Your company is thinking about hiring a new MIS manager named Phil. He has been interviewed 2 times already, and he is now being vetted by upper management. You've been invited to partake in this third interview and offer your opinions. Rogers, the man himself, has also been invited to the interview process even though Rogers was the person who recommended Phil to your company. You're pretty sure Rogers' decision will be biased.
During the interview, you notice a few things about Phil. First, Phil tends to talk about data and information as though they were the same thing, and you wonder if this is good practice for an MIS professional. Second, his background is accounting and little else. You wonder if maybe he should have a wider breadth of knowledge and experience. Third, Phil talks about information systems as if they are a necessary evil. His plan to improve your IT at your company involves outlays of cash for the next 5 - 10 years. This only feeds management's belief that IT is a big black hole where their cash goes and is never seen again, but they think an accountant might do a good job watching the money and reporting its use.
You've been asked if you'll recommend Phil for his fourth and final interview by your boss. This fourth interview is really a perfunctory meeting with the CEO before someone is offered a position. You see Rogers circling the room looking for consensus, and he's headed your way to get your approval for Phil's fourth interview. Should Phil get the position and why?
Instructions:
required: Write [decision], [answer], [rationale], [justification], [information, Pg.(),
- Decision - Come down definitively on some course of action. No opinions. No options. Just provide a decision.
- Rationale - Provide good reasons for why your decision will result in great benefit (good).
- Justification - Your decision must accommodate all problems, hang-ups, objections, issues, and constraints (which probably means addressing the 3 issues below).
- Issues - There are usually 3 issues/questions stated within the context of the fiction of the case. This means the issues/questions may not be obvious, but they are there and they must be answered. Make an attempt on each issue/question to get some points.
Information/Sources - Without any information to back up your decision, you will write a hypothetical that is loosely based on reality. Try to find something credible on the internet in order to give your answer plausibility (believable-ness).