Course detail

Management IS

FP-ImisPAcad. year: 2017/2018

The course focuses on the following topics: Historical development of information systems and their categories. Database systems. Corporate information strategy. Strategic management of information systems. Efficiency of information systems and metric. Information systems development. Planning of IS development. IS management. IS security. Process management.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will have a clear idea of modern methods of strategic management in the field of corporate IS and will be made familiar with the modern information technologies. They will acquire basic knowledge necessary for creation of an information strategy, for evaluation of IS efficiency, they will be able to define an optimal version of new IS by means of suitable metric and to define Service Level Agreement for outsourcing in the field of IS. They will learn how to actively create corporate security policy in the field of IS and will be able to take an active part in realization of IS implementation projects and their control

Prerequisites

fundamental knowledge in the field of ICT and management are expected.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course contains lectures that explain basic principles, problems and methodology of the discipline, and exercises that promote the practical knowledge of the subject presented in the lectures. E-learning support.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Conditions for awarding the course-unit credit:
1. Successful elaborations of semester work in a pre-set deadline. Maximum 10 points
2. Total number of points for awarding the course-unit credit has to be higher than 6.

Conditions for passing an exam: Knowledge of taught topics and its practical application.
Form of examination: oral examination.

Course curriculum

Topics of lectures:
Introduction, ICT
Enterprise architecture
Process management
Information Strategies
Methods ITIL, Cobit, HOS
ICT acquisition and implementation
Effectiveness and Efficiency
IS innovations
Safety policy in the field of IS

The seminars are focused on practising of the lectured topics and elaboration of case studies (both individually and in teams).

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to provide students with the fundamental theoretical knowledge necessary for management of corporate IS. It is necessary to understand the trends in IS development, to know the substance of up to-date information technologies and to understand strategic management issues in the field of IS. Students need to know how the information system may be used to gain a strategic advantage, they have to identify and master solution of questions related to the IS efficiency and its measuring, to know how to analyse the suitability of application of different IS types of in a company and also to understand fundamental principles of security policy in the field of IS.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Kontrola výsledků samostatné práce na zadaných úkolech.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

KOCH, M.; NENIČKOVÁ, H.; HRŮZA,T.; DOVRTĚL, J. Management informačních systémů. Brno, CERM. 2010. (169 p.). ISBN 978-80-214-4157-6.
MOLNÁR, Z. Efektivnost informačních systémů. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2000. 142 s. ISBN 80-7169-410-X.75
ŘEPA,V.: Podnikové procesy. Procesní řízení a modelování. Praha: Grada, 2007.253. ISBN 978-80-247-2252-8.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-SI Master's

    branch MGR-IM , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Topics of lectures are the following:
types of IS,
Process management
Information Strategies
IS strategic management
IS effectiveness, evaluation metric
Safety policy in the field of IS

The seminars are focused on practising of the lectured topics and elaboration of case studies (both individually and in teams).

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer