Course Name
Information Technology Importance in Strategic Planning
Nature of Course Content and Goals
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.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will:
· be proactive with risk management practices.
· understand IT business management.
· understand the basics of Blockchain technology.
· understand the economics of cloud computing.
· understand the benefits of eco-efficient technology adoption.
· understand how to balance customer and shareholder value.
· understand how emerging technologies effect strategic planning.
Learner Outcomes/ Assessments
· Learn how to perform research identifying and analyzing technological challenges
· Build critical thinking skills to develop and apply solutions that achieve strategic and tactical IT-business alignment
· Develop professional skills and expertise to advance knowledge in your chosen field or discipline within information technology
· Conduct research with professional and ethical integrity
· Address complex technical questions and challenge established knowledge and practices in the area
· Identify, comprehend, analyze, evaluate and synthesize research
· Communicate effectively and employ constructive professional and interpersonal skills
· Critically evaluate current research and best practices
· Demonstrate IT leadership skills at the team and enterprise levels following tenets of professional, social, and ethical responsibility
· Recommend IT strategies that support enterprise mission and objectives
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1. Course Name
Information Technology Importance in Strategic Planning
Nature of Course Content and Goals
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.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will:
· be proactive with risk management practices.
· understand IT business management.
· understand the basics of Blockchain technology.
· understand the economics of cloud computing.
· understand the benefits of eco-efficient technology adoption.
· understand how to balance customer and shareholder value.
· understand how emerging technologies effect strategic
planning.
Learner Outcomes/ Assessments
· Learn how to perform research identifying and analyzing
technological challenges
· Build critical thinking skills to develop and apply solutions
that achieve strategic and tactical IT-business alignment
· Develop professional skills and expertise to advance
knowledge in your chosen field or discipline within information
technology
2. · Conduct research with professional and ethical integrity
· Address complex technical questions and challenge
established knowledge and practices in the area
· Identify, comprehend, analyze, evaluate and synthesize
research
· Communicate effectively and employ constructive professional
and interpersonal skills
· Critically evaluate current research and best practices
· Demonstrate IT leadership skills at the team and enterprise
levels following tenets of professional, social, and ethical
responsibility
· Recommend IT strategies that support enterprise mission and
objectives
