In-class discussion questions – Week 1 (Aug 31)

Published August 28, 2016 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

We will discuss these questions in-class on Aug. 31.

How would you explain about the job description of a chief information officer (CIO)? What does he or she do?
What kind of person do you think a CIO would be?
How important is IT at IVK Corporation, a fictional company in our textbook? Can IVK function without IT?
What is the current situation (financial, stock market) that IVK is at?
Should a CIO be chosen among technically-trained managers or business-background managers?
What does it mean by “IT management is about management” (Textbook p. 10)?
What does it mean by “IT department is positioned to understand how the business works better than any other department” (p. 11)?