Tech Alert #1: Tech Alert on Chapters 2 - 4 relating to business IT Strategy / Zara / Netflix or Chapter 5 and Moore's Law:
Carefully read through the tech alert requirements. Please realize that the notes in the ‘callouts' on Page 3 of the Homework Handout are REQUIREMENTS, not suggestions. For this week's assignment, find one or more articles that relate to the content covered in Chapters 2-5 in our text. Read the chapters BEFORE you look for articles and choose one of the following approaches:
Summarize recent ‘real-world' examples that illustrate one or more of the topics presented in these chapters or find related articles that extend the book's discussion on IT and strategy, and/or;
Discuss or provide examples of some of the key terms shown in the book margins from Chapters 2-5.
Look at the discussion questions at the end of the chapter sections and find an article or two that helps you answer a question that is posed, or;
Follow-up on a specific case study that is presented in the text or find comparable examples. If you choose this option, you must focus on new information about the organization that is not included in the text.