Goals and Strategies for Success

Discussion 1 - Week 1

Discussion 1: Goals and Strategies for Success

As an information technology professional, you may be tasked with anticipating the technology needs and challenges that may be faced by the organization. You may need to develop goals and strategies to help your organization to achieve success. You can begin by setting personal and professional goals and analyzing strengths and challenges related to achieving these goals. You can develop strategies for overcoming challenges to achieve success.

To Prepare:

• Consider your personal and professional goals and their relationship to your enrollment in the Master of Information Systems Management Program or Master of Science in Information Technology Program.
• Reflect on strengths that will aid you in achieving those goals.
• Reflect on challenges that may prevent you from achieving those goals, including the challenge of managing your time effectively, and strategies for overcoming those challenges.

Post by Day 2 an explanation of three personal or professional goals you want to achieve during, or as a result of your completion of, Master of Information Systems Management Program or Master of Science in Information Technology Program. Explain the personal strengths that you believe will be most helpful in helping you achieve these goals and why. Explain a strategy for effectively managing your time so that you may achieve your goals. Explain an additional challenge in addition to managing time that may prevent you from achieving your goals.

Respond by Day 5 to at least two of your colleagues by doing the one of the following:

• Compare your goals to those of your colleagues.
• Compare your strengths, challenges, or strategies for overcoming challenges to those of your colleagues.
• Suggest an alternative or improvement to one of the strategies your colleagues have identified for overcoming their challenges.
• Offer a suggestion that might help your colleagues achieve their goals.

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My goals to become expert on information Security, learn edge in Information Security and develop strong will allow me to bring together all my past experiences and combine them with this new and exciting opportunity.  Strengths that I will bring to my abroad experience include exemplary leadership and computer skills, refined through my experience in national and International companies. District and international levels have trained me to implementing creative solutions to challenges security risk, organize my experiences in the community for the purposes of both engagement and reflection, and socially navigate among diverse personalities and power differences. These traits will allow me to succeed in diverse situations while studying abroad.

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