Management in IT

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Topic:                               Management in IT
Paper Type:                         Assignment
Word Count:                          3295
Pages:                                      13
Referencing Style:                   Harvard
Education Level:                     College
Description:                        This assignment shows how IT can be applied in an organisation










Management in IT
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Q 1 
After reviewing the given scenario of Gary’s ‘Game On’ Company, it seems logical that the management of the company should take some drastic measures in order to improve the business situation of the company. In order to give boost to the company, it is advised that the company must implement Information Technology (IT) services to perform different functions at different levels. With the help of implementation of proper and appropriate information system within the organisation, not only enhances the chances of competitive advantages of companies but it also increased the innovative processes of the company (El-Gohary, 2012). The completion of a Plan of Information Systems within Gary’s organizationmeans to guarantee the sufficiency of the key goals of the same and the data required to bolster these purposes. This makes frameworks arranging strategy which covers the whole association and requires thought of various ideas, in arranging methodologies that go past the particular setting of a frameworks advancement philosophy (Ghobakhloo et al, 2012).
 
Discovering opportunities for innovation processes of a company utilizing the favourable circumstances offered by computers and information technology, underlines the connection between innovation methodologies and business (utilitarian incorporation), utilizing IT as an empowering agent to change the framework and Business forms (Chong, 2014). A technique that can be taken after to execute this methodology comprises of five stages:
1.	The process of innovation should be selected based on business purposes;
2.	Identify the area where the change is required and where the IT elements should be implemented to make innovation in the process;
3.	Creating a plan of the new process, where goals and characteristics for procedure execution are characterized, and a configuration of it is made;
4.	Design of implementation alternatives, where the way shall be implemented;
5.	The phase where this new process is implemented (Ahmad & Cuenca, 2013)
Delivering service in the ‘Game On’ organization with related change technique is the one that needs to do with the improvement and usage of innovation arrangements. Key administration concentrates on the most proficient method to react to client needs, and the part of administration is to set needs and adjust the transient results with long haul. In outline, the progressions for key arranging of data frameworks are (El-Gohary, 2012):
•	Select and define specific goals and targets and strategies to achieve it;
•	How new opportunities of competitive advantages can be created with the help of new technological trends;
•	With all the major business processes, a business model should be developed;
•	It is important to define the information required for each stage of business model;
•	Set application architecture that groups similar processing requirements process data in units of systems (theoretical) and Databases (also theoretical) to meet the information requirements of the company
For implementing the proper IT solutions within the company, ‘Game On’ company requires number of IT professionals, which it has to recruit from the market. However, motivating and attracting high skilled IT professionals to a medium sized company like ‘Game On’ is a daunting task. The company is not in the position to match the high demands of these IT professionals. In such a scenario, the company has to find the alternativesfor the interests of the company. Among the available options, following are important (Bayrak, 2014):
•	Outsourcing: There are times when a company chooses another to perform some tasks and functions in the organization. These external companies assume the responsibility to fulfil a particular purpose. To this it is called outsourcing. The outsourcing company makes planning, recruitment and other functions for a designated budget. It is an excellent option to avoid the 'problems' of recruitment. ‘Game On’ should also check this option to outsource some IT professionals or an IT company which can fulfil all the IT needs of the company;
•	Hourly workers: this is another option for ‘Game On’ company that they choose to hire hourly workers. This allows the company to perform and fulfil its IT needs and to vary the size of the template at no extra responsibility involved in HR management. This is done at specific times or campaign as events of great magnitude;
•	Temporary employees: Known as part-time, they are workers who do