Week 10 Homework Assignment

Research: Centralized versus Decentralized Organizational Structures.

Background:
According to Sharda (2015), Companies organizational strategies exist
along a continuum from centralization to decentralization. At one end of
the continuum, centralized IS organizations bring together all staff,
hardware, software, data, and processing into a single location.
Decentralized IS organizations scatter these components across different
locations to address local business needs.

Reference:
Sharda, R., Delen, Dursun, Turban, E., Aronson, J. E., Liang, T-P.,
& King, D. (2015). Business Intelligence and Analytics: Systems for
Decision Support. 10th Edition. By PEARSON Education. Inc.

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-305090-5

Assignment:
Regarding the background statement above, “The debate about
centralization and decentralization is heating up again with the advent
of BYOD and the increasing use of the web.” Why does the internet make
this debate topical?

Your research paper should be at least three pages (800 words),
double-spaced, have at least 4 APA references, and typed in an
easy-to-read font in MS Word (other word processors are fine to use but
save it in MS Word format). Your cover page should contain the
following: Title, Student’s name, University’s name, Course name, Course
number, Professor’s name, and Date.