Overview

Students will learn to identify and understand issues facing IS managers in the management of information systems. In particular, students will develop an understanding of the importance of aligning information systems operations and strategy to business operations and strategy and explore techniques and tools for analysing and improving the degree of alignment between business and the information systems function. Moreover, the role of architecture as an analysis and design framework for organisational information systems will be explored. Students will be equipped to contextualise organisational structure and governance of the information systems function to support managers in improving their control and risk management over the information systems function.

Requisites

Prerequisites
INF10003 Introduction to Business Information Systems

Rule
187.5 cps (or 15 units – OUA-Open Universities Australia)
AND
INF10003 Introduction to Business Information Systems
OR
INF10006 Information Systems and Fundamentals

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Apply appropriate analytical tools to align business and IS strategies and improve planning and decision-making
  • Analyse and evaluate problems, opportunities and challenges in IS management and make recommendations based on sound IS management theory and practice
  • Evaluate issues in the management of relationships between IS and the host organisation demonstrating sensitivity to cross-cultural and interpersonal communication issues associated with the successful management of global IS teams
  • Communicate effectively as a professional and function as an effective leader or member of a team

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture
2.00 12 weeks 24
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial
1.00 12 weeks 12
TOTAL36

OUA

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning
12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment 1Individual 30 - 40% 1,3 
Assignment 2Group 30 - 40% 2,3,4 
Assignment 3Individual 20 - 40% 1,2,3 

Content

  • Understanding the business environment
  • Introduction to strategy, Information systems strategy
  • Concept of alignment with business operations and strategy
  • Architectures as a design proactive for organisational information systems
  • Information systems function governance, governance mechanisms and processes
  • Developing & managing organisation wide IT capability
  • Structuring the information systems function
  • Evaluating investment, planning and decision making in information systems
  • Managing realisation of benefits from information systems investments
  • Managing delivery of information systems services
  • Information systems performance measurement, benchmarking
  • Cross cultural communication & management issues
  • CIO-CEO relationship

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.