MGMT 221 MODULE 8 DISCUSSION

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MGMT 221 MODULE 8 DISCUSSION 

Discussion 1

IT Strategic Planning

Discussion Assignment Overview

Discussion participation in this course is taken very seriously. If you have not read the Discussion Assignments Overview and Requirements information, do so before you participate in the discussion forum.

APA style citing and referencing is a stringent requirement for any "borrowed" data that is posted in the Discussion assignments as well as submitted in the other assignments in this course. Select Course Specific APA Style Instructions and Guidance to access an excellent guide with tips on how to utilize APA style to format in-text citations and references.

Discussion Assignment Requirements

The following are the specific Discussion assignment requirements:

• Initial posts must be made by mid-week (Day four).
• Respond to a minimum of two of your peers' posts.
• To assist your instructor in evaluating your work, when creating your initial post, copy the question from the activity and paste it in boldfont just before your answer.
• To assist the readers in keeping track of who the involved parties are in a specific discussion, begin your response posts with the name of the peer to whom you are responding.
• Place appropriate APA style in-text citations and a Reference List for any “borrowed” data obtained from a source.
• Your data needs to be grammatically sound and free of spelling errors.
• Using terminology from the reference sources in your answers will enhance your grade.
• Unless you are a subject matter expert on the topic, based on your degrees, certifications or “on the job training,” do not submit data obtained only from personal experience.

Discussion Assignment Question

Chapter 12 of the course textbook introduces IT strategic planning processes. Company CIOs are often challenged with determining what kind of newer information systems should be acquired, and when and where to deploy the resources. Budgetary constraints can sometimes force a business to stick it out with antiquated legacy systems that offer less than optimal performance for longer periods of service than desired, sometimes exceeding the known historical time-to-failure data, which can jeopardize business efficiencies, operational readiness, or product quality.

Question: 

Perhaps you have been in a workplace situation where you were tasked with utilizing an older or outdated technology that did not meet the necessary standards to perform your assigned tasks efficiently, or that jeopardized business processes or operations. Describe a replacement Information System that could have been utilized to provide a solution and enhance the efficiency of your efforts.

Remember, one goal of the Discussion assignments is to create an atmosphere of interaction by posting meaningful responses that advance and expand the depth of the discussion. Do this by providing additional support to your peers' initial and response posts, or if appropriate, by challenging them if you feel that the data that they presented is weak. Likewise, when a peer challenges the data in your posts, debate the issue, and providing further support for your points of view on the topic.