McAfee mastering three worlds of IT

Question 1

Three roles of managing

Answer 1

Selection, adaption, exploitation

Question 2

four organisational complements that lead to improved performance

Answer 2

Better skilled workers, higher levels of team work, redesigned processes, new decision rights

Question 3

Function IT characteristics

Answer 3

execution of discrete tasks;
can be adopted without complements; simulators spreadsheets

Question 4

Network IT

Answer 4

use optional; interactions (email, Blogs); doesn’t impose complements

Question 5

Enterprise IT

Answer 5

specifies business processes; mandatory use; imposes complements; resource management , supply chain

Question 6

Tasks when managing those ITs

Answer 6

selecting, adopting, exploiting

Question 7

Select IT

Answer 7

inside-out approach: put spotlight on needs of business before technology

Question 8

Adapting IT

Answer 8

FIT: can not be forced
NIT: workers voluntary adopt
EIT: difficult adoption (maybe resistance)

Question 9

Exploitating IT

Answer 9

FIT: encourage experiment
NIT: best exploited when use of complements
EIT: easier than adoption, when adoption is done–> workers eager to get most out of it