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King Edward VII College was established in 2010. The College is based in Melbourne CBD and offers a range of courses in management, marketing, human resources and international business. It currently has around 500 students enrolled across all of its courses.
The College is very popular due to its competitive pricing structure, innovative teaching methods and state of the art facilities.
Due to its success, the College plans to establish two additional campuses, one in Brisbane and one in Sydney. The Brisbane campus will commence in October 2019 and Sydney in early 2020. Campus locations are already in place, with the process being overseen mainly by the CEO and Finance Manager. No staff have been employed as yet, but it is anticipated that each campus will require a receptionist, a student services officer and 4 trainers.
All other staff functions will be completed by existing staff at the Sydney campus until such time as student numbers increase substantially.
It is anticipated that maximum student numbers at the new campuses will be up to 50 students per campus.
The College currently employs 24 staff members. That includes the CEO, a Marketing Manager and a Marketing Assistant, Human Resources Manager, Finance Manager, Administration Officer, IT Manager, Receptionist, Academic Manager, Student Services Officer and approximately 14 trainers.
A new Strategic and Operational Plan has been developed to guide the company's direction for the next three years. As the newly employed IT Manager, you have been asked to review the Strategic and Operational Plan to identify any possible ICT gaps and improvements that need to be made and that align with the strategic direction.
The company's current ICT situation is as follows:
All workstations currently have Windows 7 and Office 2010 installed on all computers. The network operates using Windows Server 2008 (R2). PCs are all approximately 6 years old. There is no cloud system in place and staff can only access data at work through their computers. A number of staff are expected to increasingly work in multiple locations due to the establishment of the new campuses.
Complete the following activities:
Evaluate current business strategy and impact of changes
Review the case study information and the company's Strategic and Operational Plan. Then develop a report to send to the senior management team that outlines:
- Current organisational goals and the industry environment within which the organisation is operating.
- Possible ICT gaps and improvements that could be made based on current operational practices and the ICT requirements of the Strategic Plan.
- Current ICT systems and advantages and disadvantages
- Comparison of current ICT systems and advantages and disadvantages and new systems and advantages and disadvantages
- Overall recommendations, including:
- the objectives of the changes recommended
- their impact
- and evaluation of how difficult it would be to implement each
- the priority of each proposed change. You will have to describe how the priorities given could assist with the company's implementation schedule and any opportunities that the priorities may present.
Use the Computer System Upgrade Report Template to guide your work.