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Business and IT : Critical Thinking Assignment -4
Module 10: IT Strategy, Sourcing, and Strategic Technology Trends
Aligning IT Strategies to Business Strategies
Delta Corporation has been very impressed with the progress it has made with its new product line and the new marketing approach that you recommended and instigated. As a result, it is now considering expanding this approach for its other product lines, providing them with the ability to market and sell all of its products online. However, it has not considered the implications for its IT department in developing this type of plan. As the Social Media Marketing Consultant, you are familiar with integrating business and IT strategic planning. They have called upon you to provide advice. You need to:
Explain what the company needs to consider if it is going to move to a more on-line approach for its sales and marketing activities. In particular, describe the consequences for its IT department and why they need to be involved in the planning phase.
Given the likely increase in costs associated with this move, you need to outline the potential benefits and possible pitfalls of outsourcing the IT maintenance and development.
Outline some strategic technology trends that the company may wish to monitor and consider for the future.
Finally, research a company in Saudi Arabia and discuss whether they were able to align their overall strategy and their IT strategy. If they were successful discuss how they managed this alignment and what benefits they gained from doing so. If they were not so successful, explain how and why you felt that occurred.
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Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:
Be 5 pages in length, which does not include the title and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Make sure you clearly delineate each section of your answer so it can be matched with the relevant question.
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into the Turnitin Originality Check prior to submitting it to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin Originality Check Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.
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The assignment must include an introduction, and in the introduction should include:
The assignment must include a Conclusion
The assignment must include at least 4 strong, scholarly references in addition to course book.
Course book must be used for this assignment.
Please make sure to provide examples to explain points ..etc
Includes a purpose statement
Mentions the upcoming sections
Explains why this paper is important to the audience.
The Course book is
Pollard, C., Turban, E., & Wood, G. (2018). Information technology for management:
On-demand strategies for performance, growth, and sustainability (11th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 978-1118890790; eBook ASIN: B07F7R7L6K
Make sure to cite your statements and in-text citation using APA
Please find out the attachments
Please Use APA 7th edition,
Please attach copy of all references you use
Requirements: Please find out the attachments | .doc file
Business and IT : Critical Thinking Assignment -4
Module 10: IT Strategy, Sourcing, and Strategic Technology Trends
Aligning IT Strategies to Business Strategies
Delta Corporation has been very impressed with the progress it has made with its new product line and the new marketing approach that you recommended and instigated. As a result, it is now considering expanding this approach for its other product lines, providing them with the ability to market and sell all of its products online. However, it has not considered the implications for its IT department in developing this type of plan. As the Social Media Marketing Consultant, you are familiar with integrating business and IT strategic planning. They have called upon you to provide advice. You need to:
Explain what the company needs to consider if it is going to move to a more on-line approach for its sales and marketing activities. In particular, describe the consequences for its IT department and why they need to be involved in the planning phase.
Given the likely increase in costs associated with this move, you need to outline the potential benefits and possible pitfalls of outsourcing the IT maintenance and development.
Outline some strategic technology trends that the company may wish to monitor and consider for the future.
Finally, research a company in Saudi Arabia and discuss whether they were able to align their overall strategy and their IT strategy. If they were successful discuss how they managed this alignment and what benefits they gained from doing so. If they were not so successful, explain how and why you felt that occurred.
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Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:
Be 5 pages in length, which does not include the title and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Make sure you clearly delineate each section of your answer so it can be matched with the relevant question.
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into the Turnitin Originality Check prior to submitting it to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin Originality Check Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.
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The assignment must include an introduction, and in the introduction should include:
Includes a purpose statement
Mentions the upcoming sections
Explains why this paper is important to the audience.
The assignment must include a Conclusion
The assignment must include at least 4 strong, scholarly references in addition to course book.
Course book must be used for this assignment.
The Course book is
Pollard, C., Turban, E., & Wood, G. (2018). Information technology for management:
On-demand strategies for performance, growth, and sustainability (11th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 978-1118890790; eBook ASIN: B07F7R7L6K
Please make sure to provide examples to explain points ..etc
Make sure to cite your statements and in-text citation using APA
Please find out the attachments
Please Use APA 7th edition,
Please attach copy of all references you use
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