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Partners Healthcare System, WestJet Airlines (PHS), Pinnacle West Case Study

Partners Healthcare System (PHS) Case WestJet Airlines Case Study Pinnacle West Case

You will need to show good scholarship by elevating your work to the next level. This is done by going beyond simple comparisons and creating a comparative and contrastive analysis of the topics in each case as defined in the rubric.

* Use subheadings so I can see where are addressing each element of the rubric.

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Read Each Case

Cases include:

  • Partners Healthcare System (PHS) Case
  • WestJet Airlines Case Study
  • Pinnacle West Case

Part 1

After reading the Partners Healthcare Case

  • Identify key activities and best practices for implementing and managing business information systems based on the “Partners Healthcare System Case.”
  • Identify and explain three to five important risks encountered in implementing business information systems for the “Partners Healthcare System Case.”
  • Identify and explain the use of data resources, processes, and storage systems in the “Partners Healthcare System Case.”
  • Select a resource that the business in the “Partners Healthcare System Case” should implement and explain how the company will benefit from this implementation. Identify three benefits and three risks to the business involved with implementing this resource.
  • Should the company in the “Partners Healthcare System Case” implement cloud-based data storage? Defend your position.

After Reading the WestJet Airlines Case

  • Describe the aspects of the WestJet IT situation that the CIO assessed to respond to the CEO’s concerns as she evaluated whether or not the company had an adequate IT infrastructure. Explain the importance of these aspects.
  • Summarize and critique Smith’s assessment and offer evidence and arguments that major changes in IT at WestJet were essential and that Smith’s governance model would enable WestJet to achieve its strategic goal.

After Reading the Pinnacle West Case

  • Create a PowerPoint presentation containing 5–7 slides with detailed supportive speaker notes. The first slide must present a 3- to 5-point summary of what happens in the “Pinnacle West Case.” The remaining slides must:
    • Explain the relationship between the organizational structure and business information systems.
    • Outline the supporting reasons for aligning information systems and business processes.
    • Evaluate their applicability at Pinnacle West.
    • Provide a description of the approaches required to implement a process-oriented culture at Pinnacle West
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GRADING SCALE FOR RESEARCH STUDIES

GRADING SCALE FOR RESEARCH STUDIES*
Strength of the Evidence
Level I Meta-analysis, systematic review, randomized controlled trials (RCTs)
Level II Experimental or quasi-experimental studies, cohort studies
Level III Non-experimental, qualitative studies or case-control studies
Level IV Case series, case reports
Level V Expert opinion, animal and in vitro studies
Quality of the Evidence
High (A)
Scientific Consistent results with sufficient sample size, adequate control, and definitive conclusions, consistent recommendations based on extensive literature review that includes thoughtful reference to scientific evidence.
Summative reviews Well-defined, reproducible search strategies; consistent results with sufficient numbers of well-defined studies; criteria-based evaluation of overall scientific strength and quality of included studies; definitive conclusions.
Experiential Expertise is clearly evident.
Good (B)
Scientific Reasonably consistent results, sufficient sample size, some control, with fairly definitive conclusions; reasonably consistent recommendations based on fairly comprehensive literature review that includes some reference to scientific evidence.
Summative reviews Reasonably thorough and appropriate search; reasonably consistent results with sufficient numbers of well-defined studies; evaluation of strengths and limitations of included studies; fairly definitive conclusions.
Experiential Expertise seems to be credible.
Low quality (C)
Scientific Little evidence with inconsistent results, insufficient sample size, conclusions cannot be drawn.
Summative reviews Undefined, poorly defined or limited search strategies; insufficient evidence with inconsistent results; conclusions cannot be drawn.
Experiential Expertise is not discernable or is dubious.

* Adapted from Newhouse (2006, JONA, 36:7/8) and ACSO (www.jco.org/cgi/content/full/17/9/2971/TBL22971)