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• CMGT 583 All Assignments
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• CMGT 583 Week 1 IT and Business Integration in an
  Organization
• CMGT 583 Week 2 Individual Assignment Individual
  IT-Business Partnership
• CMGT 583 Week 3 Individual Assignment Competitive
  Forces Presentation
• CMGT 583 Week 4 Individual Assignment The
  Outsourcing Decision Paper
• CMGT 583 Week 5 Individual Assignment Individual
  Make-or-Buy Decision Paper

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• CMGT 583 Week 1 Individual Assignment Aligning
  With Business
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• CMGT 583 Week 1 Individual Assignment Aligning
  With Business
• Assignment Preparation Activities include
  completing the SkillSoft course, independent
  student reading, and research.
• Complete the IT Strategy Essentials Business
  and IT Strategy Alignment SkillSoft course.
• Assignment
• Write a 3- to 4-page paper that examines IT and
  business integration in your organization.
  Include the following

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• CMGT 583 Week 1 IT and Business Integration in an
  Organization
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• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that examines
  IT and business integration in an organization
  with which you are familiar (this can be the
  organization where you work currently or one you
  worked for in the past). Include the following
  
• What is the level of IT-business integration
  for your organization?
• How is the value of IT assessed in your
  organization?
• How might your organization improve IT
  strategic alignment with business? Click the
  Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

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• CMGT 583 Week 2 Individual Assignment Individual
  IT-Business Partnership
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• CMGT 583 Week 2 Individual Assignment Individual
  IT-Business Partnership
• Instructions Read the Mini Case, "Delivering
  Business Value with IT at Hefty Hardware" in IT
  Strategy Issues and Practices. Create a 14- to
  16-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes
  that addresses the following
• From a leadership/management perspective,
  what are the fundamental/underlying problems that
  exist within Hefty Hardware?
• Overall, how effective is the partnership
  between IT and the business at Hefty Hardware?
  Identify the shortcomings of both IT and the
  business.
• Create a plan for how IT and the business can
  work collaboratively to deliver the Savvy Store
  program successfully.

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• CMGT 583 Week 3 Individual Assignment Competitive
  Forces Presentation
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• CMGT 583 Week 3 Individual Assignment
  Competitive Forces Presentation
• The article "The Five Competitive Forces That
  Shape Strategy" from Harvard Business Review
  presents a comprehensive view of how five major
  competitive forces shape the industry and
  strategic planning of businesses. Each force has
  specific ways that shape competition, and which
  may influence strategy. Prepare a 14- to 16-slide
  presentation describing the relationship between
  IT and a company's competitive advantage or
  strategy with detailed speaker notes that
  addresses the following

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• CMGT 583 Week 4 Individual Assignment The
  Outsourcing Decision Paper
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• CMGT 583 Week 4 Individual Assignment The
  Outsourcing Decision Paper
• Read Case Study IV-3, "IT Infrastructure
  Outsourcing at Schaeffer (A) The Outsourcing
  Decision," in Managing Information Technology.
  Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word (3- to 4-page) paper
  that provides a recommendation for how
  Schaeffer's corporate management should proceed
  on the task force results. Include the following
  
• Identify the business issues leading
  Schaeffer to consider outsourcing.
• Identify the specific risks and benefits to
  the proposed outsourcing proposal.
• Identify the roles and resources associated
  with an outsourcing proposal.
• Include supporting rationale for the
  recommendation.
• Include any operational metrics involved in
  Schaeffer's decision. Provide research and
  references to support your recommendations. Click
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  assignment.

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• CMGT 583 Week 5 Individual Assignment Individual
  Make-or-Buy Decision Paper
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• CMGT 583 Week 5 Individual Assignment Individual
  Make-or-Buy Decision Paper
• Read Case Study III-2, "A Make-or-Buy Decision at
  Baxter Manufacturing Company," in Managing
  Information Technology. Write a 1,050- to
  1,400-word (3- to 4-page) paper that addresses
  the following
• Identify the business issues that are leading
  BMC to consider a new application.
• What are the key factors for Baxter in making
  the buy vs. build decision?
• What would you recommend Kyle Baxter do?
  Provide a rationale for your recommendation.

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• CMGT 583 Week 6 Individual Assignment Measuring
  Value
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• CMGT 583 Week 6 Individual Assignment Measuring
  Value
• Write a 700- to 1,050-word (2- to 3-page) paper
  in which you recommend various components that
  may be used to measure the value of an IS and IT
  department to a company. Include the following
  
• Methods used to measure the economic value of
  an IT department to a company
• Models for assessing the IS value put in
  place by the IT department
• Whether or not traditional financial ratios
  and measurements must be applied to determine the
  value of IT Provide research and references to
  support your recommendations. Click the
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• CMGT 583 Week 6 Learning Team IT at Champion
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• CMGT 583 Week 6 Learning Team IT at Champion
• Finalize and submit the Learning Team report to
  Champion. Assemble the previous weeks'
  assignments, and include an introduction and
  conclusion for the 5- to 7-page report to
  Champion executives. Be sure to review all the
  requirements presented in Week One for this
  assignment. Include a synopsis of your
  conclusions and recommendations to the Champion
  executives.
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  assignment. SupportingMaterialLearning Team
  Instructions IT at ChampionLearning Team IT at
  Champion.

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