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Course Outline
This course takes a
socio-technical approach towards the understanding of the issues and
implications of an organization's Information Technology System. It also
views the IT system as being part of the all-encompassing Information
Technology. It will emphasize the analysis, design, implementation and
control of the IT system that places priority on sustaining a
competitive edge. Issues that relate to the success or failure, the
learning organization and management framework to ensure a successful IT
system will be covered. The main goal is to understand and appreciate
the intricacies of the IT system from a managerial perspective and in
managing it as a strategic resource for competitive advantage. This
means that a lot of the key issues and framework will be covered in the
external readings.
The course covers the
comprehensive area of business innovation and IT-based organizational
transformation providing practical guidelines for professional corporate
process restructuring. Participants will gain comprehensive
understanding of underlying principles, success factors and will be
provided with concepts, tools and techniques of process reengineering.
These concepts and techniques only can be effectively applied to modern
organizations once a total approach is chosen and once the cultural,
corporate and business demands are clearly understood and implemented in
corporate process restructuring.
Implementation of isolated
measures and concepts have proven to be exposed to dramatic risks and
call for a more comprehensive if not total approach in projects.
Participants will learn to develop restructuring concepts on the basis
of in-depth understanding of corporate mechanisms and will be introduced
to all practical steps and phases of corporate process restructuring.
Due to its complexity, the
particular aspects of IT-based organizational transformation will be
addressed in this final section of the course to provide participants
with an opportunity to apply the learned and to put emphasis of the
design of an IT based organization of the future. Participants will
obtain a clear view on developments in the IT market and their
implications on businesses and business processes. IT-based
transformation can only be achieved once the management has the
understanding of technological opportunities and their impact on the
business.
The course objectives are:
(...) to develop your
capacity and knowledge in using information technology to design an IT
system that supports an organization's competitiveness and sustain it.
(...) to develop an
understanding and appreciation of the key managerial issues on managing
und utilizing information and the IT system as an organization's
resource.
(...) to develop an
understanding of the intricacies and issues of planning, analyzing and
designing, implementing and managing the organizational information
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