Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
Course Specific Skills:
1. Understand how organizations use information systems to achieve strategic objectives
2. Relate decision making structures to types of information systems
3. Relate functional area business processes to information system levels
4. Distinguish the features of the different types of enterprise applications
5. Evaluate the spectrum of approaches for information systems development
6. Understand the link between the organization’s strategy and information systems
7. Determine the priorities in selecting system projects that support the organization’s strategy
8. Be aware of new opportunities offered by network strategies
9. Recognize the importance of information systems planning
10. Identify the determinants of system success and failure
11. Manage system project risks
12. Realize that all systems are vulnerable and open to abuse
13. Create controls to take steps against system vulnerability and abuse
14. Understand the ethical and social impacts of information systems
Discipline Specific Skills:
15. Understand how information systems integrate the functional areas within the organization
16. Realize that all systems lead to organizational change in different degrees
17. Recognize the role of managers in selecting systems that are critical for the organization
18. Evaluate the impact of information systems for achieving competitive advantage
19. Generate business value from information systems investments Personal and Key Skills:
20. Develop analytical skills for evaluating information systems and projects
21. Link the concepts covered in the course to real world applications
22. Formulate action plans to derive value from information
23. Undertake the ethical use of information systems