1. Short Answer:
Use the attached spreadsheet to create a financial case for your recommendations. Return on investment template.xlsx
In your posting, describe your recommendations and attach the return on
investment spreadsheet with your costs and benefits. The following
resources may help you:
Video: Return on investment explains calculating return on investment, which is critically important before choosing specific IT initiatives.
Article: Return on investment explains return on investment.
In
your responses to other students, comment on the viability of their
financial cases and offer suggestions to revise the financial cases.
Students will be updating the financial case for the week seven written
strategy.
2. Research Paper:
- Please choose one of these ten business case studies:
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Seeking Even Faster Growth, an E-Commerce Company Stumbles
A Business Owner Seeks an Alternative to Seven-Day Workweeks
A Business Owner Who Backed Off Tries to Step Back In
A Wholesaler Finds Himself in Competition With Retail Clients
Meeting the Demand for Quirky Objects
Helping One Big Client, but Wanting to Spread Out
Can Chasing Small Customers Lead to Larger Profits
Irrational Design, a San Francisco Start-Up, Tries to Fly Solo
Looking to Expand, but Fearing It, Too
- Write
a summary of the case study that is about one page. Research and
describe at least 3 technologies that could be used to support or
enhance the business in the case study. Your paper should include at
least 3 references from peer-reviewed journals associated with how other
companies are using the 3 technologies you are recommending. Your paper
should be in APA format and at least 4/5 pages, not counting the title
page and reference pages. Make sure you have in-text citations and a
reference page. You will use this paper as part of your IS strategy for
week 7. The technologies you choose will be part of the return on
investment analysis for this week’s discussion board. - Make sure
on your references page you include a reference with the URL (weblink)
to the case study you chose, in addition to at least 3 references from
peer-reviewed journals.
Please watch Creating Winning IT Strategies video,
which describes how to create an IT strategy. Because the PowerPoint
slides in the video are a little hard to read, a copy of the slides is
attached here: Gartner-IT Strategy.pptx
More than three references needed. NO Plagiarism.
APA format required.
Follow the instruction correctly.
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