Welcome to the Course

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1. Information Management

• Welcome to the Course
• Syllabus
• CA/Exams
• Course Schedule
• Tutorials
• Resources

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Syllabus

• Managing IT
• Business importance of IT, Role of CIO, Review of
  IS Pyramid, IT Management Processes. Top
  Business Issues(as per most recent industry
  surveys). Leading edge technologies as they
  emerge.
• Strategic Management
• Strategic (Planning, Analysis, Thinking, Problem
  Solving, Techniques)
• 3. Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP)
• Formulating IS Strategy, Linking Business
  Strategy to IS Strategy, SISP Tools, Techniques
  and Methodologies, Strategies for IS, IT, IM.
• 4. Tactical/Operational Planning
• Creating the IT and IM Strategy. Tactical IT
  Processes Tactical IT Planning Steps, Operational
  IT Processes, Operational IT Planning.
• 5. IT in the Organisation
• Managing emerging technologies, change management
  issues,,assessing the value of IT, IT governance.

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Preliminary Schedule

• Preliminary Schedule 2007
• Note This schedule may be subject to change
  during the semester
• Sept 17th Intro to Managing IT
• Sept 24th Strategic Management
• Oct 1st Strategic Information Systems Planning
  (CA1 out)
• Oct 8th SISP Tools
• Oct 15th Completing the SISP Plan (CA1 in)
• Oct 22nd Tactical/Operational IT Planning
• Oct 29th Managing Emerging Technologies
• Nov 5th Change Management (CA2 out)
• Nov 12th Assessing the Value of IT
• Nov 19th IT Governance
• Nov 26th CA2 Group Presentations (CA2 in)
• Dec 3rd Revision/Exams

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IM Course Roadmap
IS Management (Why What)
IS Strategy (How)
IM Issues
Managing IT
SISP Tools
Emerging Technologies Change Mgement IT
Evaluation IT Governance
Class Discussions
Strategic Management
Class Cases
Producing an IS Strategy Plan

Class Exercises
IS/Business Alignment
Revision
Tactical Management
Class CA
Operational Management
Implementation
Class Presentations
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Required Reading

• McNurlin Sprague jnr.,Information Systems
  Management in Practice, 5th Edition, Pearson,
  2006
• Luftman Jerry, Managing the Information
  Technology Resource, Leadership in the
  Information Age, Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0130351261,
  2004.
• W.Robson, Strategic Management Information
  Systems, 2nd Edition Pitman 1997

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Recommended Reading

• Devaraj Sarv, The IT Payoff Measuring the
  Business Value of Information Technology
  Investments, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0130650749,
  2002.
• Journal of Global Information Management
  (electronic resource) Harrisbugt, PA Idea Group
  pub., c1993 Info Trac One File, Quarterly
  publication
• Laudon and Laudon Essentials of Management
  Information Systems managing the digital firm,
  5TH Edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0130495425
  ,2003.
• OBrien James, Introduction to Information
  Systems Essentials for the Internetworked
  e-Business Enterprise, 2001.
• Turban Efraim, Information Technology for
  Management transforming organizations in the
  digital economy, 4th Edition, ISBN 0471656666,
  2004.