UUIS8000 Global Information Systems Strategy

Question:

In this assignment, you are the manager of a department in a global multinational company based in New Zealand. Your organisation must fulfil the following criteria:
• The organisation may be a commercial, government or not-for-profit organisation but it must have at least 50 employees, a web site and be a user of e-business/ecommerce
• Use the web, newspapers and/or personal contacts to gain information about the organisation and its management of IT
• When selecting the organisation, you should take into account the nature of the organisation’s business environment and the extent to which the organisation is dependent on IT to run its operations
• If you are employed, you are encouraged to base this assignment on the organisation that you are currently working with, if it meets the above criteria.

Describe the background of the selected organisation in terms of the following: the industry (e.g. banking, healthcare, travel, airline etc.) it operates within, its key products/ services, corporate mission, corporate structure, major business processes, business strategy and
relationship with external entities e.g. other organisations, government etc. Provide its homepage URL.

IT infrastructure and emerging technologies – Management issues2.1 Describe the organisation’s current IT infrastructure.

Identify the issues and challenges that the organisation faces in the management of its IT Infrastructure. Use the information provided in chapter 5 as aguide.

Search the Internet for articles about emerging technologies Ascertain whether the organisation already has a strategy to take advantage of emerging technologies or intends to establish one. Then, analyse any current emerging strategy that you would recommend, justify your reasons. Use information provided in chapter 5 as a guide.

Search the Internet to find out about Big Data. Write a summary to the CEO and other senior managers in the organisation addressing the following:
• What Big Data is about –
• The potential of Big Data –
• How businesses are using Big Data –
• Business opportunities and benefits from Big Data –
• Problems and drawbacks of Big Data –
• The future of Big Data and the next steps for taking advantage of BigData

Before you commence your search for material to help you formulate the strategy you should first review ‘Chapter 3: Information systems, organisations and strategy’ in the textbook. Your recommended strategy should be sufficiently detailed to help the CEO in its implementation. The following are some of the areas and issues which your strategy must factor in:
• The reasons why the organisation should consider investing in BigData
• The key areas where Big Data is likely to have an impact on its business e.g. customer and supplier intimacy, business intelligence, knowledge management, future planning
• The risks the organisation must consider and how these risks can bemitigated
• The supporting tools, solutions and skills the organisation needs to have
• How the organisation can measure the success of its Big Data initiative
• The composition of a governing body from various units in the organisation to ensure that Big Data policies are debated and developed