Essay MIS 540 Innovation Through Technology DeVry

Essay MIS 540 Innovation Through Technology DeVry

MIS 540 Innovation Through Technology DeVry

MIS 540 Topic 1 Introduction to Competitive Advantages and Strategic Initiatives

WEEK 1 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES

Research an innovative organization, and analyze how the organization uses Porter’s Five Forces Model. Respond to one other student’s analysis.

MIS 540 Topic 2 Measuring Strategic Initiatives to Gain Competitive Advantage

WEEK 2: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS AND METRICS

It is very important that we objectively measure the progress of our strategic initiatives. This measurement involves use of critical success factors (CSFs) and metrics. What is the relationship between the two? Can you give an example of one CSF and the metric(s) that might be used with it?

WEEK 2: INDIVIDUAL CASE ANALYSIS

This week we will be doing an individual Case Analysis.  Please choose from one of the cases below.

• Chapter 1 Case: The World Is Flat
• Chapter 2 Case: Business Week Interview with Michael Porter
• Chapter 3 Case: Got Milk? It’s Good for You—Unless It Is Contaminated!
• Chapter 4 Case: Manipulating the Data to Find Your Version of the Truth
• Unit Closing Case One: Best of the Best – Under 25 (answer questions 1-3)

Use the Team Case Analysis Guidelines under Course Resources to analyze the case you chose.  NO SUMMARY VIDEO IS NEEDED THIS WEEK.

Please post your summary and answers to your questions in Week 3 Team Case Discussion area.

WEEK 2: COURSE PROJECT PART 1: PROPOSAL

Review the Course Project requirements located on the Course Project Overview page in Introduction & Resources. Follow the instructions for the Course Project Part 1: Proposal. The assignment is due at the end of this week.

Submit your assignment for grading.

MIS 540 Topic 3 Using Organizational Information to make Informed Decisions

WEEK 3: DATA, DATA, DATA!

Organizations have more data than ever. How can this vast amount of data be useful?

WEEK 3: INDIVIDUAL CASE ANALYSIS DISCUSSION

EACH OF YOU should post a summary of your  Case Analysis from the previous week (week2).

Your summary should be (1-2 paragraphs) of your case findings and answers to each of the questions.

Each class member is required to post on three days to this discussion responding what your peers have posted.

MIS 540 Topic 4 Enabling Organizational Agility

WEEK 4: DECISIONS, DECISIONS, DECISIONS

Let’s not think “outside” the box but without a box. Find something about this week’s topic both where these tools were used to make a right decision and where these tools may have been used to make a bad decision. Finding the right decisions will be easy, finding the bad decisions will take a bit more work.

WEEK 4: INDIVIDUAL CASE ANALYSIS

Please choose one of the cases below for your Individual Case Analysis.

• Chapter 6 Case: Political Microtargeting: What Data Crunchers Did for Obama
• Chapter 7 Case: Keeper of the Keys
• Chapter 8 Case: Mining the Data Warehouse
• Chapter 9 Case: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge
• Chapter 10 Case: RFID—Future Tracking the Supply Chain
• Chapter 11 Case: Can You Find Your Customers?
• Chapter 12 Case: Shell Canada Fuels Productivity with ERP

Use the Team Case Analysis Guidelines under Course Resources to analyze your case. NO SUMMARY VIDEO IS REQUIRED.  You will be posting your summary into the Week 5 Team Case Analysis Discussion by the end of Week 4.

MIS 540 Topic 5 Organizational Impact

WEEK 5: ECOMMERCE – WHAT’S NEXT?

Business has moved very quickly from bricks and mortar to clicks and bricks. What is the next innovation for this environment? Can the Internet of things (IOT) bring about a massive change, or will this idea be a stepping stone to something bigger and better? Note: You are going to have to use sources outside of the textbook and lessons for this discussion.

WEEK 5: INDIVIDUAL CASE ANALYSIS DISCUSSION

EACH OF YOU should post a summary of your  Case Analysis from the previous week.

Your summary should be (1-2 paragraphs) of your case findings and answers to each of the questions.

