Question

1).Roles that managers fill, according to Mintzberg, include all of the following except:

a).Disciplinarian

b).Resource Allocator

c).figurehead

d).disseminator

I know ( b) is wrong answer.

2).The general manager for a retail clothing outlet was recently cited as saying, “IT is the cornerstone of our company. All of our decisions are based on the sophisticated systems that we have deployed throughout our organization. IT drives our decisions.” What position should the manager hold regarding IT and its influence on decision making?

a).Organizational goals should drive IT decisions.

b).Business strategy should drive IS decision making?

c).Organizational strategy should drive IS decision making.

d).All strategy should be driven by IT strategy.

e).IT should drive business decisions.

I know (a) is wrong answer

please help me I really appreciate your help

Answer 1

1.

[a]

'Disciplinarian' is not found in the Mintzberg's managerial roles. Following is the summary.

2.

[b]

Business strategy should drive IS decision making. (a), (d), (e) are wrong because they are saying exact opposite i.e. IT drives strategy which is not desirable. The ideal situation should be strategy drives IT. Between (c) and (b), (b) is better because it talks about business strategy which is the competitive strategy of a firm and deployment of IT is done to gain competitive advantage.