SFIA Framework: Understanding Autonomy, Influence, And Business Skills

What is the SFIA framework?

Question:

Discuss about the Professional IT Culture for Information Management.

The SFIA is basically a resource which can be considered to be practical in nature. The main focus point which is related to the SFIA is for the people which enables them to work and manage the information system aspects in a specific type of functionality (Shrestha, Kong & Collins, 2017). The SFIA can be a framework which is related to the model which is related to two dimensional framework which consist of basically seven levels of responsibility on the axis. At the different level of competence it can be considered to be playing a role in the skill development aspect which is very much professional. The factors of influence, skills of the business and the autonomy aspect are major factors which play a dominating role in the field of SFIA.

The update which is related to the SFIA can be directly considered as an opportunity which is related to the aspect of the rejuvenation towards the skills which are related to the skills management. This is considered at a time when the importance of the skills and the availability has arguably never been more prominent and important. Relating to the concept of information and communication technology it can be considered as a popular method which is related to the SFIA and evolve the skills which are very much relevant.

Autonomy: It is defined authority and accountability which is related to the action and the decision making aspect within a particular area of working which are very much significant. The different aspects which play a dominating role in this context can be considered to be the technical, quality and financial aspects. It can also be directly related to the aspect of establishing different achievement which are related to the financial and performer of the objectives.

Influence: The concept can be directly related to the effect of the policy and formation of the strategy. It has a direct influence in the sector of internal and external supplier at the level of management which can be considered to be senior. It can be useful in a way of making decision in the aspect of the work of the organization and achieving different levels of financial organization and performance of the objective.

Business skills: The skills which are related to the complex information which is related to the communication aspect. The main consideration which can be stated in this context mainly involve the sector of management and the factors which are related to the mitigation of the risk factors. It can be stated that in a management scenario the risk factors play a very vital role.

The importance of Autonomy, Influence, and Business skills

Complexity: It can be considered as a knowledge are which are related to the own specification of the sector. The complexity factor mainly incorporates the aspect of the highly difficult activity which is related to the technical, finance and quality sector. The result of this aspect mainly involve the reaching of the goal which is related to the improvement in the sector of policy and quality in the working of the organization (Murnane & Thornley, 2017).

Conclusion

The main focus point of the report to take into account the different levels of the SFIA which mainly focus on the aspect of handling different types of situation in the internal and external working of the organization. The different levels in this context mainly involve depending on the capability of the person who is involved into the working.

Executive Summary

The main emphases of the report is one the case study which is related to the owner of the Icvendor Pvy Ltd who was Miss Mctester. The main working of the organization was related to the manufacturing of integrated circuits. It is seen in the case study that an ethical aspect is related to the detection of fault in the circuits which were going to delivered to the client.

ICvendor Pty Ltd is a company which is owned by Miss McTester. The main working of the organization is related to the development of integrated circuits and endorsing them prior to the release to the purchasers. Miss Mctester has the responsibility of testing the functionality which is related to the integrated circuits and within the organization he takes all the necessary moves which would be protecting it.

The ICvendor Pty Ltd majorly invested A $10 million on the development of the integrated circuit for the mobile phone manufacturing company which is known as BestPhones Pty Ltd. Just before the handling of the integrated circuits it was seen that all the circuits were faulty. On the other hand though the circuits were faulty it could perform the basic functions.

The main ethical response which can be related is that Miss Mctester does not train himself for a higher position and on the other hand he does not provide any type of training to the people so that they could reach a higher level of working. This can be considered as one of the ethical aspects which are confronted in this case study which is stated. If he would be providing training to the junior people it would have been directly helping the organization to reach to a higher level of working (Leicester, 2016). He does not want the other to reach a level were his own expertise concept would not be occupied by some other person.

Complexity and its effect on policy and quality

The ACS code of professional conduct which can be applied to the case study are stated below:

• Honesty: “You will be honest in your representation of skills, knowledge, services and products.”
• Professional development: “You will enhance your own professional development, and that of your colleagues and staff.”
• Enhancement of quality of life: “You will strive to enhance the quality of life of those affected by your work.”
• Primacy of the interest of the public: “You will place the interests of the public above those of personal, business or sectional interests.”
• Professional development: “You will enhance your own professional development, and that of your colleagues and staff.”
• Professionalism: “You will enhance the integrity of the ACS and the respect of its members for each other.” (Warren & Burmeister, 2017).

The main aspect which can be discussed relating to the failure of the ethical aspect can be dictated in a manner which states that the circuits should have been tested in a proper manner. The delivery of the faulty circuits which on the other hand performed its usual function can be considered as an ethical aspect which could create a problem in the near future. It should be rectified before the dispatch of the order is done to the client. If it is not done it can be stated as an ethical aspect relating to the functionality of the organization. In the near future the ethical aspect could possess a great threat to the organization (Pereira, Ferreira & Amaral, 2017).

 In the aspect of the ACS code of professional conduct the theories which can be applied are stated below:

• Virtuousness: The right type of action is done by a person who is virtuous.
• Consequentialism: the right type of action is taken by the right consequences.
• Deontologism: The right action is taken with the consideration of the right types of rules (Warren & Lucas, 2016).

Conclusion

The report can be concluded on a note that relating to the case study there are many ethical aspects which can be stated in the scenario. It is not a justifying statement to deliver the integrated circuits which involved some of the faulty aspect though it conducted the normal functionality which required by the circuit. The main aspect which should have been taken into consideration is that it should have been changed and the ethical aspect could have been removed from the functionality. In most of the cases it is seen that organization fail to implement the ethical aspect due to the factor of delivery time of the product which had to be matched. In the report the ACS code of professional conduct are majorly discussed taking into aspect the case scenario.

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