1 School of Computer & Information Sciences COURSE SYLLABUS Course Name: ITS831 – Information Technology Importance in Strategic Planning; Section – 41 Fall 2019 – MAIN term – Hybrid Course with Required Residency Residency Session Date: Oct 4 – 6, 2019; Friday 5pm – 10pm; Saturday 8am – 10pm; Sunday 8am-1:30pm Residency Session Course Site: UC @ NOVA Alexandria Campus - 5000 Dawes Ave. Alexandria, VA 22311 Professor: James E. Price, Ph.D. Contact Information: Office Hours: By appointment E-mail: [email protected] Online Support (IT) and I-Learn Policy: All members of the University of the Cumberlands’ community who use the University’s computing, information or communication resources must act responsibly. http://www.ucumberlands.edu/it/downloads/terms.pdf Course Website: Access to the course website is required via the iLearn portal on the University of the Cumberlands website: http://www.ucumberlands.edu/ilearn/ Course Description: This course focuses on the information technology leader’s collaborative roles working with an organization’s senior leadership, including aligning business strategy with IT strategy, acting as an equal contributor to the formation of organizational strategy, and integrating ethical policies and practices into an organization. Learners evaluate multidisciplinary research and practices related to leadership, organizational structures, and culture. Through the lens of complexity/chaos and change theories, learners analyze information technology’s role in contributing to organizational resiliency. Alignment Matrix Course Objectives/Learner Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, the student will:  Be proactive with risk management practices;  Understand IT business management;  Understand how to balance customer and shareholder value;  Understand the economics of cloud computing;  Understand the benefits of eco-efficient technology adoption; and  Understand how emerging technologies effect strategic planning. Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course. Books and Resources: Pearlson, K., Saunders, C., Galletta, D. (2016). Managing and Using Information Systems: A Strategic Approach, 6th ed. Burlington, MA: Wiley ISBN: 9781119244288 Recommended Materials/Resources: Some interesting readings will be added in the content to expand the knowledge. Please see the module folders each week for these additional readings. Course Expectations Course Activities and Experiences: Students are expected to: • Review any assigned reading material and prepare responses to homework assigned. • Actively participate in activities, Case assignments, and discussions. • Evaluate and react to each other’s work in a supportive, constructive manner. • Complete specific assignments and exams when specified and in a professional manner. • Utilize learned technologies for class assign ...

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School of Computer & Information Sciences
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Name: ITS831 – Information Technology Importance in
Strategic Planning; Section – 41
Fall 2019 – MAIN term – Hybrid Course with Required
Residency
Residency Session Date: Oct 4 – 6, 2019; Friday 5pm –
10pm; Saturday 8am – 10pm; Sunday 8am-1:30pm
Residency Session Course Site: UC @ NOVA Alexandria
Campus - 5000 Dawes Ave. Alexandria, VA 22311
Professor: James E. Price, Ph.D.
Contact Information: Office Hours: By appointment
E-mail: [email protected]
Online Support (IT)
and I-Learn Policy:
All members of the University of the Cumberlands’ community
who use the University’s computing,
information or communication resources must act responsibly.
http://www.ucumberlands.edu/it/downloads/terms.pdf
Course Website: Access to the course website is required via
the iLearn portal on the University of the Cumberlands website:
http://www.ucumberlands.edu/ilearn/

2. Course Description: This course focuses on the information
technology leader’s collaborative roles working with an
organization’s
senior leadership, including aligning business strategy with IT
strategy, acting as an equal contributor to the
formation of organizational strategy, and integrating ethical
policies and practices into an organization.
Learners evaluate multidisciplinary research and practices
related to leadership, organizational structures,
and culture. Through the lens of complexity/chaos and change
theories, learners analyze information
technology’s role in contributing to organizational resiliency.
Alignment
Matrix
Course Objectives/Learner Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will:
ement practices;
-efficient technology adoption;
and
emerging technologies effect strategic
planning.
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course.
Books and

