MIS 3534-001 – Prof. Min-Seok Pang

Day 13 – IT-Driven Competitive Strategies

Day 13 – IT-Driven Competitive Strategies – online discussion questions

  • 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 ITC help them adopt eChouapl?
  • Why is trust between farmers and ITC important for ITC eChoupal?
  • How does eChoupal contribute to the competitiveness of ITC?
  • 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?

 

Day 12 – IT Risk Management – online discussion questions

  • 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 boss or colleages?
  • Why is the “rush-a-change-into-production” happening at IVK?
  • What would be proper procedures and policies for a database?
  • What would be proper procedures and policies for personal devices?
  • Why may we lose flexibility, innovation, or responsiveness to business due to policies and procedures for IT risk management?