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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Spring 2015 9 years, 7 months ago
Greetings and happy new year!
I hope everyone is enjoying the winter break well. My name is Min-Seok, and I’ll be teaching MIS 3534 (M/W/F 10-11am) in Spring 2015. I would like to wholeheartedly welcome you all […]
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Spring 2015 9 years, 7 months ago
The Adventures of an IT Leader (http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-IT-Leader-Robert-Austin/dp/142214660X/)
Harvard Business Coursepack for MIS 3534 (https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/import/ptos/32261462)
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Spring 2015 9 years, 7 months ago
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 8 months ago
Dear all,
I have competed grading of Executive Report #3 and entered the final grades to Blackboard and TUPortal. You should be able to check yours now at Blackboard and tomorrow (12/16) at TUPortal.
Please be advised that the final grades are firm and final, and I will not respond to any request for a higher grade and extra credits.
I would like to sincerely thank you for your hard work and contribution to this class so far. I very much appreciate it. I also wish the best of luck in your continued studies, career, and future endeavors.
As I said in the classroom, if you’d like to keep in touch with me, you can connect with me via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/minspang.
Once again, thank you, and have warm and pleasant holidays!
Best regards,
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 8 months ago
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 8 months ago
With ITC eChoupal, who would be unhappy? How does ITC address the resist of those unhappy?
While eChoupal seems to be beneficial to farmers, they are not well-versed in using PCs and the Internet. How does […]-
• With ITC eChoupal, who would be unhappy? How does ITC address the resist of those unhappy?
The government would not be happy. Previously, the government can use the lowest price to buy soybeans. However, with the help of eChoupal, the farmer would make their benefited choice with the higher price.
• While eChoupal seems to be beneficial to farmers, they are not well-versed in using PCs and the Internet. How does ITC help them adopt eChouapl?
ITC can design web pages in a simple way. In addition, ITC can also make some brochures for famers to teach them how to use the internet. Furthermore, famers communicate with each other. They may learn it fast.
• Knowing about both business and technologies, what would be valuable business skills that MIS majors can have but other majors (marketing, finance, or engineering) don’t?
Nowadays, it is technology world. MIS understand technology, but still know much about business knowledge. We can let technology help more in business which means we can use technology bring more profit to technology. -
Knowing about both business and technologies, what would be valuable business skills that MIS majors can have but other majors (marketing, finance, or engineering) don’t?
The ability to understand how technology works give you a big advantage when faced with making decisions that require implementation of new technologies.How does eChoupal contribute to the competitiveness of ITC?
It gives Farms the ability to deal directly with the buyers and cuts out the middle man. This is good fro both Farmers and Buyers since the cost of the middle man can be distributed between them. On top of the lower costs the site makes the transactions more efficient and effective.
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 8 months ago
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 8 months ago
As CIO of IVK, how would you explain the incidents at Ch. 10 to Wall Street analysts?
How would you explain the difference between a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and an intrusion to a non-IT […]-
• As CIO of IVK, how would you explain the incidents at Ch. 10 to Wall Street analysts?
I would explain it as there is a website maintenance and update to make our website more efficient. I won’t say the customer service is down, the website is locked up and get the “gotcha” message.• How would you explain the difference between a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and an intrusion to a non-IT boss or colleages?
DDos and intrusion are two difference things. DDos can use various tools to let a website down which doesn’t mean the confidential information is breached. However, intrusion means that hackers want to steal or change information or embedding some virus in the website which also can let website down. Intrusion is more dangerous than DDos which may threat the company and customer interests.• What would be proper procedures and policies for personal devices?
Employees are not allowed to use USB in the company.
Employees should not allowed to bring and use their own computer to the company.
Employees should not use company’s computer to play online games which are easy to get virus.
Employees should not send oversize (more than 1M) email without any permission.
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1.) As CIO of IVK, how would you explain the incidents at Ch. 10 to Wall Street analysts?
As CIO of IVK, I would briefly explain the incidents to Wall Street analysts as “The system is temporarily down as we are working on improvements and updates to the system. It will be back up and running at 100% efficiency momentarily.”2.)What would be proper procedures and policies for personal devices?
Depending on the device, for example, an Iphone or Ipad device with fingerprinting compatibility could be used in place of a password to secure devices but if not, there should be a specific username and password for each personal device that is changed every week or every month. There should also be a centralized company security software that is required on each laptop and is updated frequently. When accessing company internal databases, there should be a separate user name and password for this access that should be completely different from the device login and password. -
What would be proper procedures and policies for a database?
protected with security, backed up somewhere else electronicly, as well as a hard copy if possible. passcode access. Captcha phrase requirement. Insurance policiesWhat would be proper procedures and policies for personal devices?
locks on all device, employee training on how to handle their devices, requirement for employees to keep some items on sight, as big concern is losing the device with all the sensitive information on it. security software on the computers, no jumpdrives.Why may we lose flexibility, innovation, or responsiveness to business due to policies and procedures for IT risk management?
security requires extra steps, which will slow down efficiency, even the few seconds taken to enter a password will add up and slow down operations. Also, innovation and responsiveness may grow less rapidly with more flexibility, because trying new things becomes dangerous. with all the cyber risks out there, trying something new becomes dangerous because there is no data on how to implement and protect it. avoiding some new things might be the best and only way to truly mitigate risks.