3. Resources:
Pearlson, K., Saunders, C., Galletta, D. (2016). Managing and
Using Information Systems: A Strategic
Approach, 6th ed. Burlington, MA: Wiley ISBN:
9781119244288
Recommended Materials/Resources:
Some interesting readings will be added in the content to
expand the knowledge. Please see the module
folders each week for these additional readings.
Course Expectations
Course Activities
and Experiences:
Students are expected to:
• Review any assigned reading material and prepare responses
to homework assigned.
• Actively participate in activities, Case assignments, and
discussions.
• Evaluate and react to each other’s work in a supportive,
constructive manner.
• Complete specific assignments and exams when specified
and in a professional manner.
• Utilize learned technologies for class assignments.
• Connect content knowledge from core courses to practical
training placement and activities.
Academic Integrity: At a Christian liberal arts university
committed to the pursuit of truth and understanding, any act of
academic
dishonesty is especially distressing and cannot be tolerated. In
general, academic dishonesty involves the
abuse and misuse of information or people to gain an

4. undeserved academic advantage or evaluation. The
common forms of academic dishonesty include:
– using deception in the taking of tests or the
preparation of written work, using
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unauthorized materials, copying another person’s work with or
without consent, or assisting another
in such activities.
– falsifying, fabricating, or forging information in
either written, spoken, or video presentations.
—using the published writings, data,
interpretations, or ideas of another without proper
documentation.
Plagiarism includes copying and pasting material from the
internet into assignments without properly citing
the source of the material.
Episodes of academic dishonesty are reported to the Vice
President for Academic Affairs. The potential
penalty for academic dishonesty includes a failing grade on a
particular assignment, a failing grade for the
entire course, or charges against the student with the
appropriate disciplinary body.
Attendance Policy: When any student has exceeded 20% of the
time prescribed for any class, that student will be automatically

5. dropped from that particular class with the grade of “F.” This
grade is placed on the official transcript of the
student and is treated as a failing grade in calculating the grade
point average. The definition of a class
absence is a student’s failure to attend class for any reason.
Instructors may count three times tardy or
leaving early to be equal to one class absence. There are no
excused absences, regardless of the reason for
the class having been missed. However, faculty will make
reasonable provisions to allow students to make up
work if the absence is due to a university-sponsored function or
a medical or family emergency that is
documented in a timely manner. Allowance for students to make
up work for other reasons is at each
instructor’s discretion. A class absence does not excuse the
student from being responsible for course work
missed; the student is responsible for contacting the faculty
member in order to make up class assignments.
The Vice President for Academic Affairs is the authorized agent
to consider any exceptions to the above
regulations. (Undergraduate Catalog)
Residency Attendance: Each student must be in attendance for
the entire duration of the required residency
weekend. Late arrivals and/or early departures are not
permitted. Punctuality is important as each student
is required to have the documented in-seat time per USCIS
regulations. If a student is not in attendance for
the full session, he/she will be counted absent for the entire
session, and receive an automatic “F” and will
be required to pay the $300.00 make-up fee and attend a
residency make-up session.
Disability
Accommodations:

6. University of the Cumberlands accepts students with certified
disabilities and provides reasonable
accommodations for their certified needs in the classroom, in
housing, in food service or in other areas. For
accommodations to be awarded, a student must submit a
completed Accommodations Application form and
provide documentation of the disability to the Disability
Services Coordinator (Mr. Jacob Ratliff, Boswell
Campus Center, Student Services Office Suite,
[email protected]). When all paperwork is on
file, a meeting between the student and the Coordinator will be
arranged to discuss possible
accommodations before accommodations are formally approved.
Students must then meet with the
Coordinator at the beginning of each semester before any
academic accommodations can be certified for
that term. Certifications for other accommodations are normally
reviewed annually.
Student
Responsibilities:
appropriate assignment area; no
assignment of any kind will be accepted in email.
iLearn portal) for electronic communication with
the Instructor or for Learner-to-Learner communication.
and its students is through the
UCumberlands email system (i.e. Webmail). Each student is
responsible for monitoring his/her University
email account frequently. This is the primary email account

