The Adventures of an IT Leader

Critical Thinking Assignment:

1. How much time and effort should an IT department devote to scanning for and analyzing emerging technologies?
2. What are your responses to Bernie Ruben’s three questions in taking action on the blog issue at IVK:
1. What if anything should we do about this blog entry?
2. What should be our general policy about blogging based on inside information from within the company?
3. What should be our process for spotting emerging technologies and analyzing them to see how they might be relevant to use for better or worse?
3. Which of the three proposed processes should IVK pursue for enforcing infrastructure technology standards? Recommend and justify.
4. Are IT standardization and innovation (or flexibility) in conflict in an organization like IVK?
5. What do you think of the kid’s toolkit approach to management?

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