SCENARIO:

You are advising a businessman seeking to establish a new company providing IT consulting services. The businessman recognizes that the business landscape is evolving and wants to adopt a modern organizational structure to position the company for success. He has asked you to propose a business strategy and structure that would fit with a dynamic, networked model for the new IT consulting firm.

Question:

Draft a proposal for the new IT consulting firm that outlines your recommended business strategy and organizational structure. In your proposal, address the following:

1. Introduction

2. Analyze the key characteristics of a networked organizational model and associated strategies that would enable agility, collaboration and growth.

3. Describe your proposed business strategy focused on providing value through specialized expertise, thought leadership and innovative service delivery.

4. Explain how you would organize the company using a networked structure, distributed teams, and collaboration technologies to execute the strategy.

5. Discuss any challenges or risks associated with implementing this structure and how they could be mitigated.

6. Highlight the benefits of your proposed strategy and structure in positioning the IT consulting firm for the future.

7. Conclusion