Topic outline

  • General

    Welcome to our course on Strategic IT Management. During the course, we will take a deep dive into some fundamental issues that organizations face when designing, developing, implementing, and using information systems and technologies. The course is organized into two sections. In the first section, we will take a look at IT governance issues with the aim to improve our understanding on how IT can be managed and governed efficiently and effectively. We will talk about outsourcing of IT, virtual organizing, technical debt, and digital options. In the second section, we will discuss about the various forms of artificial intelligence. We will take a look at the opportunities and challenges that these new breeds of information systems offers to contemporary organizations.

    The unit of analysis on the course is organization so all the lectures deal with organizational decision making on critical issues related to information systems and technologies.

    There is no mandatory class participation, but it is recommended to attend all lectures as the assignments are related to class discussion and the exam questions are based on lectures and readings. The slides will be available online here in MyCourses prior to the lecture and an audio recording of each lecture will be uploaded to MyCourses after the lecture.

    The syllabus for the course is provided below.