Club IT is the new trendy hotspot located at the heart of downtown Scottsdale. The venue is owned and managed by Ruben Keys and Lisa Tejada. Both owners met and decided to pursue their dream of becoming club owners when they were graduated with a Business Administration Degree in 2005. Keys and Tejada are working musicians who learned nightclub operations by working in the field while college students; in addition, they have their business degrees to back up their own experience (University of Phoenix, 2011).
Club IT recently has gone through some extensive remodeling of its’ 6000 square feet venue; this remodeling includes 600 square feet of dancing floor, seats for 220 clients, a kitchen for appetizers and short orders, as well a bar with four pour stations. The remodeling was done in order to meet the demands of the business clientele which include young professionals, college students, and travelers. Club IT’s music focuses mainly on hip-hop, techno, electronica and MP3 as well as live bands (University of Phoenix, 2011).
Lisa and Ruben’s nightclub was opened based on the following mission statement: "We, Ruben and Lisa, offer you live music, DJ's, dance space and refreshments that suit your lifestyle. You are our friends, and we seek to build a community that meets regularly at Club IT (Wiley Higher Education, 2006)”.
The clubs’ information resources include “all the hardware, software (information systems and applications), data and networks in an organization” (Rainer & Turban, 2008, p. 48). Applications play a remarkable role within an organization, when these are not properly working, an organization may completely break down. Information systems are expensive to acquire, operate, and maintain; therefore, it is crucial that they are managed effectively. The responsibility for managing information resources is split between the information systems department (ISD) and the end users.
Club IT is a small business which has one...