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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2010 - 2011
This information is provisional and subject to change.

Module Title	Information System Strategy
Module Code	CA348
School	Computing
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Module Co-ordinator	Dr Markus Helfert	Office Number	L2.26
Level	3	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None

Module Aims

To expand management competences by examining how Information Technology can be used as a strategic asset to mould competitive strategies and to change organisational prcoesses. To address management issues surrounding the Information Systems Management function.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, a student will: - Have developed an understanding of management's role in information systems planning and development of strategic directions; - Be aware of how IT strategic directions can be integrated with an organisation's business and strategic planning; - Understand the limitations of strategic planning; Be aware of current technological trends and their potential to impact on strategic planning.

Indicative Time Allowances
	Hours
Lectures	24
Tutorials	0
Laboratories	0
Seminars	0
Independent Learning Time	51

Total	75
Placements
Assignments

NOTE

Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.

Indicative Syllabus

- Business of the Information Age.- Integrated Information Systems.- Business Models.- E-Business Systems.- Business Strategy Concepts and the IS/IT Strategy Implications.- Developing an IS/IT Strategy: Establishing Effective Processes.- IS Strategic Analysis.- Determine the Business Information System Strategy.- Data Quality Management.

Assessment
Continuous Assessment	30%	Examination Weight	70%

Indicative Reading List

EssentialJohn Ward, Joe Peppard: Strategic Planning for Information Systems, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 3rd ed. 2002ISBN: 0470841478And additional articles.SupplementaryRobert D. Galliers, Dorothy E. Leidner: Strategic Information Management: Challenges and Strategies in Managing Information System, Butterworth-Heinemann; 3rd ed., 2002ISBN: 0750656190.Steve Clarke: Information Systems Strategic Management: An Integrated Approach, Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd, 2001.ISBN: 0415202779.

Programme or List of Programmes

BSSA

Study Abroad (DCU Business School)

BSSAO

Study Abroad (DCU Business School)

CAIS

BSc in Computer Applications (Inf.Sys.)

ECSA

Study Abroad (Engineering & Computing)

ECSAO

Study Abroad (Engineering & Computing)

HMSA