Course description
ICT innovation in organisations has a history of more than half a century and is continuing unrelentingly. It has given rise to a variety of specialist jobs – from computer programmers to chief information officers (CIOs) with a varying mix of technology and managerial competencies. The knowledge and skills needed for information systems (IS) jobs are continuously changing. The mainframe era required computer operators, large numbers of computer programmers, systems analysts and designers, and relatively few IS managers with business management skills. There were some large computer service providers running standard applications, such as payroll, but most large companies had their own electronic data processing (EDP) departments, and that is where most IS professionals were employed.
Course learning outcomes
· Discuss the process of information systems innovation as a sociotechnical endeavour that comprises both technology and organizational change
· Identify the main trends in the socio-economic context of organisations that affect IS innovation
· Critically discuss the relationship between ICT and organizational change
· Discuss the strategic value of information systems for organisations and methods used for information systems planning
· Critically discuss the options organisation have to acquire the technologies they need for their information systems
· Critically discuss some of the most frequently used methods for developing and implementing information systems
· Describe the tasks involved in managing IS development and implementation projects
· Discuss the challenges facing information systems management
· Explain the notion enterprise governance of IT
· Identify the security risks confronting information systems and the mechanisms used to address them
· Critically discuss threats to privacy associated with the use of ICTs in organisations.
Course content
· Technology, organizational, and social aspects of information systems innovation
· Information systems development
· Information systems management
· Information systems and organizational change
Course reading Materials
· Avison, D. and G. Torkzadeh Information Systems Project Management. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2009) [ISBN 9781412957021].
McNurlin, B.C., R.H. Sprague, Jnr. and T. Bui Information Systems Management in Practice. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall (Pearson International), 2009) [ISBN 978013157951].