MIS 5302 – Prof. Min-Seok Pang

Reading Brief Qs for Session #3 – IT Adventures Ch. 4, 5, and 8

Read Ch. 4, 5, and 8 of “The Adventures of an IT Leader” and write answers to the following questions in no more than 200 words (for all four questions, not for each).

  • What is the funding mechanism for IT at IVK? What is a chargeback? (Ch. 4)
  • What are the concepts of “Competes vs. Qualifiers” and IT Strategic Grid (Ch. 5)
  • Why has Mr. John Cho’s request for IT security funding been being denied? (Ch. 8)
  • Why had Mr. Davies, the former IVK CIO, had to set up a slush fund? How? (Ch. 8)