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Assignment 2: Required Assignment 2—IT Strategic Planning Using a company of your choice, determine the strategic business goals. Develop an IT strategy that aligns to the business goals. You can use the balanced scorecard approach or you can develop your own method for defining and aligning the IT strategy to the business strategy. You will need to cite at least two credible sources that will provide justification for your strategy or approach. Finding a company: If you are employed, it is best for you to use your current place of employment so you can practically apply the concepts in this assignment. Alternatively, you can use a nonprofit organization or any other organization you may have ties or access to. Your IT strategy should include: Business Goals and Objectives List at least two or three specific business goals for the next year or two with an explanation of the business’ rationale for the goal. List an objective for each business goal to explain what the company needs to do to achieve the goal.  IT Strategies aligned with business goals and objectives List one or two IT strategies for each business goal These should be recommended strategies that would enable the business goals and objectives to be achieved. If your company already has IT strategies, you may provide an analysis and justification or new recommendation for each of the strategies Organizational Structure Describe the structure of the organization including: Organizational design Organizational culture Leadership factors (the types of leadership displayed within the company) Business processes Physical layout (i.e., how many offices, virtual offices, international locations) IT Infrastructure Describe the current IT infrastructure including: Hardware Software Network IT resources This should be a high-level overview IT Challenges Describe internal and external challenges IT faces in meeting the business needs Include social and/or ethical…