7. used to correspond with you directly by the
University; imperative program information is sent to this email
account specifically from campus and
program office.
ected to regularly monitor the
“Announcement” link (within the iLearn portal) to find
out if any changes have been made in the class or assignment
schedule.
designated dates. Normally, re-takes on
quizzes/exams are NOT permitted. If a student miss the exam
and ask for a re-take, he/she must have an
extenuating and legitimate reason as determined by your
professor.
Work that is not
submitted in a professional manner will not be evaluated and
will be returned as unacceptable.
o There is a craft to writing. Spelling, grammar, punctuation
and diction (word usage) are all
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tools of that craft. Writing at the collegiate level will show
careful attention to these
elements of craft. Work that does not exhibit care with regard
to these elements will be
considered as inadequate for college writing and graded
accordingly.

8. Deadlines and Dues
Dates:
Recognizing that a large part of professional life is meeting
deadlines, it is necessary to develop time
management and organizational skills. Failure to meet the
course deadlines may result in penalties. Keep in
mind that all deadlines are set using Eastern Standard Time
(EST). Late assignments will NOT be accepted.
Writing
Expectations:
Learning outcomes for candidates’ writing competencies include
clarity of thought, discernment in planning
and organization, and integration of evidence and criteria.
appropriate forms of documentation
and use it where appropriate. APA format is required and style
of notation to credit all sources
that are not your own.
ng. Spelling, grammar, punctuation
and diction (word usage) are all tools of
that craft. Writing at the collegiate level will show careful
attention to these elements of craft.
Work that does not exhibit care with regard to these elements
will be considered as inadequate
for college writing and graded accordingly.
submitted in APA format.
Participation Policy: Study after study has linked successful

9. academic performance with good class participation. Those
who
assume positions of responsibility must “show up” in order to
be effective. Therefore, students are expected
to actively participate in intelligent discussion of assigned
topics in all areas (Discussion Board Activities,
Synchronous Sessions, Forums, Shared Papers, etc.) to help
process course material and/or to demonstrate
understanding of course content. Point adjustments will be
taken for non-participation.
Academic Appeals: Both undergraduate and graduate students
have the right to challenge a grade. If discussions with the
course
instructor and department chair do not lead to a satisfactory
conclusion, students may file a formal written
appeal with the Vice President for Academic Affairs, who will
forward the appeal to the chair of the Academic
Appeals Committee. This formal written appeal must be filed by
the end of the 4th week of classes in the
next regular term following the term in which the course in
question was taken. The Academic Appeals
Committee then gathers information from the student, the
instructor, and any other relevant parties. The
Committee will deliver its recommendation on the complaint to
the Vice President for Academic Affairs. After
reviewing this recommendation and concurring or amending it,
the Vice President for Academic Affairs will
inform the student and instructor of the disposition of the
complaint no later than the last day of classes of
the term in which the complaint was filed. Records of all
actions regarding academic grade appeals, including
their final disposition, are maintained by the Vice President for
Academic Affairs and the Academic Appeals
Committee. (Undergraduate Catalog/Graduate Catalog)

10. Links to Support: Orientation to I-Learn: Student training
course on I-Learn,
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Book Store:
http://cumber.bncollege.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/BNCBH
omePage?storeId=50059&catalogId=10001
&langId=-1
Library: http://www.ucumberlands.edu/library/
Course Assignments and Evaluation
Evaluation Method: Graded work will receive a numeric score
reflecting the quality of performance. Relative weights assigned
to
graded work are as follows:
* Assignments may change at the discretion of the professor;
change in any assignment will be announced in
class. Students are responsible for noting and completing any
changes in assignments.
*Assignment Description Weight
Discussions Discussion topics 10%
Case Assignments Case assignments will be given throughout
the term
requiring the learner to apply obtained knowledge.
10%
Residency Wkend Career writing; Mid-term exam; Group
research, paper and
presentation

