Cost
• Quality
• Risk
Activity #7MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• You need a plan describing how IT project support business goals
• Establishing critical success factors is really important!
• Make sure to assess both the tangible and intangible benefits
Activity #7MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• Risk factors in IT projects
• Project size
• Project structure• Experience with the technology
• Always have a “Plan B” – Contingency approach
Activity #7MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• Page 549
• Discussion questions one and two
• Split up into teams• Designate a team spokesperson
• Page 548
• Review questions 2-5
• Again, split into groups (2&3, 4&5)
Activity #8 and #9MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• Citizens National Bank
• Pages 517-519
• Split questions among two teams 1-3 and 4-6
Activity #10MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• International business
• Cheap transportation
• Cheap communications• Cheap labor
• Stable political environment
• Global knowledge base and standarization
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• Domestic
• Exported
• Multinational• Franchiser
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• Transnational companies must be somewhat decentralized by necessity
• Franchises rely a lot on centralized IT resources
• Cultural, political and language diversity
• Problems include: business design, technology platforms, interoperability across borders and security concerns
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• Can cell phones close the global digital divide
• Page 574• Split case study questions between teams
• Elect a spokesperson
Activity #12MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• Assignments due for last learning session, next week!
• Individual: research IT related article. Talk about:
• Problem, Decision points, Ethical issues, Proposed solution
• Team: Case study paper and Powerpoint presentation
Activity #13MGT 540 – Managing Technology For Organizations
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• Nicholas Davis
• Tel: 608-347-2486
• Email: [email protected]
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