Posted: September 9th, 2022

Stage 1: Strategic Use of Technology

Business Analysis and System Recommendation Report
Introduction
Business Analysis and System Recommendation involves the process that analyzes processes of business in an organization and makes recommendations on solutions that the organization should implement to assist in the implementation of processes in effective ways. The process should be undertaken by the Chief Information Officer in the organization.
Stage 1: Strategic Use of Technology
A. Business Strategy
The business strategy for Maryland Technology Consultants Inc. is the provision of consultancy services. It gives various suggestions to the clients in the hiring of consultants with the best skilled. The long term company goal has been the development of new and unique business and consultancy practices. The process of hiring that is currently operating in the Maryland Technology Consultants is failing in functionality and effectiveness. It faces problems and issues involving wastage of time in the recruitment process, and its rigidity affects the organization’s ability to meet the goals of the hiring process. Therefore, it would be advisable to improve the recruitment process and save on time and help the organization achieves its goals and hiring objectives.
B. Competitive Advantages
Maryland Technology Consultancy has diverse competitors in the market and faces a competitive environment in the operations in the markets. The Company IT hiring system focus on the integration of expertise and quality in terms of services and employees. The system will grow the business with the help of referrals and following the contracts from satisfied clients. The utilization of the new hiring process provides the company with a competitive advantage through the consistent provision of qualified employees for the company. The recruited employees are uniquely skilled to meet the requirements of the clients in the consultancy services provision.
With the utilization of the hiring IT system, to achieve the advantages, the strategy system provides candidate sourcing opportunities through recruitment using alternative sites that the organization gets target employees. From different platforms that include social media, the company could receive applications from interested candidates. The organization can save resources as well as reduce the time consumed in the hiring process through raiding talent competitors. Consideration should also be given to referrals that would assist in the reduction of time invested in the recruitment process. The data received in the IT hiring system will help Maryland Technology Consultants in the exploitation of strategic advantage and also the modification of the structure of the industry and provision of new ways to work better than the competitors.
C. Strategic Objectives
There are four strategic objectives of Maryland Technology Consultants that work in the provision of advantages from the hiring process. The strategic objectives focus on supporting the use of technology solutions to support and improve the hiring process.

Strategic Goal Objective Explanation
Develop the business processes for MTC through winning new contracts in the areas of IT consulting. Hiring talented people through the IT hiring system that already have knowledge and experience in the field of business. Hiring talented people helps the company in saving the resources of the company as well as save the time invested in the training process. For instance, the development taking place in the business field influences the hiring processes.
Development of consultants that provide international and remote research and analysis through integration of the MTC onsite team in the U.S. The recruitment process to be conducted internationally by employing various research analysts to increase recruiting opportunities. The improves hiring system will allow applicants from all over the world to make applications online. Managers of the process will monitor the applications effectively through the identification of necessary research and analysis of the skills required.
Continuous increasing in the ability to quickly offer high quality consultancy service to contracts by serving the interest of the clients Utilization of talented employees in the fulfill the objective and meet the needs and demands of the clients of the consultant services.
Talented employees help the company in the provision of innovative strategies in their business.
Improvement and increase of the competitive advantage of the company by increasing the reputation of having highly skilled IT consultants in leading technologies and innovative solutions for the clients. Raiding the talent competitors by the provision of better offers in facilities and wages when they work with the company. Talented and better employees from the organizations of competitors can be attracted through the provision of better facilities. For instance, employees provide enhanced management strategies in business consulting solutions. The involvement of innovative solutions for clients that offer greater capabilities and enhance the motivational levels and incorporate efficient technology solutions.

D. Decision Making
The information and data obtained about the candidates in the course of the hiring process regarding the information system help in the process of decision making. Various roles can be performed by the candidates that need to be decided by mentioning the levels of the roles. The table provides the roles of each candidate and gives the levels of the roles and give an example of the specific decision that is integrated with the hiring system at that level. The type of data that should be received from the recruitment system that will be required to support the decisions regarding process and employees.
Role Level as defined in Course Content Reading Example of Decisions that can be made Information, the Hiring System, Could Provide to Support Your Decision
Senior/Executive Managers Level 3 The decisions made by the CEOs and Senior Managers, such as CFO at MTC, focus on expanding the services in the company. Data that is provided in the recruitment process about the level of expertise for each employee.
Middle Managers Level 2 The recruiting managers and Director of HR have to make decisions on recruitment and the selection of candidates. The relevant data is the number of interested candidates from different platforms.
Operational Managers Level 2 In the organization, line managers hire for the project by following the hiring requirements make decisions on the projects that would involve the new employees. The data that influences the decisions is obtained from the skills of the employees.

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