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IV2025 IT-Management I 30.0 credits

IT-Management I

Please note

This course has been cancelled.

The ITM-program educates experts in systems sciences and other IT-related professions so that they can connect and adapt the IT-development to business development, to new ways of working and to business management.

The purpose of ITM is to present a system-theoretical perspective on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). These new technologies are at the same time requiring and offering possibilities to constantly changes of what we are doing and how we are doing it.
ITM illustrate the business possibilities that ICT offer the society, the economy, companies, organisations and individuals.
The program gives an overall perspective of IT and communication-platforms. This perspective will give the student competence to join the designing process, supported by ICT, of new working-models, new products and services, new businesses and new ways of creating values in a new economy. The students will also be able to reconstruct the role of the IT-department, from operation and administration to appropriate structures that agree with the new working issues. Primary it is about creating management-competences that enable for the new technologies, in an effective way, to contribute to the realisation of companies' business-strategies and visions. Secondary, it is about guarantee an accurate and updated use of ICT leading to enhanced effectiveness and productivity within companies and organisations.

  • ITM is consequently dealing with the effective use of ICT when designing businesses and organisations. The program is a response to the demand of an improved business activity and management of organisations and complex technical systems.
  • ITM is concentrating on relations between organisations, business strategies and technology development in a dynamic environment. The course is focused on management, use and architecture of technical platforms that inter and intra communicate with companies, organisations and individuals.
  • ITM generally discuss organisations and their business and working processes from different perspectives. Each ITM course is focusing on a specific subject with in this area. Discussions as system theory, communication and information theories, cognition and decision theories, communication and information system roles and their relation to the business and the business strategy.

In today's society technologies and competences is getting obsolete in a rapid pace. Owing to the increased rate of change, especially within IT-development, strategies for change management and knowledge management will be discussed during the program.

  • Educational level

    Second cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

    C

  • Subject area

  • Grade scale

    A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

At present this course is not scheduled to be offered.

Learning outcomes

On succesfull completion of this course the student should be able to;Define and exemplify basic systems theory concepts using a systemic approachCompare systems models and their diverse areas of applicationUnderstand, analyse and apply a business perspective to ITDescribe the role of IT systems and IT management in organisations with focus on communication Identify and analyse key components in an organisation’s IT platform from a customer perspectiveAssess the value and alignment of IT-platforms to corporate goals and business needSPropose an IT platform design that meets the needs of an organisationShow practical skills in analysis and change of corporate business processes through the innovative use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)Use rationalistic and non-rationalistic methods for analysis, design and automation of work processes/workflowsUnderstand basic concepts in IT economicsCarry out business scans of companies or industries

Course main content

The basic idea of the course is to give system scientists and students from other IT-programs an academic framework that will help them to place their technical knowledge in a business, organisational and future-oriented perspective. This purpose is accomplished through the development of the analytical and practical capabilities on the role and use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the transformation of organisations, businesses and decision makers. The starting point is the analysis of how organisations, their directors and managers use ICT in practice to end up with propositions about how it should be done. From this perspective we discuss what IT has done and is doing to business and working processes. This creates prerequisites to successfully construct and develop systems.

Disposition

The course includes four sub courses; "Systems Theory" (IV1012), "Organisation, IT-system and management "(IV2004), "IT-platform: Strategy, architecture and design" (IV2005) and "IT-management" (IV2006). Lectures, laborations and seminars are given.

Eligibility

Prerequisites

None

Literature

Beer, Stafford: Diagnosing the System for OrganizationsPeter G. W. Keen, J. Michael Cummins : Networks in Action: Business Choices and Telecommunications Decisions ISBN 978-053417766Terry Winograd & Fernando Flores: Understanding Computers and Cognition: A new foundation for designUpplaga : 14 ISBN 0-201-11297-3Don Tapscott/David Ticoll/Alex Lowy: DIGITAL CAPITAL Harnessing the power of business websUpplaga : 2000Charles Handy: The Age of UnreasonUpplaga : SenasteSchoderbek, Schoderbek, Kefalas: Management Systems, Conceptual ConsiderationsUpplaga : Specialutg, kap 1-10Stephen P. Robbins: Essentials of Organizational BehaviorUpplaga : edition 6, 7 or 8 ISBN 0-13-035309-4

Required equipment

None, but personal computer/laptop is recommended.

Examination

  • TEN1 - Examination, 4.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • TEN2 - Examination, 6.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • TEN3 - Examination, 6.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • TEN4 - Examination, 4.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • UPP1 - Assignment, 1.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • UPP2 - Assignment, 1.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • UPP3 - Assignment, 1.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • UPP4 - Assignment, 1.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • UPP5 - Assignment, 3.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Requirements for final grade

The final marks for the whole course is based on the average results of each sub course.

Offered by

ICT/Systems Science (SU)

Contact

Eduardo Pérez, tel. 08-16 16 09, fax 08-703 90 25, e-post eduardo@dsv.su.se@dsv.su.se

Examiner

Eduardo Pérez, tel. 08-16 16 09, fax 08-703 90 25, e-post eduardo@dsv.su.se@dsv.su.se

Add-on studies

2I1662

Version

Course plan valid from: Spring 08.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 07.