In today’s world‚ IS alignment is crucial for the operation and growth of businesses. Information systems allow businesses to deal with vast amounts of complex information and run more efficiently. Founded in 1930s‚ Volkswagen is the leading automotive vehicle manufacturer in Germany. However‚ its USA branch was facing problems with inadequate IT human resources due to excessive outsourcing and a reduction of internal IT staff. Additionally‚ an inadequate budget to cover the considerable cost
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Background In 2002‚ Volkswagen of America (VWoA) together with other organizational entities of the Volkswagen enterprise created a high-level business architecture called a blueprint. This blueprint of the business was primarily developed to formalize the new IT governance and prioritization processes linked to the corporate strategy. Each business unit categorized its IT projects for funding based on their business impact and their alignment with the business goals. Several entities within the
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information officer of Volkswagen of America (VWoA) has a tough decision to make. Volkswagen’s subsidiary launched a new process for allocating budgets across the business. With the new process‚ they have derived at a list of approved projects that no one is happy about. Calls came flooding through to Matulovic with an informal request to insert an unfunded project into the IT department’s work plans. VWoA had projects requiring $210 millions and the parent company of VWoA (Volkswagen Group‚ VWAG) budgeted
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case evaluated the prioritization process as to whether it was the right process for VWoA. In this case‚ VWoA introduced a new prioritization process with three phases. But in the running the new process‚ VWoA have met many problem. All the problems can be regrouped in a major issue: How to find the right prioritization process. Background of VWoA 1930——Ferdinand Porsche designed the first Volkswagen automobiles. 1940——since the launch of the Beetles‚ Volkswagen met the peaking point in its history
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Fassnacht November 27‚ 2007 Volkswagen of America: Managing IT Priorities Comment [MLW1]: Great job‚ Bianca. With your permission I would like to use this as an example for future students. GRADE: 100% This recommends helping the business unit executive for supply flow to make an argument for funding the yet unfunded supply flow project from alternative sources and to strengthen the executive’s position in doing so. Implementation of this exception-handling process will take place within 5 days
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The process of resource allocation for IT project funding is the primary issue that Dr. Matulovic faces. Inadequate funding from VWoA’s parent company ($60 Million compared to the $210 Million requested) forced a new prioritization system to determine which IT projects receive funding. The prioritization process is a centralized approach that aims to align the organizational activity with corporate goals and strategy. The new system is a significant improvement from the previous unstructured debates
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Case 7 – Volkswagen of America: Managing IT 1. What is your assessment of the new process for managing priorities at Volkswagen of America? Are the criticisms justified? Is it an improvement over the old process? The new system of prioritizing IT projects to determine funding is a very efficient way of ensuring those projects that are critical to business strategy meet their financial requirements. However‚ the method of dropping entire goal portfolios simply because they ranked lowest in the
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VW of America Managing IT Priorities Case Study 9/12/2011 Company Situation Over the past several decades‚ Volkswagen of America (VWoA) has struggled with finding and maintaining a steady growth rate. Instead‚ over the past 40 years the company has had large peaks and valleys in the number of vehicles sold.[1] One plan to smooth out the growth curve was to position the company into two main categories‚ classic and sport. This positioning led the company to plan for future growth throughout
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Contents Introduction (Volkswagen) 2 Indian Market- Four Wheelers 3 The Constitution of Consumer Behavior 5 Consumer Decision Making 5 Consumer Decision Making for Four Wheelers 6 How you Decide you Want to Buy a Car? 7 What’s the Right New Vehicle for Me? 7 What Kind of Car Do I Need? 7 What Size Car Do I Need? 9 Do I Need All-Wheel Drive? 9 How Much Power Do I Need? 9 Should I buy a petrol or diesel car? 10 Consumer Research 11 Consumer Research Methods 11 Focus Groups
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Investigation of Volkswagen’s Entry Strategy in China’s Car Market By XiaoFeng Wen 2007 MA MANAGEMENT 17，957 words -0- MA MANAGEMENT DISSERTATION XIAOFENG WEN Keywords Volkswagen (VW); Market Entry Strategy; Foreign Direct investment (FDI); China’s car industry; Shanghai Volkswagen; Joint Venture. Abstract China is one of the most attractive investment destinations for the world investors‚ now almost all the world car-manufacturing giants have launched their factories
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