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August 18th, 2019
- Define Business Level Strategy using different scholarly sources. Give, at least, five real-life examples of when business-level strategies were applied. Every claim must be supported by pieces of scholarly evidence.
- Differentiate between business-level strategy, functional-level strategy, and corporate-level strategy
- How does IT fit into functional and business level strategies? Make sure every claim is supported by pieces of scholarly evidence.
- Give reasons why you agree with the authors that IT involves both functional and business level strategies
- Why do you agree or disagree with the authors that there should be a re-theorization of IT strategic nature?
- Discuss all theories propounded by the authors. Critique all theories based on concepts and theories learned in class and other pieces of scholarly evidence.
- Critique all assumptions made by the authors using pieces of scholarly evidence.
- The deliverable of this examination will be an MS-Word APA paper. A rubric for this paper has been attached. You must follow the rubric religiously to receive maximum points.
| Excellent | Above Average | Average | Below Average | |
| What is Business Level Strategy | Student defined business level strategy using scholarly sources. Real life examples (at least 5) of when business level strategies were applied were given. Every claim was supported with scholarly articles | Student defined business level strategy using scholarly sources. Real life examples (3-4) of when business level strategies were applied were given. Most claims were supported with scholarly articles | Student defined business level strategy using scholarly sources. Real life examples (1-2) of when business level strategies were applied were given. Some claims were supported with scholarly articles | Student could not define business level strategy. No real-life examples were given. No claims were supported with scholarly evidences. |
| Differentiate Business-Level Strategy, Functional Level Strategy, and Corporate Level Strategy | All the differences between functional, business, and corporate level strategies were shown. All claims were supported with scholarly evidences | Most of the differences between functional, business, and corporate level strategies were shown. Most claims were supported with scholarly evidences | Some of the differences between functional, business, and corporate level strategies were shown. Some claims were supported with scholarly evidences | Most of the differences between functional, business, and corporate level strategies were not shown. None of the claims were supported with scholarly evidences |
| How IT fits into Functional Level Strategies | All the ways IT fits into the functional level strategies, as described by the authors of the article, were given. All Claims were supported by scholarly evidences. | Most of the ways IT fits into the functional level strategies, as described by the authors of the article, were given. Most Claims were supported by scholarly evidences. | Some of the ways IT fits into the functional level strategies, as described by the authors of the article, were given. Some Claims were supported by scholarly evidences. | Most of the ways IT fits into the functional level strategies, as described by the authors of the article, were not given. Most Claims were not supported by scholarly evidences. |
| How IT fits into Business Level Strategies | All the ways IT fits into the business level strategies, as described by the authors of the article, were given. Claims were supported by scholarly evidences. | Most of the ways IT fits into the business level strategies, as described by the authors of the article, were given. Most Claims were supported by scholarly evidences. | Some of the ways IT fits into the business level strategies, as described by the authors of the article, were given. Some of the Claims were supported by scholarly evidences. | Most of the ways IT fits into the business level strategies, as described by the authors of the article, were not given. Most Claims were not supported by scholarly evidences. |
| Reasons for agreeing with the authors that IT involves both functional and business level strategies | Five (5) or more reasons were given for agreeing with the authors. The five reasons given were backed with scholarly evidences | Three or four reasons were given for agreeing with the authors. The three or four reasons given were backed with scholarly evidences | One or two reasons were given for agreeing with the authors. The one or two reasons given were backed with scholarly evidences | No reasons were given for agreeing with the authors. If any reason was present, it was not supported by scholarly evidence(s) |
| Agreement with re-theorization of IT Strategic Nature | Arguments were given for re-theorization of IT strategic nature. All arguments were supported by scholarly evidences. | Arguments were given for re-theorization of IT strategic nature. Most of the arguments were supported by scholarly evidences. | Arguments were given for re-theorization of IT strategic nature. Some of the arguments were supported by scholarly evidences. | Arguments were given for re-theorization of IT strategic nature. Most of the arguments were not supported by scholarly evidences. |
| Author’s Theories | All theories propounded by the authors were identified and their elements explained. All theories were critiqued using scholarly evidences. | Most theories propounded by the authors were identified and their elements explained. Most theories were critiqued using scholarly evidences. | Some theories propounded by the authors were identified and their elements explained. Some theories were critiqued using scholarly evidences. | Most theories propounded by the authors were not identified and their elements were not explained. Most theories were not critiqued using scholarly evidences. |
| Critique of Assumptions | All assumptions made by the authors were critiqued using scholarly evidences. | Most assumptions made by the authors were critiqued using scholarly evidences. | Some assumptions made by the authors were critiqued using scholarly evidences. | Most assumptions made by the authors were not critiqued using scholarly evidences. |
| Grammar | There were no grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors | There were few grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors | There were some grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors | There were numerous grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors |
| APA | The examination was written in the APA style with no mistakes | The examination was written in the APA style with few mistakes | The examination was written in the APA style with some mistakes | The APA style was ignored; there were numerous mistakes |
