Assignment 2

Due Week 3 and worth 80 points

Your  new corporate CIO has devised a nine-point mission statement for the  company. As one of the operations managers in the department, you have  received a memo on the new policy and an associated task. The CIO wants  to address the new strategy in a three-phase rollout plan and wants your  feedback on LAN and MAN technology. Refer to Table 3.1 in Chapter 3 of  the textbook for the nine points of the mission statement.

Write a three to four (5-6) page paper in which you:

1. From  Table 3.1, speculate why the fifth point, “Meet information  requirements of management”, is in the CIO’s list of nine (9) points.
2. Imagine  only three (3) points are to be rolled out in the first phase. Evaluate  each point to determine the most important three (3) for the initial  rollout phase.
3. Recommend one (1) additional point the CIO should include in order to ensure the topic of security is addressed in the mission statement. Explain your rationale for the inclusion.
4. Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be  typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with  one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or  school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional  instructions.
• Include  a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s  name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover  page and the reference page are not included in the required page  length.