A company has stated that the main strategic objective is to improve the accounts payable function within the organization.There are limited resources for IT upgrades and modifications.The IT governance committee has received IT update requests from the public relations department, human services, and vendor satisfaction department.Given this information, which would likely be the first upgrade implemented?
A)Public relations would be first because it would include all areas of the business - vendors, employees, and customers.
B)Vendor satisfaction would be first because it would be most in line with the strategic objective of the company.
C)Human services would be the first because the employees are the ones who are most affected by changes in the IT departments.
D)It is not possible to make a decision without further information.

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Since the company's main strategic objective is to improve the accounts payable function, the upgrade that would be most in line with this objective would be the one requested by the vendor satisfaction department. This would help improve the process of paying vendors, which is directly related to the accounts payable function. The upgrades requested by public relations and human services may be important as well, but they are not as directly related to the company's strategic objective at this time.

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