Strategic Management Information Systems “Online”

After completing this course, students should be able to:
1. Communicate the importance of information systems in an organization, and the role they play in the various functional areas of a business.
2. Identify the importance of aligning the information systems strategy with the overall organizational strategy, and ensuring the information technology assets are supporting the business activities and objectives.
3. Design a simple database using standardized techniques that supports key business processes.
4. Recognize the key elements in an organization’s information infrastructure, and how they are combined to meet an organization’s information needs.
5. Determine the information users’ needs for data, information and knowledge, including creating a plan to support decision making within the organization.
6. Propose strategic justification for ERP systems while understanding their advantages and disadvantages.
7. Formulate a strategy to incorporate eBusiness activities with an organization’s information systems, at both the infrastructure and process level.
8. Identify how an organization can leverage information systems to improve its innovation activities.
9. Design a plan for the use of emerging technologies, such as social media, in a firm’s information system strategy to ensure appropriate use and value.
10. Assess and improve an organization’s information security through the use of a risk management framework.
11. Select the appropriate system implementation method based on the current IT environment and business strategy, including creating a people-centric plan to implement new systems