GCO3816

Information systems management

C F Lau

6 points - 4 hours per week - Second semester - Gippsland and distance - Prerequisites: GCO2813 -

Objectives On completion of this subject students should understand the relationship between IT, organisational management, and resource management strategies; be able to identify the processes and potential problems involved in IS development and IT planning and management; be able to identify operational management requirements of a system and understand the processes behind IT resourcing, discuss current trends and people issues in IT management.

Synopsis Information systems management;importance of IS management, IS management's leadership role, strategic role of IS, IS planning. Managing essential technologies; distributed systems, building the network system, managing information resources and IS operations. End-user computing. Managing software development. New technologies. Acquisition of hardware, software and services. Information systems and people. Managing the human side of IS. Internet access to the university's computer systems through an Internet service provider is compulsory for distance education students.

Assessment Examination (open book, 3 hours): 50% - Other assessment modes: 50%

Prescribed texts

Sprague R H and McNurlin B C Information systems management in practice 4th edn, Prentice-Hall, 1998

Recommended texts

Frenzel C W Management of information technology Boyd and Fraser, 2nd edn, 1996
Kanter J Managing with information 4th edn, Prentice-Hall, 1992
Lucas H C Jr Managing information services Maxwell-Macmillan, 1989
Martin E W and others Managing information technology: What managers need to know Maxwell-Macmillan, 1991
Turban E, McLean E and Wetherbe J Information technology for management Wiley, 1996

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