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-As CIO of IVK, how would you explain the incidents at Ch. 10 to Wall Street analysts?
I would play off the events as planned maintenance that was expected but not reported outside of the company, this would allow investors to remain confident in IVK.
-How would you explain the difference between a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and an intrusion to a non-IT boss or colleages?
Both may cause the website to go down for some time, however Intrusion is more dangerous because it is possible that confidential information was taken, as opposed to DDoS where no information was taken.
-What would be proper procedures and policies for personal devices?
1)Employees should only use company run saving measures so that no information leaves the office.
2)Backup of company computers must be done monthly in the case of a theft.
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As CIO of IVK, how would you explain the incidents at Ch. 10 to Wall Street analysts?
I would explain the current statues of the issue and assure them that the problem is under control.How would you explain the difference between a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and an intrusion to a non-IT boss or colleages?
(DDoS) attack is an attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users where as an intrusion is when an outside source has all the companies information.What would be proper procedures and policies for personal devices?
Employes are required to enter a password.
Outside USB can’t be used.
Employees should not be allowed to bring their own laptop.
Employees should not take any work home.
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 8 months ago
Why was the supply chain for soybean so inefficient and how does eChoupal change it?
What kind of information does eChoupal provide to farmers?
What are the benefits of eChoupal to farmers and ITC?Your […]
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 8 months ago
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 9 months ago
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 9 months ago
Alaska Airlines, Flying above an Industry’s Troubles – New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/business/alaska-airlines-flying-above-an-industrys-troubles.html?ref=technology
M.C. Lacity, L.P. Willcocks, and D.F. Feeny, “The Value of Selective IT Outsourcing,” MIT Sloan Management Review (Spring 1996)
J.C. Linder, “Transformational Outsourcing,” MIT Sloan Management Review (Winter 2004)
J. Ross and N.O. Fonstad, “Planning a Strategic Outsourcing Profile,” MIT Center for Information Systems Research
J. Ross and C.M. Beath, “Sustainable Value from Outsourcing: Finding the Sweet Spot,” MIT Center for Information Systems Research -
Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 9 months ago
R. Norlan and M.F. McFarlan, “Information Technology and the Board of Directors,” Harvard Business Review (October 2005)
R.D. Austin and C.A.R. Darby, “The Myth of Secure Computing,” Harvard Business Review (June 2003)
G. Westerman and R. Hunter, “Developing a Common Language about IT Risk Management,” MIT Center for Information Systems Research
G. Westerman, “What Makes an IT Risk Management Process Effective?” MIT Center for Information Systems Research
Why Security Matters Now – CIO Magazine http://www.cio.com/article/504837/
How CIOs Can Learn to Catch Insider Crime – CIO Magazine http://www.cio.com/article/702107/ -
Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 9 months ago
Read Chapter 10 and 11 of IT Adventures and summarize with the following focuses.
What happened at IVK on Thursday, June 28?
What are the issues with regard to disclosure?
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 9 months ago
The unofficial LETTER GRADES as of Nov. 20 are available on Blackboard.
Do keep in mind that these grades are strictly unofficial and only to inform the current standing in this course. The final grades will […]
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 9 months ago
The grades are available on Blackboard.
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 9 months ago
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 9 months ago
What constitutes “transaction costs” in capital expenditures?
How unconventional are the proposed deals with the network vendors and IBM?
Whose wage structures are similar to restaurant servers? Why do they […]-
What constitutes “transaction costs” in capital expenditures?
Expenses incurred when buying or selling securities. Transaction costs include brokers’ commissions and spreads the difference between the price the dealer paid for a security and the price the buyer pays. The transaction costs to buyers and sellers are the payments that banks and brokers receive for their roles in these transactionsWhat would be the reasons for Ericsson or IBM to sign the deal with Bharti? What would be the reasons not to sign?
The issues and benefits from the perspective of Bharti are as follows: the Operations department is concerned about handing over daily operations to the vendor; IT and Marketing are concerned that the software and hardware will not be supported by IBM; HR is concerned with the transfer of too many employees. On the other hand, some benefits include: less upfront investment, more freedom for management, and improved overall agility. In terms of vendor issues, they include upcoming additional risks, large upfront investments on the brand, and taking on Bharti’s objectives as their own.Why is a service-level agreement important?
Service-level agreement is important because it clearly defines commitments due to customers and clearly establishes the key performance indicators for the customer services.. Also for internal purpose SLA help setting clear and measurable standard performances.
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 9 months ago
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Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D. wrote a new post on the site Strategic Management of IT – Fall 2014 9 years, 9 months ago
There has been three changes in Homework #2.
MIS 3534 Fall 2014 – Homework #2.pdf
The due date has been extended to Wednesday, November 19.
The payback period is NOT required.
Please make sure to put upfront costs and ongoing costs in Exhibit 14A in thousands $. For example, if the costs are $100,000, put it as 100. - Load More