Discussion Assignment: BUSINESS SYSTEMS
1. Read the case study, "Should Companies Embrace Social Business?". Prepare your definition of the uses of a social network from a personal standpoint, as well as professional standpoint. Do you believe in the use of social networks from within an organization? What impact do you personally feel that it can have on the productivity of an organization and why?
2. How does our use of the Internet make it difficult to protect individual privacy and intellectual property? Identify two changes, either technical or behavioral, that you believe are crucial in order to improve this situation.
3. Read the case study, "Should Business Move to the Cloud?". What are the compelling benefits cloud computing might bring to an organization? Does the size of the organization matter and if so, why?
4. Smartphones will become the most important device that own within the next few years. Agree or disagree with this statement and explain why.
5. The Internet has evolved over the years and companies need to keep up with the technologies driving this evolution in order to stay current. Do you think that companies should continue to change their business models based on the evolution of the Internet? Support your position with examples.
6. If an organization wants the benefits commonly seen from proper usage of knowledge management, what steps need to be followed? List the steps and explain why each is important.
7. Using fourth-generation tools or off-the-shelf software packages can reduce the costs for system development. Agree or disagree with this statement and provide reasoning.
8. End users play crucial information system project management roles. From your study, list, describe and prioritize, these roles with your justification for the prioritization.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.