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2011/2012 BA-DOEK_CIMS Critical Issues in IT Management & Strategy
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| Critical Issues in IT Management & Strategy |
Course Information | |
| Language | English |
| Point | 7,5 ECTS (225 SAT) |
| Type | Elective |
| Level | Bachelor |
| Duration | One Semester |
| Course Period |
Autumn
Schedule: Thursday: 08.00-10.35, week: 37- 39,41,43-46 |
| Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
| Study Board |
Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and Information Systems |
| Course Coordinator | |
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| Secretary Bodil Sponholtz - bsp.caict@cbs.dk | |
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Taught under Open University-Taught under open university. | |
| Last updated on 29 maj 2012 | |
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After the course students should be able to • Discuss common IT management issues with business practitioners • Apply IT management techniques to real-life business cases • Identify strategies for aligning IT risk with business strategy • Evaluate means of IT governance for achieving corporate strategy goals • Develop case-based strategic proposals using risk management and IT governance to create competitive advantage | |||||||||||||||||
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| Basics of organizational theory and business strategy (BSc 1st and 2nd year) and basic understanding of information technology | |||||||||||||||||
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| Course Content | |||||||||||||||||
The course focuses on the challenges managers face when implementing IT in organizations. The course discusses how the continuous changes of technology and applications impact the organization. The first part of the course introduces critical issues in IT management. The second examines corporate strategy by focusing on how to turn IT risk into competitive advantage and how to use IT governance as a strategic tool. The first part of the course literature includes cases presented by senior IT managers who have faced challenges with IT implementation in real-life situations. Examples of topics discussed in the course include: - Developing and delivering value in IT - Developing IT Strategy for business value - Linking IT with business metrics - IT enabled innovation - Knowledge Management - IT Sourcing - Developing IT Capabilities
The second part of the course literature focuses on IT strategy with a focus on risk management and IT governance. Example topics include: - IT risk & consequences - Risk management frameworks - Core disciplines of risk management - Implementing IT governance - Linking IT governance to Corporate Strategy | |||||||||||||||||
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| Teaching is textbook and case-based. The teaching is built around lectures presenting the theoretical concepts and implications combined with presentations/discussion of the relevant cases studies. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Literature | |||||||||||||||||
IT Strategy in Action: International Edition: 312 pages IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decisions Rights for Superior Results: selected chapters, approx. 185 pages IT Risk: Turning Business Threats into Competitive Advantage: selected chapters, approx. 150 pages
Cases will be distributed during class number of pages approximately 40 | |||||||||||||||||