Discussion Responses

Discussion 1 :

In the current setting, technology and communication undergo constant transformation considering the integration of the internet and other social media platform. Information delivery involves a process of presenting data to the audience target. Therefore, satiating the needs of the recipients requires effective alignment with the development of data delivery (McKeen & Smith, 2015). Concerning this, the following involves the expected information provision in the future. For instance, this process will include the use of IoT (Internet-of-Things), which is an integration of digital and mechanical machines people or objects offered with a distinctive identifier. Additionally, IoT transfers information over a given network or internet without a physical initiation or interaction with the computers. Currently, most of the organizations have started to implement this strategy through their operations.

Additionally, Net-Centric operation includes taking part in the section of a composite community involving devices, services information, and people linked by a network of communication. Consequently, this optimizes the management of resources to offer better information to facilitate a decision.  In addition, the change in information brings about a system of self-synchronization (McKeen & Smith, 2015). These automated opportunities within Information Technology facilitates deployment, development, testing, and provisioning process within information delivery. Considering the trend in this sector, professionals in this context will handle multifaceted workloads within a short time with the involvement of the system of self-synchronization.

The other future that awaits information delivery involves feedback loops, which set to enhance efficiency through communication. For instance, this technological process that allows the customers to provide their perspectives concerning the service and goods products received (McKeen & Smith, 2015). Through this process, an organization gets the feedbacks from which they form the basis of their improvement and modification.  Consequently, these predictions of future data delivery originate for analyzing the current trend along with the organizational demands on making operation more manageable and efficient. 

Reference

McKeen, J. D., & Smith, H. A. (2015). IT strategy: Issues and practices. Pearson Higher Ed.

Discussion 2 :

Information delivery in IT is an idea whose time has finally come. IT practitioners and experts have been talking about it for years, yet only recently has the business truly begun to understand the power and the potential of information. New technologies and channels now make it possible to access and deliver information easily and cheaply. As a result, information is now being used to drive many different types of value in organizations, from business intelligence to streamlined operations to lower administrative costs to new ways to reach customers (McKeen & Smith 2015).

The Future of Information Delivery

New technologies are beginning widespread implementation that will have as big an impact on information delivery as the Internet has had over the past decade. These technologies will not only change what is possible to do with information, but they will also change how we view the world of information delivery and how organizations and individuals behave with respect to information. Some of the most important future directions for information delivery include the following:

The Internet of things- Wireless communications and radio frequency identification (RFID) product tags will soon enable organizations and industries to track individual physical objects as they move through the supply chain (McKeen & Smith 2015). As these technologies become more sophisticated, organizations will be able to track and remotely monitor the status of everything. Even though this technology is almost ready for prime time, most organizations are nowhere near ready to cope with making sense of such a large influx of information. This will be one of the biggest challenges of the future.

Network centric operations- The growth of standardized communication protocols, network devices, and high-speed data access will soon make it possible to collect, create, distribute, and exploit information across an extremely heterogeneous global computing environment in the near future. Value will be derived from the content, quality, and timeliness of the information moving across the network.

Three critical elements must be in place to achieve this goal:

1. Sensor grids.

2. High-quality visual information.

3. Value-added command and control processes. 

Self-synchronizing systems-  Traditionally, leaders have worked from the top down to achieve synchronization of effort. When decisions are made in this way, each iteration of the observe orient decide act (OODA) loop takes time to complete with the front line passing information up the hierarchy until enough is accumulated to make a decision, which is then passed back down the organizational levels to the front line to take action. In contrast, we know that complex processes organize best from the bottom-up and they are efficient and can allocate resources without high overheads (McKeen & Smith 2015).

Feedback loops- A central feature of self-synchronization is the creation of closed feedback loops that enable individuals and groups to adjust their behavior dynamically. Researchers have already demonstrated the power of feedback to change behavior.  Informal information management. Finally, organizations have a significant unmined resource in the informal information kept by knowledge workers in them own personal files. Information-delivery mechanisms of the future will look for opportunities to organize and leverage this information in a variety of ways. 

References

 

McKeen, J. D., & Smith, H. A. (2015). IT strategy: Issues and practices, 3rd ed. Pearson.

Discussion 3 :

While we come to the end of week eight of this course, there are various areas of research that we have become able to text covers. What we have been using is mostly on IT strategy, which covers the issues and practices that includes the department. While that has been very helpful, other areas could become convenient when it comes to the research of IT. After the conclusion of this course, I would like to expand my research zone to the real business world. That means that I would like the honor of meeting up with individuals who have worked in the IT department for a substantial amount of time.  That would be a perfect platform for understanding the positive and negative side of this technology.  The course has only had the class covering the information that has been written by one author (Graham, 2009). Therefore, I believe that it would become beneficial to elevate this information from our class with the experience of IT employees.

The other area of research that I would like to indulge upon after the end of our course is other various books of IT. I think that it would be an excellent experience to cover multiple texts and articles that have become written by different authors. The experience of doing that will enable me to compare notes on the different experiences that can come up within the IT world. The books and texts that I would like to cover will be from different times within the business grounds. That will become an opportunity where I will learn about the various changes that have affected the IT world. That would show me the growth based on whether or not the results of it are positive or negative (McKeen et al., 2008). This experience is a sure way of allowing me to grow through my studies while also exposing me to the real-life experiences that take part daily in the IT business platforms.

References

Graham, J. W. (2009). Missing data analysis: Making it work in the real world. Annual review of psychology, 60, 549-576.

McKeen, J. D., & Smith, H. (2008). IT strategy in action. Prentice Hall Press.

Discussion 4 :

This class has provided a detailed learning opportunity for Information Technology (IT) applications, importance, and management for a successful business model. This class has explained in detail about the IT values and the subjective assessment of the business to realize specific goals. IT values can be achieved in terms of ROI and KPIs. This class has explained the essential principles of delivering IT values, develop strategies for successful business values. IT and the business relationship is a crucial aspect of creating a successful business. Focusing on a common goal for business and IT is necessary to realize IT values. I was able to gain knowledge about the importance of budgeting and resource management for IT. The IT leadership qualities and steps to create a successful leader in IT provided insight into management in IT. This class has also provided knowledge on the customers and employee satisfaction to develop profitable business with IT.   

 

The case studies in this class have provided a realistic experience of common IT problems in current organizations. The solutions to these problems and case study questions helped to brainstorm the problem and apply my knowledge gained during this class to answer the questions. The discussion assignments and peer reviews provided critical thinking opportunities to develop the IT knowledge for the development and success of business models.   

 

Below topics, I found challenging during the class, and it took detailed research and reading to understand them.

· Innovation with IT

· Application portfolio management.