Chapter 11.5, Problem 11.5ARQ

Explanation of Solution

Changes and developments that will have an effect on an organization’s management of IS (Information System) and IT (Information Technology):

• Organizations will shift their internal hardware infrastructure into the cloud.
• Companies will keep some data in their own privately controlled servers for the sake of safety.
• Use of mobile devices will increase at workplaces as they will become more powerful, cheaper and will provide dynamic and game like experiences.
• Organization will develop BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies that will help them meet their needs and strategies and at the same time IoT (Internet of Things) will offer the opportunity for innovation in operations, manufacturing and chain management.
• Organizational knowledge management will use social media as a key component in projects.
• The change which is going to be like a revolution is, CIO (Chief information officer) will become a fully-fledged member of the executive suite, and IS will be the key component to fetch competitive advantage.

Mobile devices and IoT:

• In 2027, mobile devices will be used in the workplaces as it will become cheaper, more powerful, with dynamic and game like user experiences.
• By developing BYOD policies, Organizations will encourage the employees to bring their own devices to work.
• Internet of things (IoT) will simultaneously provide more opportunities for innovation in operations, manufacturing and supply chain management.
• As it can be seen that workers will be bringing their own computing devices which will be equally powerful as any computer they have at work, organization will have to develop the restrictive BYOD policies to meet organizational needs and strategies.
• Even after that the security of the data will be in risk as workers will have their own devices and access to all the organizational documents.
• In the starting years, BYOD policies may help in maintaining control but after a while, it will lead to competitive disadvantage.
• Workers will access the network using whatever hardware they have and whatever they happen to be. Even if the employees are unable to do so, their competitors will.

Loss of data control is inevitable:

It has been observed that since the time world is experiencing the advancement in technology, there has been advancement in the ways to lose the data...