Strategic Management Report: IoT Applications and IT Governance Issues

This report delves into the realm of strategic management, focusing on the Internet of Things (IoT) and its applications within organizations. It initiates with an overview of IoT, explaining its core functionality, its role in data collection and analysis, and its benefits across various industries, such as healthcare and automotive. The report proceeds to analyze internet governance, defining its regulatory framework and its influence on global cyber activities, while also differentiating it from e-governance. It then pivots to address key issues surrounding IT governance, particularly in the context of UK law enforcement, emphasizing the alignment of IT with business value and risk management. The report concludes with recommendations for organizations, including digital transformation initiatives, continuous evaluation of IT capabilities, and employee training. The theatrical aspects of IT service management, such as data security and risk management, are also highlighted, with a focus on compliance and the importance of continuous improvement. The report references several books and journals to support its analysis.

Strategic management

1. IoT and its usage in organisations............................................................................................1
2. Analysis of Internet governance..............................................................................................1
3.Issues around IT governance....................................................................................................3
4. Recommendations....................................................................................................................3
5 THEATRICAL ASPECTS........................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

1. IoT and its usage in organisations
Internet of Things (IoT), is a system or a method of establishing connection between
various computational/mechanical/humans to the internet, by the use of unique identifiers (UIDs)
(Cirani, S and et.al., 2014). It doesn't necessarily require interaction between humans and
computers. IoT is huge network of inter-connected devices, people or things. IoT comprises of
various algorithms and advance software and hardware, making it most intelligent/smart
technology of this decade. IoT also provides smart connectivity between devices, humans and
other things. It can provide better understanding of our complex world, because IoT devices are
provided with sensors which ultimately sense and collects data from external environment,
people and things. Information through IoT devices passes through different phases. First when
devices starts to gathers data from other connected devices or environment, then it transmits data
between connected devices, and then finally data's collected by the receiving devices are
analysed and required actions are taken accordingly (Zhang, D and et.al., 2016). So IoT plays a
major role in gathering, analysing and monitoring data from the environment or other connected
devices.
IoT's are benefiting many organization in numerous ways. For example, in healthcare
industries devices like Fitbit, tracks patient's sleep patterns and steps, which ultimately helps
doctor's to provide better medical care according to data (Mekki, K and et.al., 2019). IoT also
helps in conducting researches for organizations using IoT devices such as cameras, sensors etc,
with the help of these they can collect data from forests, space, or from under the ocean, earth's
surface etc.
Auto-mobile industry also started using IoT to produce driver-less cars. They installed
cameras and sensors on wheels to improve driving experience and it will also contribute in future
developments.
2. Analysis of Internet governance
Internet governance is a set of rules and regulations, policies, conditions and practices
that synchronise and shapes worldwide cyber activities. Internet is a computer network across
globe, which is bonded by standard data protocols such (TCP/IP, DNS, UDP etc.) (Maurer and
Morgus., 2017). Internet governance and e-governance are two different things, the later one
means the use of technologies by the governments, while internet governance usually point out

technical queries and rules and regulations correlated to the interchange of data over the internet.
Generally there are three major categories of governance, networks, markets and hierarchies.
Personal transactions and cost principal is base for markets. Networks are the medium for all
these processes, and hierarchies rule interconnection through structures such as higher authorities
like organizational firms, law enforcements etc. Internet governance is a combination of all these
three components. Government through the help of internet provides services online, petitions
for people, also people can vote/elect online etc, (Yannakogeorgos, 2016). Thus, it is providing a
mechanism to add controls over the exchange of data globally.
Confidence, trust is very crucial for user in world of internet. Internet governance have
set up mandatory rules and regulation, policies and standards to follow while using internet over
exchange of data's, also t6hey block certain dangerous sections, limits online activities such as
gambling (Rasmussen., 20). Every website or internet platform has to follow strictly these
policies, to ensure complete safety of users, which ultimately enhances user confidence in the
world of internet.

3.Issues around IT governance
Primary goals of IT Governance in UK with regulation of police force, is to assure, the
investments utilized in the information technology departments generate business value, laws in
business modules to sustain the enforcement strategies by mitigating the risks that are associated
with IT (Bianchi and Sousa, 2016). The governance mechanism of IT systems for national law in
UK deals with the performance, risk management of police force systems in a manner for
creating value. One of the major issues is to ensure intended alignment of IT laws with all
companies in UK. The law enforcement deals with identification, establishment, and linking of
the mechanisms with the IT systems, to manage risks and at the same time ensure that the police
forces work in desired manner, with the stated objectives (Gregory and et.al., 2018). It plays the
role of marshalling out the IT resources available to the organizations in a company. It keeps a
check on national laws, how well the existing resources can be leveraged for the benefit of the
country. In other words, IT governance of UK laws is seen as a superstructure maintains the
enforcement of national laws in good shape. It is itself a substructure to be affective, mitigate
risks,a check on key business imperatives (Koornhof and Theron, 2016). The UK police forces
being one of the best in law enforcement among the major countries globally has to keep up
always with the evolving technology which is another issue (Marsden and Reardon, 2018). Law
enforcement force in UK are committed globally to keep citizens of country safe 24 hours a day
and seven days a week with commitment to maintain harmony and coordination while carry out
duties and responsibilities equitably.
4. Recommendations
Organizations should undertake significant Digital Transformation initiatives with growth
and innovation in the current scenario market it is often necessary to test, transform and evaluate
their capabilities of the IT departments, resources in deployment in an organization (Jäntti and
Hottie, 2016). IT is a foundational component of our Digital Strategy and the Services that can
help clients to grow, improve the Capabilities to support their Digital Transformation objectives.
Information Technology is one of the utmost strengths in every organization's Business Model
(Frogeri and et.al., 2019). They should check their internal IT resources constantly for keeping
up with the innovation, maintaining the goodwill of company and certainly upgrading the
fundamental of IT departments. Also they should provide or organise training programs in order
to meet the developments in the IT systems (Gabriel-Seow, 2018). This will keep organisations

up dated with the new develop in IT. With the newer environment and adaptive contiguous forces
affecting the companies rising in economy every day, overall technical resources need to kept
evolving for better check on resources of IT, which further give the company an image of
continuous growth (Dharmawan and et.al., 2018). More financial capital should be used with the
proper assessment of resources required to upgrade further and how much training the human
resource needs to make the IT department more efficient with time.
5 THEATRICAL ASPECTS
The theoretical aspects demanded in management for smooth functioning of IT services are
inevitably related to the reliability and security of its data. The management must identify and
analyse the relevant risks facing for its productive environment (Zhao and et.al., 2016). By
putting control in detected areas for effective management, important for meeting the important
regulatory requirements. Analysts of the IT department should hold practical experience of the
field for increasing productivity, overall reliability and security as per the compliance
requirements. Detecting is performed in IT by having a baseline for at least one of the of data
processing devices for keeping the technology in check. Operations for correcting the detected
change of state to one or more events identified in a separate event or audits performed by the
company are a must for overall success (Szigeti, Csiszár and Földes, 2017). It should be done
immediately by improving technologies for the company management, as data keeps on
changing and departments need to constantly evolve their safety standards. Various changes
implemented may be described as multiple discrete operations in management brought up for
quality demand service systems in company. The human resource working in IT services should
be trained more and more for overall improved performance, allowing them to meet the set
standards at work so that the services offered shall meet the security standards and the changing
environmental policies (Suciu, G and et.al., 2018). Furthermore, the aspects adopted should
always have a feedback of follow-up by the superiors working in organization. Thus, they allow
the overall growth in the IT department.

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