IS.425
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Digital Transformation Strategy
Course (UG/PG)
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Course Description
We shall also cover aspects of IS management & best practices, and apply them to solve real life case problems, as well as to propose IT strategy to address the specific business challenge given by a sponsoring organization.
Topics will vary from year to year, enabling the instructor to include a combination of the latest IT trends (eg. Mobile & Social Media) and emerging issues at the intersection of IT and management. along with some of the important fundamentals.
Students will have the opportunity to learn from leaders (CxO) in the industry on their views on specific IT management issue, best practices, and how to be successful in their career( not limited to IT career).
This course will benefit all students who aspire to be in an executive or management position, be it in IT or business functions such as finance, marketing, HR, etc.
Note to SIS students:
IS425 revisits in more depth similar themes that were introduced in Seminar on IS Management (IS101) in your first year –such as how IT is used in the context of complex business processes; how IT can enable value generation; and other topics related to the management of information technology and systems in business settings. There will be greater emphasis on putting what you have learnt into practice by solving real life challenges holistically.
Note to non-SIS students:
Final year students are very welcome to attend this course to learn how you can best leverage IT to be more successful in your professional life. This is not a technical course and there is no coding/computing skill required. However, it is important that you have keen interest in IT and are prepared to read up on some of the topics (Reference Readings will be given) to help you gain most benefit from this course.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Explain and effectively communicate the Value of IT to business stakeholders
2. Apply the IT strategy framework and process to Develop a Digital Business strategy
3. Integrate business & IT strategy to provide business with competitive advantage
4. Conduct Problem/Opportunity Analysis
5. Linking IT to business metrics
6. Making business case for IT investments
7. Change Management Approach to effectively lead change in organizations
8. Explaining IT architecture to the business in a simple and pragmatic manner
9. Understand various IT functions and capabilities in an organization
10. Understand various IT sourcing options and strategic considerations
11. IT Governance processes to ensure effective and efficient use of IT
12. Understand how to manage IT Risks
13. How organizations implement eCommerce and Enterprise Applications for business success
14. Enhancing business intelligence through Analytics & Artificial Intelligence
15. Understand the Ethical & Social issues related to IT
16. Evaluate & analyse case studies
17. Collaborate as a team -applying all the above in developing a Digital Transformation Strategy to solve a real-life business problem for an external sponsoring organization (SMU-X term project)
18. Presentation skills in facilitating Best-Practice discussions and pitching project proposal
19. Able to utilise different sources and tools for research to investigate, discover and assimilate relevant info (such as the latest development ) for additional insights on the topic or area of study.
Overall, a strategic mindset, digital literacy, business acumen, change management abilities, and the skills, knowledge and understanding to effectively drive digital transformation initiatives within organizations.