Individual Assignment: IT/IS Interventions - Raysut Cement Company

This assignment presents a comprehensive work proposal focusing on IT/IS interventions within Raysut Cement Company, a major cement producer in Oman. The proposal begins by outlining the company's background and its commitment to providing quality products. It identifies key problems faced by the company, such as the need for new IT/IS interventions, and proposes potential solutions. The assignment also delves into Intel's IT transformation strategies, offering a critical analysis of their approach to managing IT budgets, assets, and business operations. The proposed solutions encompass software and hardware requirements, including software for labor management and emission control hardware. The assignment also details the tools and techniques, such as transaction processing and management information systems, and potential risks including management, external, and financial risks. A timeline and work breakdown structure are provided using a Gantt chart and WBS. The proposal concludes with a list of relevant references and bibliography.

WORK PROPOSAL
MBA (IT) Fall 2017
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Assessment 2: Individual Assignment
Work Proposal
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1WORK PROPOSAL
Proposal Title
IT/IS interventions in an organization: A case
study of Raysut cement company
About the Company
The company Raysut cement company was established in the year of 1984 and it is one of
the biggest cement companies of Oman. On 15th March the company was established but it
started to produce its commercial products from the year of 1984 on 1st July. The company has
promised in providing the best product for its customers and along with that it has also looked
into the matter of serving its customers to the best level. Due to the presence of a good maritime
fleet the company is planning for expanding its business to different parts of the world. The
second part of the assignment consist of the discussion about the various strategies that has been
adopted in the IT transformation by Intel. In this section of the assignment the strategies adopted
by Intel has been critically analyzed after going through the case study.
Expected Deliverables of the assignment
The assignment consists of the discussion about identifying the problems that are being
faced by the company. The problems that are being faced by the company has been identified and
along with this the solutions for tackling all these problems are also provided. The new IT and IS
interventions needed by the company has also been given in this assignment. In the second part
of the assignment the It strategies that has been adopted by Intel has been identified and has been
critically analyzed. This strategy mainly involves the “managing of the IT budgets”, “managing

2WORK PROPOSAL
of the IT assets and the value chain”, “managing It for the business” and “managing IT like a
business”.
Approach towards solution
Literature:
This part of the assignment consists of the discussion about the various problems
associated with the company (Benhelal et al. 2013). All the problems have been discussed in this
portion along with this the part also discusses why there is a need of the new IT/IS interventions
(Uson et al. 2013). After the identification of the problems the solutions are also provided in this
portion of the assignment. In the second part all the strategies have been critically analyzed along
with understanding the needs of Intel. Besides this the New IT transformations that has been
adopted by Intel has been critically analyzed and the benefits of the Intel has also been discussed
along with this.
Software and hardware:
Software: the software that are required for the project for the purpose of tackling all the
problems that the company is facing like software for management of labor, accounts and many
more (Benson 2015).
Hardware
 For the purpose of doing heavy works.
 For the purpose of controlling the harmful emissions form the company.
 For the purpose of handling the machineries involved in the use of the waste products.
Tools and techniques:

3WORK PROPOSAL
The tools involved in the tackling of the problems are the various steps that is involved in
the information system (Gambhir 2013). This involves the transaction processing system which
involves the managing of the various aspects of the company like labor, machineries and many
more, management information system for the purpose of handling the problems by the managers
of the company, decision support system, executive information system and many more.
Potential risks Foreseeable
The potential risks which are associated with the project are as follows:
Management risk: The management risks regarding the management of various issues
like management of the machinery, labor, accounts and many more (Laudon and Laudon 2016).
External risk: This type of risks includes internal as well as the external threats. Along
with this the competition with the other companies and also the risks regarding the various
environmental conditions and many more (Gallagher and Sixsmith 2014).
Financial risk: this risks includes the management of the accounts and the cost required
for the various reasons like the management of the money that is to be provided to the labors, the
money that is required for the purpose of fuel that is required for the various heavy machineries
that are working for the company (Lee and Yu 2012).

4WORK PROPOSAL
Timeline and Work Breakdown structure
Figure 1: Gantt chart
(Source: Created by author)

5WORK PROPOSAL
Work Breakdown structure
IT and IS interventions
threat analysis project for
Raysut cement company
Project Plan
Select company:
Raysut Cement
Company
identification of the
problems
Research Objective
Literature Review
Problems faced by
the company Raysut
Need for IT/IS
intervention
Solutions to the
problems
Research methodologies
and Data analysis
Collection of the
Data
analysis of the data
findings from the
Data
Project closuer phase
Conclusion of the
study
Formation of project
Draft
Submission of final
project
Figure 2: Work Breakdown Structure
(Source: Created by author)

6WORK PROPOSAL
References:
Benhelal, E., Zahedi, G., Shamsaei, E. and Bahadori, A., 2013. Global strategies and potentials to
curb CO 2 emissions in cement industry. Journal of cleaner production, 51, pp.142-161.
Benson, S.M., 2015. CO2Storage Preface. Carbon Dioxide Capture for Storage in Deep
Geologic Formations-Results from the CO2 Capture Project: Vol 2-Geologic Storage of Carbon
Dioxide with Monitoring and Verification, p.663.
Gallagher, S. and Sixsmith, A., 2014. Engaging IT undergraduates in non-IT content: Adopting
an eLearning information system in the classroom. Interactive Technology and Smart
Education, 11(2), pp.99-111.
Gambhir, M.L., 2013. Concrete technology: theory and practice. Tata McGraw-Hill Education.
Laudon, K.C. and Laudon, J.P., 2015. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital
Firm Plus MyMISLab with Pearson eText--Access Card Package. Prentice Hall Press.
Lee, S.K. and Yu, J.H., 2012. Success model of project management information system in
construction. Automation in construction, 25, pp.82-93.
Uson, A.A., López-Sabirón, A.M., Ferreira, G. and Sastresa, E.L., 2013. Uses of alternative fuels
and raw materials in the cement industry as sustainable waste management options. Renewable
and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 23, pp.242-260.

7WORK PROPOSAL
Bibliography:
Part A:
Azad, M.M., Amin, M.B. and Alauddin, M., 2012. Executive information system. International
Journal of Computer Science and Network Security (IJCSNS), 12(5), p.106.
Demetriou, D., Stillwell, J. and See, L., 2012. Land consolidation in Cyprus: why is an integrated
planning and decision support system required?. Land use policy, 29(1), pp.131-142.
Galliers, R.D. and Leidner, D.E. eds., 2014. Strategic information management: challenges and
strategies in managing information systems. Routledge.
A regional leader and the biggest producer of cement in Oman | Raysut Cement Company.
[online] Raysutcement.com.om. Available at: http://raysutcement.com.om/ [Accessed 27 Nov.
2017].
Part B:
Acharyulu, G.V.R.K. and Shekbar, B.R., 2012. Role of value chain strategy in healthcare supply
chain management: An empirical study in India. International Journal of Management, 29(1),
p.91.
Bloch, M., Blumberg, S. and Laartz, J., 2012. Delivering large-scale IT projects on time, on
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Christopher, M., 2016. Logistics & supply chain management. Pearson UK.
Goetsch, D.L. and Davis, S.B., 2014. Quality management for organizational excellence. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: pearson.

8WORK PROPOSAL
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business process management 1 (pp. 37-80). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Newton, P., 2015. Managing the Project Budget.
Schmiedel, T., vom Brocke, J. and Recker, J., 2013. Which cultural values matter to business
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