In the article on the Alcan Case-Part A (2009), which you read in the unit studies, Dube, Bernier, and Roy present the state of IT management at Alcan in 2006, as assessed by the soon-to-be CIO, Robert Ouellette. For this assignment, assume the CIO's position and propose a new strategic plan for IT management based on your analysis of the case.
Review Weill and Ross's 2008 article, "Mechanisms for Implementing IT Governance," page 27, for an example of a Governance Arrangements Matrix used for Carlson Companies, and pages 2-13 for explanations of the five governance archetypes. Also, review Weill & Ross's 2009 article, "Allocating Decision Rights and Accountability: Elements of Effective IT Governance," pages 3-4, for brief explanations of the five different types of IT decisions.
Include the following aspects in your paper:
- Discuss the strengths and challenges of the IT management model used at Alcan in March 2006.
- Design a new IT governance framework using all five IT decisions types from the Weill and Ross (2008) Governance Arrangements Matrix to address the IT management issues and challenges presented in the case.
- Analyze the benefits of your newly proposed model.
- Analyze how the new IT governance model would solve or reduce the scale of the current problems at Alcan.
- Discuss the leadership principles needed to implement the new model successfully and explain why each is needed.
Your paper should be double spaced and approximately 2000-2500 words. You do not need to include additional research in your paper, other than the case and the Weill and Ross articles. Be sure to cite and reference any articles appropriately, using APA format, whenever you reference.