Ch. 1 Reflections

In Chapter 1 Pearlson & Saunders talk about the Information Systems Strategy Triangle, essentially aligning your companies business strategy, organizational strategy and information strategy. I will find it interesting how they develop this concept throughout the book. In chapter 1 the authors talk about Hypercompetition , basically creating and eroding advantages rapidly. I found an article online that discusses Hypercompetition further that you may find interesting ( On the edge of hypercompetition in higher education: the case of the MBA). Basically what the author talks about in the article is that like businesses in the 90s, traditional colleges are now experiencing increased competition from the likes of internet based and for profit colleges, and must diffrentiate themselfs through the use of hypercompetition. Sharkey creates a great paralell between what happened to businesses in the 90s to what is happening to traditional colleges know. It is very mirrored in the way that traditional colleges just assume that the students will enroll based on name recognition alone, but with the increaing visibility of the web based and for profit colleges. The accessability and affordability of these institutions have lured enrollments away from the traditional colleges.