Online discussion questions – Feb 16
- There is only one person at IVK who knows how the internal IT prices are calculated. What would be the risks? How could he/she abuse the system?
- Why is the slush fund at IVK problematic from the perspective of managerial (cost) accounting?
- If you’re Mr. Barton, how would you make the case for new security project funding to business unit managers?
In-class discussion questions for Feb 18
We will discuss these questions in-class on Wed, Feb 18. Do not post comments on this.
- Why do they free-ride in a group project?
- If you are asked to donate to a fire department instead of paying taxes for it, how much are you willing to donate?
- How about others? How much will your neighbors contribute?
- Any example of public goods?
- What is Prisoner’s Dilemma?
- What’s the consideration and decision of Mr. Barton in terms of IT budget funding and controls? What’s his rationale?
- What does Maggie, Mr. Barton’s girlfriend/consultant, mean by “one neck in the noose”?
In-class discussion questions for Feb 16
We will discuss these questions in-class on Mon, Feb 16. Do not post comments on this.
- Which government spending do you want to cut – military, education, highway?
- Is there a reason not to cut military spending? Is there a reason not to cut education?
- Who controls the IT budget at IVK?
- On what basis do the business units at IVK pay for IT?
- Why had Mr. Davies, the former CIO, had to set up “slush funds”? How did he secure the slash funds?
- The slush fund is technically what? from accounting standpoint?
- Why is Mr. John Cho requesting an immediate funding on IT security?
- Why has the request for IT security funding kept being denied?
In-Class Exercise for SFO Case (Solution with Sensitivity Analyses)
Online discussion questions – Feb 11
- Why does cloud computing enable experiments and facilitate innovation?
- Data in the cloud – who owns data? The vendor or the client?
- Does open source software have higher quality than closed properietary software. Why or why not?
- What would be the examples of “Wisdom of Crowds”?
Week 5 – Cost of IT (I) – class slides and videos
Week 05 – Cost of IT (color).pdf
Six Main Benefits of Cloud Computing – Amazon.com (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMJ75k9X5_8#!)
How Linux is Built – Linux Foundation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVpbFMhOAwE)
Week 6 – IT Adventures Ch. 8 – Brief Guideline
- 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?
Bring a laptop on Friday, Feb 13.
Please bring a fully-charged laptop to the class on Friday, Feb 13. We will learn how to conduct sensitivity analyses in ROI.
Online discussion questions – Feb 9
- On 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?
- What are the cases in which IT systems need to be maintained?
- What are the cases in which news IT systems need to be developed?
- What are the examples of IT systems that have high strategic impacts but not operational dependency?
- What are the examples of IT systems that have high operational dependence but not strategic impacts?
In-class discussion questions for Feb 11
We will discuss these questions in-class on Wed, Feb 11. Do not post comments on this.
- When would you buy your own home instead of renting? What are the advantages and disadvantages of buying a house?
- What is a cloud computing?
- Why did we just discuss about buying vs. renting?
- When does it make sense to go to cloud?
- Why would a company like to use IaaS such as Amazon Web Services? Why would be the reasons not to use IaaS?
- Is Open Source Software really free?
- Will the quality of OSS be better than proprietary software?
- Which is more secure – open-source or proprietary software?
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