BUS 502 INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DESCRIPTION
Information Resource Management: This course covers basic principles of managing information technology projects as well as the management of the information technology department and its function as a "business within the business". The course includes a project that synthesizes the content developed throughout the curriculum.
OBJECTIVES
- Define the relationship of information to organizations in general, and to the Information Technology (IT) organization in particular; and review the role of typical IT functions in a firm
- Identify how the IT strategy is used to guide the actions of the functional organization and how a strategy is maintained
- Define the planning horizon and how strategic, tactical, and operational plans fit into it
- Identify the elements of both the project life cycle and project management as related to project proposals and requests for proposals
- Analyze the elements of planning for all IT resources, including equipment, space, people, and money
- Analyze the characteristics of strategic systems, competitive forces, and the strategic impact associated with information technology
- Identify how the IT strategy is used to guide the actions of the organization and how a strategy is maintained
- Identify issues associated with outsourcing and describe how it works
- Evaluate the current trends in hardware, software, and telecommunications and the impact of these trends on organizations and all managers, including IT managers
- Analyze the growth and development of local and wide area networks in modern organizations
- Identify why managers must understand ERP
- Benefits of implementing ERP and trends
- Review knowledge Management Applications and Associated Benefits
- Understand Business Intelligence and Business Performance Management
- Review Best Practices for Selling and Implementing Knowledge Management Project
- Define Enterprise Architecture and why Enterprise Architecture is important
- What is Ethics and how to Improve Corporate Ethics
- Review Cybercrime and Computer Security
PREREQUISITES
None
TEXTBOOK(S)
Information Technology for Managers (2nd ed.)
Publisher: Cengage Learning (2015)
Author: Reynolds, G.
ISBN: 9781305389830
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