Information Technology for Business Managers

Course Objectives:

This course aims to:

Provide a comprehensive introduction into information technology & information systems in business
Explain key information technologies and to examine the role of systems in the organization
Discuss how these systems are acquired and explore the current issues that face the use of information
systems in the business and society

Course Outline

Session Details
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1. Introduction to IT
Changing Face of Business (Disruptive Technologies)
2. Data, Information and Intelligence
Ethics Security and Privacy
3. Computer Hardware – Input/ Output
Software – Application, Operating System
4. Gaining competitive advantage with IT
5. Network, Telecommunications and the Internet
6. Internet II
7. Electronic Commerce: Strategies for a New Economy
8. E Commerce II
9. Databases
10. Data Warehouses and Data Mining
11. Decision Support
12. Artificial Intelligence (Heuristic System)
13. Systems Development: Phases Tools and Techniques
14. Systems Development: Phases Tools and Techniques
15. Protecting People and Information (Privacy and Security)
16. Information Security II
17. Enterprise Infrastructure and Integration
18. Emerging Trends and Technologies – Presentation I
19. Emerging Trends and Technologies – Presentation II
20. Emerging Trends and Technologies – Presentation III

Suggested Readings

Haag, S., Cumming, M. & Phillips, A., Management Information Systems for the Information Age,
6th Edition, McGraw Hill 2007
Laudon K. C. & Laudon J. P., Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 9th
edition, Pearson Education, 2006