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IT strategy integration

Imagine that you are working at an organisation where the IT strategy is not integrated into that of the rest of the company. Sometimes this can stem from a misaligned perception of IT between departments. How would this affect your job and the influence of your department? In this Assignment, you will write a paper analysing the Delivering Business Value with IT at Hefty Hardware case study found in your textbook. Before you begin, take a moment to reflect on some of the challenges you have faced in your professional experience dealing with departments outside of IT. As you read the study, analyse the effectiveness of the strategy driving IT, business and the relationship between the two. Read through the entire Assignment before you begin.

To complete this Individual Hand-In Assignment:

Submit a paper in which you analyse the case study Delivering Business Value with IT at Hefty Hardware. Evaluate the effectiveness of the partnership between IT and the business at Hefty Hardware. Also, identify the shortcomings of both IT and the business. Lastly, analyse what needs to happen so that IT and the business can work collaboratively to deliver the Savvy Store program successfully. You must include relevant information-facts and/or opinions-from at least two expert sources to support selections.

For all Assignments:

Your document should have 750-1,000 words (not including the list of works cited), but it is the quality of the answer that matters, not the number of words. Cite and reference all sources usingthe Harvard Liverpool Referencing System.