In the text on page 140, read the Critical Thinking Exercise: Establishing a Corporate App Store

Give an example of two tasks that an employee in the finance organization of this retail firm might perform that would have an impact restricted to their own personal sphere of influence.

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Identify two tasks that an employee might perform that would have an impact on the workgroup.

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Identify two tasks that would have an impact on the enterprise sphere of influence.

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List some risks that are associated with letting employees use their favorite app to perform various tasks and identify if these risks are associated with tasks in the personal, workgroup, or enterprise sphere of influence.

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that work- ule meet- ities products and shipping companies that transport raw materials to the plant finished goods to retail outlets. Many organizations use enterprise resource planning software to capture customer orders, manage inventory plan and ship customer orders, bill customers, and manage accounts payable and accounts receivable. ritical Establishing a Corporate App Store re rcise amazed to see the number of different software applications (apps) employed hu financial are a new hire in the finance organization of a large retail firm. Youa your coworkers, who use them for everything from maintaining personal calen. rs to calculating the rate of return on projects to forecasting sales and datal It seems that everyone has a favorite app for doing each of these tasks example, in the few weeks you have been here, you identified over half a dozen different apps that are being used to calculate the rate of return on projects and investments. Your coworkers download these apps from the Internet or build them using spreadsheet software. You previously worked as an intern at an large retailer that had established a corporate app store, which employees accessed to download corporate-approved apps that had been vetted and mended for use for specific tasks. dars t You wonder if such an approach should be implemented at your current employer. Review Questions 1. Give an example of two tasks that an employee in the finance organization of this retail firm might perform that would have an impact restricted to their own personal sphere of influence. Identify two tasks that an employee might perform that would have an impact on the workgroup and two that would have an impact on the enterprise sphere of influence Critical Thinking Questions 1. What risks are associated with letting employees use their favorite app to per form various tasks? Are these risks associated with tasks in the perso workgroup, or enterprise sphere of influence