Strategy Mak­ing and In­form­a­tion Tech­no­logy

Course content

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of how information technology interacts with key issues of corporate strategy. The course provides the analytical tools and methodologies necessary to dissect key challenges and opportunities facing organizations and aims to train students to become strategic thinkers within the domain of information technology.

The pedagogical model is built around a case-based approach to learning. This model intends to familiarize the students with key issues in strategic management of IT and to take the students from understanding theoretical ideas to applying them for analysis and discussion of real cases. The pedagogical model takes into account that students have different entry-level qualifications since it is assumed that students come with the skills acquired from the BSc(dm) and HA(it) programs, and international students take the course as an elective.

No technical skills are required. However, students are expected to be familiar with basic concepts from the IT strategy literature. This means that students without any knowledge of IT strategy will need to study somewhat harder than those who have this background.