This course is based on the fundamental premise that the major role of information technology is to provide organization with strategic advantage by facilitating problem solving, increasing productivity and quality, increasing speed, improving customer service, and enabling communication and collaboration. As so, managing information resources, new technology, and communication networks is becoming a or even the-critical success factor in the operations of many organizations, private and public, and will be essential to the survival of organization in the future. The rapidly increased use of the Web, the Internet, intranet, extranet, e-business and e-commerce, and mobile computing changes the manner in which business is done in almost all organizations. We emphasize the innovative uses of information technology throughout the enterprise.
The course is divided into six modules. The first module gives an overview of IT in the organization. The second module introduces two major building blocks of IT: data and networks. Module III introduce the Web-based technologies and applications while Module IV focuses on various IT applications on organizations. Module V discusses the many ways information systems can be used to support the day-to-day operations of a company, with a strong emphasis on the use of IT in managerial decision making. The last, not the least, module explores several topics related to the implementation, evaluation, construction, and maintenance of information systems. In addition to lectures, real-world cases will be administrated and studied in the class.