For Tutor_MBA INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT

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Air Canada

1.The outsourcing approach and the IT department structure at Air Canada changed often between 1994 - when Air Canada signed its first contract with IBM - and 2011, the year the case takes place. What are these changes and why do you think they occurred?

2.Managing the information resource of a firm focused both on "engaging with customers" and at competing "more effectively on multiple levels against the low-pricing structures offered by low-cost carriers" entailed many challenges, which Air Canada's CIO and her team had been addressing in multiple ways.

How was Air Canada addressing these challenges in 2011?

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Must include two references – one internal (course readings, course modules, primers, webliography, etc.) and one external (other authoritative sources beyond our course material). Note: No wiki or blog references

Apple iPad

1. Should Hutcherson slow down or speed up?

Slow down = wait another two months before making a formal product announcement, as per Philips' suggestion.

Speed up = push LiveMenu more aggressively, as per Hayes' suggestion

3.Since the start of the Binnj science experiment, a plethora of new tablets have been announced, from companies such as Samsung, Google and Hewlett Packard. Has Binnj chosen the right platform?