Augusta State University
College of Business Administration
General Course Syllabus

COURSE NUMBER: MINF 6620
COURSE TITLE: Management of Information Technology
 
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Prerequisite:  Graduate (MBA) student status.  A broad examination of information technology strategies and operational issues from a managerial point of view, emphasizing the leadership role of the manager.  Strategic uses of information of information technology for competitive advantage.  Strategies for deployment of information technology.  Cross-functional organizational issues; relationships with vendors and consultants; requests-for-proposals and contracts.  Hardware, software, and communications concepts for the manager.  Related ethical, organizational, and behavioral issues.
 
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The principal learning outcomes of this course are: 
  1. To have the student develop and demonstrate understanding of the principal conceptual and managerial issues of information technology and resource management

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  2. To have the student become a more discriminating consumer of the services of information systems specialists (e.g. vendors, consultants, in-house specialists) and discern the differences in these services

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  3. To have the student be able to manage the development, deployment, and use of corporate information technology and resources with increased confidence and effectiveness

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  4. To have the student demonstrate the ability to analyze and evaluate existing information needs assessments and make appropriate recommendations

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  5. To have the student demonstrate understanding of competitive use of IT among diverse industries
   
RELATIVE TOPIC EMPHASIS (45 hour semester)

Topics
Approximate
Class Hours
  1.  Information technology: definitions/concepts/strategies
  5 
  2.  Organizational, behavioral, ethics issues
  3 
  3.  Information technology: hardware/software/communications
  5 
  4.  Planning/development strategies
  5 
  5.  Systems requirements, analysis, and design
  6 
  6.  Information technology deployment/security issues
 6 
  7.  Emerging technologies
 3 
  8.  Electronic commerce  3 
  9.  Strategic use of information technology for competitive advantage  5 
10.  Implementation strategies/models  4 
45 
Revised:  August 20, 1997
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