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IMAT5206 Management of Information Systems - De Montfort University
Assignment - Critical Analysis of a Chief Information Officer's (CIO's) Strategy
Learning outcome 1: Have a comprehensive understanding of the purpose of information systems within organisations and IS/IT departments in order to analyse given scenarios and propose evaluated solutions to given problems.
Learning outcome 2: Critically analyse concepts within information systems selection, evaluation and deployment.
Learning outcome 3: Review and assess information sources within IT management literature, both trade and academic.
Task 1. Select a Chief Information Officer (CIO) interview from Computer Weekly
2. Read carefully and reflectively and identify themes and views
3. Investigate and briefly overview company's recent IT history prior to the interview.
4. For each theme:
a. Explain the theme, clarify and define any terms;
b. Expand with reference to stories and tasks;
c. Set in the context of recent IT history of company;
d. Critically appraise the CIO's view, strategy and approach to the stated theme. What do you think about what is said? What are the positive and negative points about the theme?
5. From investigating the background of the management of information systems in the company identify any issues and problems, which you think the CIO should be addressing, i.e., What is not said? The CIO will wish to be seen in a positive light and there may be issues that are not mentioned.
6. Give suggestions for future strategy and direction that you think the CIO should pursue.
7. Use the most recent CIO interviews e.g. 2018, 2019. If using an older interview, reflect briefly in the future strategy section on progress made since the interview.
8. You must demonstrate critical appraisal of the CIO's ideas and beliefs.
9. You must address themes with reference to stories and sets presented in the module.
Assignment: - Presentations Portfolio
Learning outcome 1: Have a comprehensive understanding of the purpose of information systems within organisations and IS/IT departments in order to analyse given scenarios and propose evaluated solutions to given problems.
Learning outcome 2. Critically analyse concepts within information systems selection, evaluation and deployment.
Learning outcome 3. Review and assess information sources within IT management literature, both trade and academic.
Tasks to be undertaken:
You are assumed to have presented five NEW topics as part of the Management of Information Systems sessions. This portfolio will contain the PowerPoint slides from those five sessions. The slides should be presented as PowerPoint notes pages, one slide per page with accompanying notes. The notes should explain and expand upon the slides, providing definitions of terms, explanations of bullet points, and development of particular concepts, issues and case studies.
Checklist:
• All five sessions provided.
• All PowerPoint slides contain explanatory notes. (i.e. No more than 6/7 slides per each topic)
• Spelling and grammar checked.
• All terms defined and concepts explained.
• Sources given at end of each session.
• There must be at least one additional slide that discusses the links with other stories in the session and sets the story in the overall content of the session.
• Contents page provided.
Attachment:- Presentations Portfolio.rar