Homework for Week 15
Project Assignment
For Dr. Steve Caldwell
To be done after or while reading the Caldwell book
Note to Student: Email the completed questionnaire below to Dr. Caldwell
(scaldwell@uscupstate.edu) and copy the email to Dr. Routh (rrouth@CIOExcellence.com)
After (or while) reading the book, Information Technology Information Systems Really Business
Systems by Steve Caldwell, answer the following questions from the context of the discussions in
the book:
1.
On a scale from 1 to 10, rate your IT organization as “reactive” (1) or “proactive”
(10).
2.
On a scale from 1 to 10, rate your IT organization as “tactical” (1) or “strategic” (10).
3.
What do people in your broader organization outside of IT think or feel about the IT
organization?
4.
What do people within the IT organization think or feel about the broader
organization?
5.
How do you know you have the “right” information systems in your organization?
6.
What are the 3 most important factors for creating value in your organization?
7.
Approximately what percentage of IT capital and human resources are allocated to
the 3 factors listed above?
8.
How dose the organization determine what needs to change within the broader
organization relative to the factors listed in (6) above?
9.
On a scale from 1 (none) to 10 (a great deal), to what extent does IT management
participate in (8) above?
10.
On a scale from 1 to 10, is the IT organization considered by the broader organization
an “inhibitor” (1) or “facilitator” (10) of change in the organization?
11.
Describe the culture of your entire organization.
12.
Describe the culture of the IT organization.