Read Case Study IV-1 entitled The Clarion School for Boys, Inc.Milwaukee Division: Making Information Systems Investments on pages 594-610 in your textbook, Managing Information Technology.
The case study provides an example of the practical difficulties encountered in information systems (IS) planning and provides an example of assessing current IS resources.
For this assignment, you will propose a technological solution(s) for the Clarion School for Boys, Inc. to reduce its operation costs and other resource usage. You can recommend technology tools and services to be used, and some of your solution recommendations could include the following:
Statement of precise objectives
Analysis of current and future information technology environment (cloud computing and in-house infrastructure setup), hardware, applications, personnel, network, and facilities.
Note: Special consideration should be made to adoption of innovative, emerging, or IT trends.
CASE STUDY IV-1 The Clarion School for Boys, Inc.- Milwaukee Division: Making Information Systems Investments 3chn Young, Costeller of the Clarion School Sor Boyu qune different than he hid expected, he felt the impNe ?k.-Milwaukee Disasn. hung up the telephone asthe fewands clearly surpassed thse American aemal. school bell signaled the end of another day's classesYoung had devclopod several good fricads at Clarion- Young's conversation wih Sean Mchardy the Milwaikee and enjoyed his daily rostine Superimendent and Chief Operating Officer of Claion Milwaukee Division, was shoet and to the point. McHardy The Claon School for Boys, Ine had called to confirm that YoungE would be peepared o The Claion School for Boys Incwas founded in 1989 a a tefuge for wayward boys" by a roup of iesdons from Chicao, all of whom had gown up in fouser homes bu S) at Clarion and propose a direction for information sys terly Board of Dieectoes meeting schedaled for next week importance of an overall informasion systems stranegy the organization for the mest fiscal year at the qlated considerable vision was lo create an eminement for s-ho had p isto trouble that would provide them with a diagnosis and s eatmet plan as however, nequired Young to formal become productive members of iae a full plas, complete with an assessment of the curment sinuation as well as fuare projects and bdes As Controller, Young knew that the members of the cold operate these schools efficienly and make a small profit in the proces. During the next 10 ycar esulished a divene peogram of he dedication and devoltion of this group of investons. The first school was opened mear Chicap, Ellinois, in 1991 Later, Clarion opened additional schools near Detroit Michigan 19S Indianapois Indiana (1998 and Bourd of Diroctors were anssious to hear bowClacsfird school was ooened sca Milwaukee's curreat investment in information techaol- og was paying off. Since 1998, when the Board there had been little formal monitoring of the syems Young had joined the Milwaskee Division of Clarion Hispeevous pb had toen as asustat school in the Clarion sysiem, opened ia 1993 I was hosed on the goounds of a former monastery and con ?n November 200, ased oeral halding, and so am tained several buillings and 80 acies of land on the edpe o Company (ACC) in Chicagoc he had workad at ADC for 1 years afber receiviag his MBA in finance from a well depended somew hatl on the parents foe financial tuition However, over 80 pecent of the revense came from per diem chatges paid by povernment agencies for the housing Afer 10 yearsYoung had tined of big companies and narrow jobs and dociled so move into a position wih broader responsibility, However, most of his days at Clarion-Milwaakee had heen spent "figheing fires" rathe thaa planning business stralegy. Alough his position was The Clarion School for Boys-Milwu Division was dlaudfied as a pivase, for-par esidencial eatme laciliy for delinqaent boys hetwom the apes of 10 and 1s. In 2006, thewe were 128 full- and port-time employees wh provided care and treatment to 120 students Of the9 residential child-care facilities operatingin Wincomin Clarion-Mawaukee was the second largest ?? terms of rolme and the thied mos expensive in per diem .laane...-"'da, d-w
