Information management at home styles hotels. This case takes a “horizontal” slice through a number of coexistent issues. As a result, the challenge is “knowing where to start” – just as it is in real organizations – and this requires detective work. It is a good idea for you to articulate the key business challenges facing home style. For example: it was impossible for the company to provide a consistent “look and feel” to their services. List them out. At least six (6) more can be found. Now, articulate the key it challenges facing home style. For example: each individual hotel operated as its own little fiefdom with its own collection of hardware and software – some state-of-the-art and some outrageously outdated. List them out. At least six (6) more can be found:

1.does it make good business sense to integrate across the different lines of business represented by lifestyle resorts and home-away hotels? What exactly would you integrate (beyond financial information) and why?

2. Outline a process for home style to follow in order to decide between the two software options (i.e., hc and cr)? What selection criteria would you use? Who should make the decision?