Question1. Identify the Rewards and Risks of outsourcing in these 3 articles: ( Strategic Outsourcing: Leveraging Knowledge abilities by: James Brian Quinn, The Risks of Outsourcing IT by: Michael J. Earl and Toward a model of Strategic Outsourcing by: Tim R. Holcomb, Michael A. Hit) and use the company on these 2 articles for examples: (understanding the outsourcing learning curve: a longitudinal analysis of a large Australian company by: Julie Fisher and IT outsourcing and core IS capabilities: Challenges and Lessons at DuPont case study by: Leslie P. Willcoks and David Feeney, 2006)
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Question2. Define the 9 core capabilities in this article: (Core IS Capabilities for Exploiting Information Technology by: David F. Feeney and Leslie P. Willcoks, 1998) and use the PPARS case study as an example to support the answer and determine how they apply the 9 core capabilities even in positive or negative way. (I attached the final project we did in this 9 core capabilities we got 70% just try to find were we make mistake and fix it. Read the PPARs case study and understand the 9 core capabilities. Changes the word and don’t use the same words as we did in the project. Make it maximum 500 words.
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Question3. IT is now completely embedded in enterprise processes especially in larger organizations. Moreover, “companies that effectively govern information technology garner profits that are 20% higher” (Weill, P. and Ross, J. (2005), “A Matrixed Approach to Designing IT Governance”, Sloan Management Review). Discuss the importance of effective governance of IT investments. Support your answer, making reference to cases, reports, and articles that you have studied.
Before you start answering you need to know or understand all I listed below:
Why the company is not happy to their investment in IT?
a) What is IT Investment?
b) What is IT Governance?
c) What the article is talking about
d) Identify 4 types of investment of IT.
e) What business can do to improve in the term of IT investment?
f) What IT investment and IT governance are related if is by decision making explain it in your own understanding.
g) Decision making process in IT Investment and IT Governance.
h) Give your opinion or critic
Question4. The management of outsourcing arrangements can be difficult. Discuss the factors which contribute to the success of an outsourcing arrangement in an organization and briefly outline the value of the FORT framework in understanding such outsourcing arrangements. Support your answer, making reference to cases, reports, and articles that you have studied.
FORT framework by: (Kishore et al, 2003); and use Texaco case study by: (Hirshheim et al, 2003) to support the answer.
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