Each class member is required to post on three days to this discussion responding what your peers have posted.

WEEK 5: COURSE PROJECT PART 2: RESEARCH PAPER

Review the Course Project requirements located on the Course Project Overview page in Introduction & Resources. Follow the instructions for the Course Project Part 2: Research Paper. The assignment is due at the end of this week.

Submit your assignment for grading.

MIS 540 Topic 6 eBusiness and Collaboration

WEEK 6: BENEFITS OF BUSINESS MOBILITY

Wireless networks make it possible for business to be done away from a brick and mortar location, provides opportunities for increasing efficiencies and effectiveness of existing business, and raises new business opportunities. There are several benefits of business mobility, which include the following.

• Enhances mobility
• Provides immediate data access
• Increases location and monitoring capability
• Improves work flow
• Provides mobile business opportunities
• Provides alternatives to wiring

In your initial response, please discuss one of these. Also, give an example of the selected benefit.

Please put the name of selected topic in the subject line of the post. If the topic you want to discuss has already been selected by a classmate, please post your comments in response to the existing post(s) on that topic.

WEEK 6: INDIVIDUAL CASE ANALYSIS

Please choose ONE of the cases below for your Individual Case Analysis

• Chapter 5 Case: Executive Dilemmas in the Information Age
• Chapter 13 Case: Failing to Innovate
• Chapter 14 Case: eBiz
• Chapter 15 Case: Social Media and Ashton Kutcher
• Chapter 16 Case: Wireless Electricity
• Chapter 20 Case: Disaster at Denver International Airport

Use the Team Case Analysis Guidelines under Course Resources to analyze your individual case. NO SUMMARY VIDEO IS REQUIRED.  You will be posting your summary into the Week 7 Team Case Analysis Discussion by the end of Week 6.

WEEK 6: PEER REVIEW

AFTER you have submitted your completed assignment for Week 5: Project Part2: Research Paper, Canvas will assign you another student’s paper to review.  The purpose of the peer review is to give the student whose paper you are reviewing feedback about his/her paper.  It is also an opportunity for you to learn about another topic.

Your review will NOT be used to determine the student’s grade for the Research Paper.  Also, the review will be ANONYMOUS – i.e. your name will not be disclosed to the other student.  So, please provide honest, constructive feedback.  You should consider the content and the presentation quality (e.g. formatting, writing quality, etc.) of the paper in you review.  Your review must include:

• Strengths of the paper
• Areas for improvement

To get to the paper you have to review:

• Click on Dashboard
• Find the peer review under the TO DO list on the right side of the screen.

Your review must be completed by the end of the week.

After you have finished the review, complete and submit this assignment by typing “Peer review completed for (student name)”.  Make sure you mention the name of the student!

MIS 540 Topic 7 Using Project Management and Systems Development Methodologies

WEEK 7: WHY PROJECTS FAIL

An organization would like nothing more than to have all of its projects succeed. But, unfortunately, this is not the case. This week, we present several reasons why a project might fail. In your initial response, please discuss one of them. Where possible, include an example. Finally, feel free to include reasons that are not in our lesson notes or the textbook. To keep the discussion organized, please put the reason you are discussion in the subject line of the post.

WEEK 7: INDIVIDUAL CASE ANALYSIS DISCUSSION

EACH OF YOU should post a summary of your  Case Analysis from the previous week.

Your summary should be (1-2 paragraphs) of your case findings and answers to each of the questions.

Each class member is required to post on three days to this discussion responding what your peers have posted.

WEEK 7: COURSE PROJECT PART 3: FINAL PROJECT

Review the Course Project requirements located on the Course Project Overview page in Introduction & Resources. Follow the instructions for the Course Project Part 3: Final Project. The assignment is due at the end of this week.

Submit your assignment for grading.

MIS 540 Topic 8 Course Project

WEEK 8: COURSE PROJECT PART 4: POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Review the Course Project requirements located on the Course Project Overview page in Introduction & Resources. Follow the instructions for the Course Project Part 4: PowerPoint Presentation.

Submit your assignment for grading.