Information Systems Management

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Discuss key issues facing IT leaders

• Define the role of technology/information systems in effective business processes

• Examine the various roles of information technology in an organization.

• Develop an understanding of the factors that facilitate and inhibit IT and business alignment.

• Analyze the critical role of information technology/systems in organizations and strategic issues IT executives face.

• Describe methods to approach to develop and manage IT priorities.

• Comprehend the complexities of planning IT in today’s environment.

• Be able to propose specific tactics and approaches for effective planning in specific situations;

• Be conversant with methodologies and approaches to facilitate effective planning and managing of IT.

• Evaluate various elements of IT infrastructure and architecture.

• Analyze digital technologies and current trends in their use for business purposes.

• Be able to suggest effective ways to address specific IT management problems considering politics, user support, organizational conflictand extent of business alignment.

• Assess different structures and processes for IT governance.

• Examine various options for IT measurement and IS budgeting.

• Analyze approaches for innovation and strategic applications using information technology.

• Compare and evaluate various approaches for delivering IT applications.

• Analyze different forms of outsourcing and offshoring IT function.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Team presentations of assigned articles	80 points
Team-Based semester project	100 points
Discussion	50 points
Peer Evaluations	20 points
Exams	250 points

The letter grade will be based on the following distribution:

Percentage	Letter Grade
> 93%	A
90%-93%	A-
87%-89.9%	B+
84%-86.9%	B
80%-83.9%	B-
77%-79.9%	C+
74%-76.9%	C
70%-73.9%	C-
Below 70%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Information Systems for Managers in the Digital Age, with Cases, Edition 5.0 by Gabriele Piccoli & Federico Pigni, Prospect Press, copyright 2022. eBook:  Student Price: $69.75  ISBN: 978-1-943153-83-1.   Available via First Day Complete program

Paperback: Student Price: $105.00 (+ shipping) ISBN: 978-1-943153-84-8.  Available from RedShelf.

Scholarly Perspectives

This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate, and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.