IEXEC enterprise essentials companion guide

IExec Enterprise Essentials Companion Guide is the official print companion to the Cisco® Entrepreneur Institute's new iExec Enterprise Essentials curriculum--innovative IT-related business education designed to help you transform organizations through the strategic use of IT and Internet applications. Working through a realistic, start-to-finish case study, you'll learn exactly how to use technology to help businesses enhance their processes and drive sustainable competitive advantage. Organized to fully align with the course's online curriculum, this is the only authorized iExec textbook. You'll begin by reviewing the global trends, opportunities, and strategic imperatives that now drive IT's usage. Next, you'll discover IT-enabled business strategies that increase productivity, efficiency, innovation, and profitability and learn how to trans-form any organization into an agile, high-performance Networked Virtual Organization (NVO). Through hands-on practice, you'll learn how to assess and improve organizational readiness, enhance governance, Internet-enable internal and external processes, use portfolio management to plan business-driven IT investments, manage change, and more. Martha L. Young, president and founder of Nova Amber, LLC, has more than 19 years of experience in the technology market, working and consulting with Fortune 500 companies such as Lockheed Martin and Coors Brewing Company. She holds a B.S. in international business from the University of Colorado. Michael Jude, Ph. D., manages accounts for leading management solution vendors. He has more than 20 years of experience in telecommunications, as well as a Ph. D. in decision science from Walden University and an M.S. in engineering management and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado. Young and Jude are co-authors of The Case for Virtual Business Processes (Cisco Press)." Master every topic and concept in the new Cisco Entrepreneur Institute's iExec Enterprise Essentials curriculum " Understand the global trends and business drivers behind today's investments in IT and Internet technologies " Build Networked Virtual Organizations that respond more quickly to customers, collaborate better with partners on value-added activities, and reduce cost by standardizing processes, data, and infrastructure " Perform external and internal situation analysis, create an e-vision for success, and build an effective business case " Implement stra ...

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Module 1 Strategic Imperatives -- Global Trends and Strategic Imperatives -- The Impact of the Internet on Global Productivity and Competitiveness -- The Internet and Global Productivity -- The Convergence of IT Standards and Productivity -- The Internet and Public and Private Sectors -- The Public Sector -- The Internet and Global Trends -- Addressing the Global Trends -- Conclusion -- Exercise -- IT and Its Effect on the Organization -- IT and the Organization -- IT and Productivity -- IT and Efficiency -- What Is Innovation? -- IT and Innovation -- Innovation and Efficiency Case Example -- IT, Efficiency, and Innovation -- IT and Customer Satisfaction -- IT and Quality -- Conclusion -- Market and Business Drivers -- Market Efficiency and Business Efficiency -- Drivers of Market Efficiency and Business Efficiency -- Efficient and Inefficient Markets and Businesses -- Business Scenario -- Conclusion -- External Integration and Business Value -- External Integration -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Module 2 Management Strategies -- Management and Strategy Fundamentals -- What Is Value? -- The Value Chain -- Cost Advantage and Competitive Differentia…