Information System and Organization Strategy

This free online data science course discusses the relationship between information systems and organizational strategy. Every institution or business maps out its future and we explore the role of information systems in keeping data safe, relevant and flowing between relevant stakeholders. This course can enrich your understanding of information management and boost your value in the workplace.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

Information Systems and Strategy

This module explains more on Information Systems and Strategy. It consists of topics that cover the following aspects: Contribution of IT to organizational productivity, competitive advantage using IT in an organization, Porter?s value chain, Primary and support activities for the creation of a product or a service, Porter?s five forces framework and Strategic information systems.

Business Processes

This module describes business processes and the concept of business process reengineering. It covers the following: business processes and documentation, managing business process documentation, ERP systems and business process management, benefits of business process management, redesigning organizational processes and ISO Certification.

The Value Chain and Evaluating the Industry

This module examines strategies, an organization?s resources and capabilities alongside consideration of its value chain. It covers the following concepts: Elements of the value chain, Value chain primary and secondary activities, The relationship between value chain and supply chain, purpose of Porter’s five forces analysis, Rivalry among competitors in an industry, threat of potential new entrants to an industry, power of suppliers to an industry and the limitations of five forces analysis.

The People in Information Systems

This module discusses people in information systems. It consists of topics that cover the following: Creators of Information Systems, information-systems operations and administration, career paths in information systems, organizing the information-systems function, IT outsourcing, new networked-based organizational structure and various information systems users/adopters.

Information Systems Development

This module explains the process of Information Systems Development in an organization. It consists of topics that cover the following aspects: Programming and software development methodologies, the quality triangle, evolution and development of programming languages, classification of programming languages, programming tools and implementation methodologies.

Information Systems in Society

This module explains Information Systems in Society. It consists of topics that cover the following aspects: Globalization, impacts of globalization to organizations, the digital divide, ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, Information Systems Ethics, intellectual property and copyright in digital technologies, intellectual property protections, patents and trademarks and information systems privacy.

The Future of Management Information Systems

This module looks into the future of management information systems. It consists of topics that cover the following aspects: Current trends in information systems with key emphasis on global, social and global interactions, mobile, wearable and collaborative technology, current trends on the Internet of Things (IOT) and autonomous technologies.

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