Book report essay
Book name: Harvard Business Review (2011), On Strategy. Harvard Business Review Press, ISBN 978-1-4221-5798-5 (pbk.) – (This is part of the Harvard Business School HBR’s 10 Must Reads Series for ALL knowledgeable managers.)
Book Report Since technology is the infrastructure of a society, we don’t just “do IT”, but need to know that our IT works/projects contribute to a business strategy to gain a competitive advantage. The HBR book “On Strategy”, written by gurus in IT and business corporate strategy, will provide you some food for thought, equip you with the business sense of a competent/knowledgeable manager. Six (6) articles of this book (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 9) are assigned for reading and exam. For each assigned article, you will write 1 typed, Time New Roman 12, single-spaced page report in decent English on what you learn on best practices and ideas for unleashing technology’s strategic potential. The Report Packet (6 pages in total) due 2 weeks before the end of semester. There will be an essay question (1-page long) on these readings, in the final exam.