Question 1: Describe a global present day business that has been under pressure to perform better due to competition from competitors and has transformed successfully using information systems as the key driver or component.
Question 2: Given a present day business, show how the business uses information systems to be better than their competitors. Define the criteria that the business used to measure their business to their competitor. Use Porter's competitive forces model, the value chain model, e-commerce, or revenue models.
Question 3: How is data quality managed, and why is this so important to an organization?
Question 4: Assume that you have just been hired to manage a large domestic and foreign information system. What are some of the issues and solutions that you would discuss and plan for?
Question 5: Describe a present day organization and how they achieved operational excellence. Describe the tools, such as supply chain management, customer relationship management, and other enterprise applications, and how they help to achieve operational excellence.
Question 6: Discuss how organizations can utilize good project management techniques to develop information systems.
Question 7: Provide examples of the ethical, social, political, and security issues faced by organizations that use information systems. Explain how you would secure information systems used by digital firms.