Information Resource Management

    Course Code: 
    8139
    Semester: 
    7th
    Specialization Courses
    Professor: 

    POULOUDI NANCY, POULYMENAKOU ANGELIKI

    Course Description

    Course Description

    In this course, students learn to appreciate the opportunities and challenges from the use of ICTs, though in-class analysis and discussion of case studies from the international context, so that they can identify and manage similar situations efficiently when encountered in practice.

    Students in this advanced course study how information systems in organizations can be managed so that information resources are efficiently used.

    The course material includes the following thematic areas:

    1. Information sharing in organization
    2. Change management in the development and implementation of information systems (IS) in organizations
    3. Information resource management and IT department governance
    4. Broader information resource management issues (e.g. privacy) and their societal implications
    5. Strategic value and international growth trends for the IT sector

    Learning Outcomes

    Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

    • Appreciate the challenges and main causes of failure in the use of information systems in organisations.
    • Utilize the appropriate knowledge background to understand the issues that management faces concerning information systems.
    • Understand the role of information systems in the context of a broader set of systems and relations withing business and society.
    • Develop the skill of understanding and analysing the current academic literature on information systems.