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ABET FORMAT FOR COURSE COIS 427
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Course number :
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COIS 427
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Name :
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IS Strategy, Management and Acquisition
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Credits :
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3
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Contact hours :
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48 Hrs Lecture
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Course coordinator’s name :
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Samar Alsulaimani
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Text book :
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Business Driven Information Systems by Baltzan, Paige. & Phillips, Amy. 2nd Edition, University of Denver, 2009, ISBN-13 9780073376738, MHID 0073376736.
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Other references :
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Business Driven Technology by Baltzan, Paige. & Phillips, Amy. 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2010, ISBN-13 9780073376790, MHID 0073376795.
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Online Learning Center to accompany Business Driven Technology by Baltzan, Paige. & Phillips, Amy.,Irwin Professional Pub, 4th Edition, 2010, ISBN-13 9780077264598, MHID 0077264592.
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Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases, 8/eby Applegate, Lynda M., Austin, Robert D., Soule, Deborah L., McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009,and ISBN: 0073402931.
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Specific course information
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Synopsis :
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This course explores the issues and approaches in managing the information systems function in organizations and how the IS function integrates / supports / enables various types of organizational capabilities. It takes a senior management perspective in exploring the acquisition, development and implementation of plans and policies to achieve efficient and effective information systems. The course addresses issues relating to defining the high-level IS infrastructure and the systems that support the operational, administrative and strategic needs of the organization. The remainder of the course is focused on developing an intellectual framework that will allow leaders of organizations to critically assess existing IS infrastructures and emerging technologies as well as how these enabling technologies might affect organizational strategy. The ideas developed and cultivated in this course are intended to provide an enduring perspective that can help leaders make sense of an increasingly globalized and technology intensive business environment.
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- Prerequisites : COIS 426-Management Information Systems
- Type of course : Core
Specific goals for the course:
1. Upon finishing this course, the students should:
- Understand the various functions and activities within the information systems area, including the role of IT management and the CIO, structuring of IS management within an organization, and managing IS professionals within the firm.
- View an organization through the lens of the information systems used to enable core and supportive business processes as well as those that interface with suppliers and customers.
- Appreciate into how IS represents a key source of competitive advantage for firms.
- Structure IS-related activities to maximize the business value of IS within and outside the company. Understand the concepts of information economics at the enterprise level.
2. This course aims to meet student outcomes (b), (g) and (j) of criterion 3 of Student outcomes.
Topics covered
- Introduction to IS acquisition management
- The IS function
- IS strategic alignment
- Strategic use of information
- Impact of IS on organizational structure
- Impact of IS on organizational processes
- IS economics
- IS planning
- Role of IS in defining and shaping competition
- Managing the Information Systems function
- Financing and evaluating the performance of Information Technology
- Investments and operations
- Acquiring Information Technology resources and capabilities
- Using IS/IT governance frameworks
- IS risk management
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