Week 01 – Introduction
Online discussion questions – Aug 29
- What should be qualifications for a position of a Chief Information Officer?
- Why do Mr. Carl Williams and the board of directors at IVK choose Mr. Jim Barton for a new CIO?
- Should a CIO be chosen among technically-trained managers or business-background managers?
- Which skill is easier to learn? IT or Management? Why?
- What does it take for you to become a successful CIO?
What do you think? Leave your thoughts that you couldn’t share in-class.
Week 1 – Introduction – class slides and videos
Week 01 – Introduction (color).pdf
Week 01 – Introduction (bw).pdf
Computer Glitch Grounds Delta Air Lines Flights – ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/computer-glitch-grounds-delta-air-lines-flights-41199183)
Todd Park and Steven Van Roekel – TechCrunch (http://on.aol.com/video/todd-park-and-steven-vanroekel-talk-about-the-new-government-technology-initiatives—-disrupt-517377234)
IS in Action – Wal-Mart Supply Chain – CNBC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUe-tSabKag)
Target CIO Interview – ZDNet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMqnObdi304)
In-class discussion questions – Week 1 (Aug 31)
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)?