Week 6 IT Strategic Plan

Attached Files:

•  IT Strategic Plan Template v1.doc (86.5 KB) 

For your final assignment, you will select an Information Technology or Services company. Alternately, you may select any other type of company, however, your strategic plan should be limited to the Information Technology or Services department within the company. You may find the list of topics on Week 5 useful in deciding which company to choose.

IMPORTANT: You are required to use the attached “IT Strategic Plan Template” to complete the assignment. The required information information business description, vision, mission, internal and external assessments, goals, strategies, objectives, an implementation plan and a communication plan. Also, your paper should include at least three (3) references from peer-reviewed journals. Please do not forget to remove the green instructions text from the document. DO NOT remove the Table of Contents. Its presence is REQUIRED.  

Your total paper should be 7-9 pages of text in APA format, including the title and reference pages, HOWEVER, not counting any tables or figures (those should be included on additional pages if you wish to use them). Make sure you include in-text citations.

The rubric for this assignment can be viewed when clicking on the assignment link.

Due Week 2 and worth 30 points

When looking for information about a particular issue, how often do you try to resist biases toward your own point of view? This assignment asks you to engage in this aspect of critical thinking by playing the “Believing Game.” The Believing Game is about making the effort to “believe” – or at least consider – the reasons for an opposing view on an issue.

The assignment is divided into two (2) parts.In Part I of the assignment (due Week 2), you will first read a book excerpt about critical thinking processes: “The Believing Game and How to Make Conflicting Opinions More Fruitful” at http://www.procon.org/sourcefiles/believinggame.pdf. Next, you will review the Procon.org Website in order to gather information. Then, you will engage in prewriting to examine your thoughts.Note: In Part II of the assignment (due Week 4), you will write an essay geared towards synthesizing your ideas.

Part I – Prewriting: Follow the instructions below for this prewriting activity.  Use complete sentences and adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.1. Select one (1) of the approved topics from the www.procon.org Website and state your position on the issue.2. From the Procon.org Website, identify three (3) premises (reasons) listed under either the Pro or Con section – whichever section opposes your position.3.For each of the three (3) premises (reasons) that oppose your position on the issue, answer these “believing” questions suggested by Elbow:

1. What’s interesting or helpful about this view?
2. What would I notice if I believed this view?
3. In what sense or under what conditions might this idea be true?”

The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized writing:

• Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.
• Address main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
• Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Identify the informal fallacies, assumptions, and biases involved in manipulative appeals and abuses of language.
• Create written work utilizing the concepts of critical thinking.