Monthly Archives: September 2014
Sign up presentation – IT Adventures Chapter 8
Please sign up for presentation of IT Adventures Chapter 8. Leave a comment or email to the instructor.
Day 6 – IT Adventures Chapter 8 – reading brief guidelines
- Why has Mr. John Cho’s request for IT security funding been being denied?
- Why had Mr. Davies, the former IVK CIO, had to set up a slush fund? How?
- By “one neck in the noose”, what does Maggie (Mr. Barton’s girlfriend) mean?
- What’s Mr. Barton’s decision regarding IT funding and what’s his rationale?
Day 5 reading brief grading completed
Day 5 – class slides
Day 5 – in-class discussion questions
We will discuss these questions in-class next week.
- Why does an IT system need maintenance? It does not become rusty! Or does it?
- On IT Adventures Page 58, it reads “we’ve run closer to 5 to 6 percent of sales on IT spending. Which, by the way, Davies thought wasn’t enough to keep IT assets from degrading over time..” Why does Mr. Davies mean by degrading?
- If it needs to spend money in maintaining IT systems, how much does a company need to spend on it? What happens with too little spending in maintenance? What happens with too much?
Reading Brief Guidelines for Day 5
Read IT Adventures Chapter 4 and 5 and write ONE reading brief (NOT two) up to 200 words that includes both chapters.
- What is the funding mechanism for IT at IVK? What is a chargeback? (Ch. 4)
- How have IT portfolio and spending at IVK evolved? (Ch. 4)
- Describe the concepts of “Competes vs. Qualifiers” and IT Strategic Grid (Ch. 5)
Attendance and Participation grade (as of Sep 23) posted on Blackboard
Your attendance and participation grade by Sep 23 is available on Blackboard.
MIS 3534 Fall 2014 – Homework #1 (due by Oct 10)
MIS 3534 Fall 2014 – Homework #1.pdf
We will begin working on this homework on Sep 29 class.
$2 donated to The Food Trust
Last class, someone left $2 in the classroom. His or her $2 was donated to The Food Trust of Philadelphia. http://support.thefoodtrust.org/
SFO Case Brief grading completed
The grades are available at Blackboard.
Day 04 – SFO Case – solution with sensitivity analyses
Day 04 – Business Value of IT – online discussion questions
- How would you justify millions of dollars of investments in ByRequest?
- What are the problems and the risks in the current SFO security system?
- What can be intangible or unexpected costs of SFO’s new system?
- How would you quantify the benefits from reduced security risks?
Day 04 – Business Value of IT class slides
Excel Sensitivity Analyses YouTube Videos
Day 04 – SFO Analysis (Template).xlsx
Day 04 – SFO Analysis (Template).xlsx
We will use this file for a ROI analysis exercise today.
Sign up for presentations on Sep. 22
- Kellogg Business School Case – “San Francisco Airport”
- How to calculate financial returns – NPV, IRR, discounted payback period
Finance, accounting, or AS majors are encourages to present the second one!
San Francisco Airport Case Brief guidelines
- Why is San Francisco Airport considering to upgrade its security system?
- What are the problems and risks in SFO’s current security infrastructure and processes?
- How does Ms. Dickie try to justify the investments into the new security system?
Grading of Wyndham Case Brief completed
Grades are available at Blackboard.
Day 03 – online discussion questions
- What would be the core competencies of Toyota?
- What are most competitive advantages temporal and not sustainable?
- How has the Internet changed the lodging industry’s profitability?
- How does a strong “brand” affect the five forces in the lodging industry?
- Why does Wyndham target on business travelers?
- Why would it be difficult for other hotel chains to copy ByRequest?
- Why would it be difficult for other hotel chains to standardize the IT systems across the chain?
- Why is IT itself not a source of competitive advantages?