11. 60%
Final Exam Final Exam 20%
TOTAL 100%
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omePage?storeId=50059&catalogId=10001&langId=-1
http://cumber.bncollege.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/BNCBH
omePage?storeId=50059&catalogId=10001&langId=-1
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Course Evaluation A student will be evaluated/weighted on the
following basis:
Grading Scale: Graded work will receive a numeric score
reflecting the quality of performance as given above in
evaluation
methods. The overall course grade will be determined
according to the following scale:
Grade Percentage
A 90–100%
B 80–89.9%

12. C 70–79.9%
F <69.9%
Syllabus Disclaimer:
This syllabus is intended as a set of guidelines for this course
and the professor reserves the right to make modifications in
content, schedule, and
requirements as necessary to promote the best education
possible within conditions affecting this course. Any changes
to the syllabus will be
discussed with the students.
Tentative Course Expectations (specific due dates are listed in
the course module)
Week Weekly Topic Reading Assignment Due**
#1
Aug 26 – Sep 1
Introduction Book Introduction
and assigned reading
Quiz 1(APA)
Discussion 1 Both Due Sep 1
#2
Sep 2 – Sep 8
The Information Systems Strategy Triangle Chapter 1 and
assigned reading Case 1-1 Due Sep 15

13. #3
Sep 9 – Sep 15
Strategic Use of Information Resources Chapter 2 and assigned
reading Discussion 2
Case 2-2 both due Sep 15
#4
Sep 16 – Sep 22
Organizational Strategy and Information Systems Chapter 3 and
assigned reading Case 3-1 Due Sep 29
#5
Sep 23 – Sep 29
Digital Systems and the Design of work Chapter 4 and assigned
reading Discussion 3
Case 4-2 Both due Sep 29
#6
Sep 30 – Oct 6
RESIDENCY WEEK (Oct 4, 5, and 6) and
MID-TERM
Residency coursework Career Plotting; Mid-term Exam (on-
site);Residency project All due Oct 6
#7
Oct 7 Oct 13
Information Systems and Business
Transformation
Chapter 5 and assigned reading Case 5-1 Due Oct 20

14. #8
Oct 14 – Oct 20
Architecture and Infrastructure Chapter 6 and assigned reading
Discussion 4
Case 6-1 Both due Oct 20
#9
Oct 21 – Oct 27
Security Chapter 7 and assigned reading Case 7-1 Due Nov 3
#10
Oct 28 – Nov 3
The Business of Information Technology Chapter 8 and
assigned reading Discussion 5
Case 8-1 Both due Nov 3
#11
Nov 4 – Nov 10
Governance of the Information Systems
Organization
Chapter 9 and assigned reading Case 9-2 Due Nov 17
#12
Nov 11 – Nov 17
Information System Sourcing Chapter 10 and assigned reading
Discussion 6
Case 10-1 Both Due Nov 17
#13

15. Nov 18 – Nov 24
Managing IT Projects Chapter 11 and assigned reading Case
11-1 Due December 1
#14
Nov 25 – Dec 1
Business Intelligence, Knowledge Management,
and Analytics
Chapter 12 and assigned reading Discussion 7
Case 12-1 Both Due December 1
#15
Nov 2 – Dec 8
Privacy and Ethical Considerations in Information
Management
Chapter 13 and assigned reading Case 13-2 Due December 8
#16
Dec 9 – Dec 12
FINAL WEEK (very short week) Course summarization Final
Exam Due December 12
*ALL DUE DATES AND ASSIGNMENTS SUBJECT TO
CHANGE
**All assignments are due in iLearn by 11:59pm EST on Sunday
of the corresponding two weeks…EXCEPT the last week of
term.