Policy Management in Information Technology
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Policy Management in Information Technology
I. Introduction
A. What is policy management, and why is it important in information technology
B. statement: – Good police management strategies in computing and technology are the keys to safeguarding companies and people from exploitation while guaranteeing better and faster system functioning.
II. Body
A. Policy management in the computing and technology world (Clark & McDonald, 2005)
B. The intended impact that the policy management aims at achieving or bringing about in the technology field
C. The primary purpose of having policies in place in organizations
D. The process followed to achieve sound policy management (Knoepfel et al., 2011)
E. The factors barring policy management introduction and implementation (Crosby, 1996)
F. The technology fields/ areas that need policy management instituted
G. The advantages that come about from having good policy management strategies (Mugwagwa et al., 2015)
H. The disadvantages that come about from having poor policy management strategies (Hudson et al., 2019)
III. Conclusion
A. Summarize the topics discussed by giving your opinion on policy management in computing and technology and whether it is doing any good or bad.
B. The paper will tackle the impact and influence that having policies implemented in IT has helped society by making it secure and safe and safeguarding the companies’ processes and stakeholders. The paper will also discuss the type of policies implemented. How the government has taken action to make sure the policies stay in place and nobody is affected by them by coming to fair compromises with the IT companies. The advantages, challenges, and disadvantages will also be discussed to bring a holistic concept of policy implementation and to know what drives policies to be made and the process taken to achieve these policies.
References
Clark, J. A., & McDonald, J. (2005). An Introduction to Policy Management. BT Technology Journal, 23(2), 118–129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10550-005-0011-8
Crosby, B. L. (1996). Policy implementation: The organizational challenge. World Development, 24(9), 1403–1415. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X(96)00050-2
Hudson, B., Hunter, D., & Peckham, S. (2019). Policy failure and the policy-implementation gap: can policy support programs help? Policy Design and Practice, 2(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2018.1540378
Knoepfel, P., Larrue, C., Varone, F., & Hill, M. (2011). Policy implementation (pp. 187–218). https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781861349071.003.0009
Mugwagwa, J., Edwards, D., & de Haan, S. (2015). Assessing the implementation and influence of policies that support research and innovation systems for health: the cases of Mozambique, Senegal, and Tanzania. Health Research Policy and Systems, 13(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-015-0010-2
