Review the following information about executive management, IT security policy enforcement monitoring, and human resources, all of which must have a unified front regarding disciplinary treatment of policy violations:
Executive Management: Policy commitment and implementation must come from the chief executive officer (CEO) and the president’s executive order for the entire organization with policy monitoring and disciplinary action taken for policy violations.
IT Security Policy Enforcement Monitoring: Policy monitoring can be conducted via system logging, content filtering logging, and e-mail filtering logging with automated reporting to IT security personnel for monthly or quarterly policy compliance reviews.
Human Resources: Employees, contractors, and consultants must conform to all organization-wide policies. Violations of policies are considered to be an employer-employee issue upon which proper disciplinary actions must be taken. Repeat or continued violations of organization-wide policies might be grounds for termination of employment, depending on the violation’s severity. Nonemployees should be provided with limited access and connectivity as per policy definition.
Review the following information about the organizational structure inherent in flat and hierarchical organizations and how people behave in these structures:
Compared to hierarchical organizational structures, flat organizational structures are characterized by the following:
Compared to flat organizational structures, hierarchical organizational structures are characterized by the following:
The management structure is cross-functional and more open to employee input.
Dialogue and communications between employees can occur across organizational functions.
Employees tend to be more open and communicative.
Employees tend to be more creative and involved in business decisions.
Employees are not as constrained within their role or function and can see and interact across the organization more freely.
Departments are separated by function, creating multiple functional silos.
Business decision making is performed at the executive management level.
Dialogue and communications are more “top-down.”
Employees tend to be less communicative and more isolated within their business functions.
Employees find it difficult to offer additional creativity or input to business decisions.
Employees are constrained within their roles and cannot interact outside of their business functions without going through a chain of command.
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Review the following scenario for the fictional Specialty Medical Clinic:
The Specialty Medical Clinic is a fictional medical clinic that is currently being acquired by a larger organization, United Medical Services. United Medical Services follows a hierarchical structure with multiple departments and clinics. The Specialty Medical Clinic is a flat organization. You are a policy analyst working for United Medical Services and have been tasked with extending the parent organization’s security policy framework to the newly acquired clinic.
Create a policy framework implementation plan for the fictional Specialty Medical Clinic.