Competency Evaluate effective leadership theories and strategies for information technology decision-making in real-world situations. Lead, communicate, and direct diverse teams, stakeholders, and sponsors. Design effective information technology models for implementing technology for the organization. Create a plan to deploy technology solutions in alignment with strategic business needs. Manage complex information technology systems. Establish a change-control process to assure formal approvals. Scenario You have spent many years as an MIS executive. You have just been hired as the new C.I.O. for a company of your choosing. You will need to create an IT strategy that addresses the necessary information technology needs and projects that the company must undertake to be successful. You will first determine your mission, vision, and strategic goals. Once those are established, you will create your IT strategy/plan. The IT strategy should document how your business will plan, execute, and measure all activities. You will need to present your strategy to the Executive Board. As the Chief Information Officer (C.I.O), you will need to be clear about how your efforts will increase efficiency, effectiveness, and profitability. Instructions Create an IT strategy/plan for your business that you can present to the Executive Leadership Team. It will need to be detailed, clear, and specific so that they can understand your plan then trust in your abilities to manage this part of the business. Your submission should be in Microsoft Word. You may use a Microsoft Word template to create your IT plan. Appendices for the organizational chart and MIS architecture may be attached separately. Each of the following sections, should be a section of your final IT plan. Section 1 – Summarize the business and industry that you chose. Explain the type of leadership style you believe is best suited in a changing business environment. Discuss how leadership principles will help ease the challenges of a fast changing IT environment. Section 2 – Produce an organizational chart that adequately depicts the hierarchal relationship between the IT department and other key business positions. Using the organizational chart, summarize how decision making is impacted by “change,” planned or unplanned. Describe the internal and external stakeholders that will be impacted by the changes. Section 3 – Evaluate the existing design of the MIS architecture then provide a summary of how the architecture supports business objectives. Analyzing your companies resources and the needs of your MIS architecture, determine the best IT systems implementation model. Create a Disaster Recovery plan that provides automated restoral of key systems and services. Section 4 – Conduct a systems analysis in order to determine IT systems requirements based upon business objectives and goals. Conduct an inventory of existing IT resources in order to determine the impact of implementing change. Section 5 – Create a MIS architecture baseline that outlines the current capacity and capability of the infrastructure. Examine and define the best systems life cycle methodology for changes to your MIS architecture. Defend your chosen methodology based upon the capabilities of your chosen company. Section 6 – As changes to the MIS architecture are necessary, explain how you will implement the changes from a Change Management perspective. Demonstrate knowledge of the change control process. Create a RFP that will be submitted to executive leadership of the organization for approval.

In this stage you will do statistical reasoning and mathematical modeling to show central tendency and two variable analyses, including regression with equation and R squared value from the data set you chose in Week 2. The purpose of this assignment is to have you practice creating visuals using your own data. This shows you how you will be working with data in your own careers.The purpose of this assignment is to gain experience creating visuals using the data for the topic you selected in Week 2. Use statistical reasoning and mathematical modeling to show central tendency and two-variable analyses, including regression with equation and R2 value. Watch How to Create Trendlines and Scatterplots in Excel®.Watch Lynda.com® Video: Adding Trendlines to Charts.Watch Lynda.com® Videos: Creating Pie Charts, Histograms, & Box-and-Whisker Plots.Create at least three visuals.One visual must be a scatter plot with trend line, equation, R2 value, and prediction value.Two of the remaining required visuals can be of the following format: histogram, box and whisker plot, or pie chart.Please note that the data set that you chose in Week 2 includes data that will not be needed to create your visuals. Quantitative reasoning requires critical thinking to decide what data is necessary. Create a Microsoft® Word document that includes your three visuals and the following items:Title of your project and the scenario you are addressingBrief description of each visual (15 to 50 words)Consider including the following for each visual when applicable:A chart title that is appropriate for the dataA descriptive x-axis labelA descriptive y-axis labelFor your xy scatter plot, make at least one prediction using the trend line equation for a date in the future. How confident are you in this prediction? State your prediction and provide justification (50 to 150 words). If you created a box and whisker plot, describe the central tendency of the values. What does this tell you about the data and about your project?Calculate the mean of the sample data.

Describe your leadership skills. What are your strengths as a leader?How do you feel about your ability to resolve conflict in the workplace?Describe your experiences working with a team in this course. What team-building skills did you display through your ENGL 222 Team Project?How would you describe your professional brand in three to five words? Rate your confidence levels in communicating your professional brand: a) through a traditional career marketing package (resume, cover letter), b) during an interview, c) through digital storytelling.Describe your written communication strengths. Identify one area you'd like to continue to grow and improve.Describe your presentation strengths. Identify one area you'd like to continue to grow and improve.Describe your visual communication strengths. Identify one area you'd like to continue to grow and improve.What tools do you feel most confident about including in your 21st century business communication toolkit? Which tools do you consider your greatest strengths? What areas do you still want to work to improve?