Description
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
OVERVIEW
Graduate certificate in IT management surveys the key concepts underpinning information system and technologies. It introduces students to the ever-changing world of information technology (IT) and is designed to provide an overview of IT resources and techniques. Knowledge gained in this course will allow students to better manage such resources and will increase students’ ability to develop and strategically use information systems and technology in achieving their organization’s business goals.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
OBJECTIVES
MBA 610
Managerial Technology in Business
This course covers information systems and technology infrastructure, including terms, concepts, capabilities, and impacts that are critical to modern business organizations. Its focus is on the ways organizations utilize information systems for strategic planning and for developing a technology infrastructure. There is a focus on technological innovation within an organization and a firm’s ability to audit these capabilities. The course examines information technologies that are relevant for business operations, decision making, and e-Business.
Students taking this class will better appreciate the role information technologies play in managerial decisions, day-to-day business operations, the marketplace, business applications, environmental issues, and overall firm strategy. Information on the basic infrastructure of modern information systems (such as telecommunication networks/technology, and common practices relevant to information systems’ security) will also be provided. The course will include a project application component that will allow students to apply course concepts in a practical setting.The master certificate is offered after completion of course work,passing the exam and completing a consulting project in any firm of interest.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Discuss management concerns as they relate to information systems.
- Identify the business models, technology components, and impact of e-business on enterprises.
- Identify the existing and emerging technologies and techniques used in process automation.
- Identify the technologies and techniques used to secure information systems.
- Understand how information technology can serve as a point of strategic strength in an organization.
- Identify the most common enabling technologies, and functional and cross functional systems used withinan enterprise.
- Assess methodologies used by management to develop technical and applications architectures for intranet,extranet, and Internet systems.
- Discuss how the extended value chain is used by management to create collaborative business patterns.
- Describe the methods used to establish an IT strategy and to develop and implement business applications.
- Discover ways to achieve a competitive advantage using IT.
- Describe ethical, legal, and social implications of IT applications.
- Identify special issues involved in the implementation and use of information systems.
- Apply information presented on planning, analysis, design, implementation and management of IT and IS toa variety of business analyses.
- Analyze the market for IT products, major vendors, and identify factors affecting major IT-related decisions.
MIS 417 Managing Information Technology
This course introduces students to the concepts of information technology and to the information systems required for managing an information-age organization. It focuses on best management practices used in the information technology industry, in particular the ways various information systems can be managed to facilitate organizational effectiveness. Students will be provided with the most up-to-date tools and approaches used by managers to compete successfully in the new economy.
Upon completion of this course students should have gained the knowledge and skills to:
- Apply management theories to the planning and implementation of information technology systems and services within organizational structures.
- Analyze the issues involved in information systems planning.
- Examine organizational needs for information and explain how information systems meet those needs.
- Assess how changes in information technology impact the potential function of the organization.
- Explain the process for evaluating information technologies for adoption by an organization.
- Describe how to manage technology once it has been adopted.
- Analyze the issues involved in managing the key elements of the technology infrastructure.
- Develop an information systems project.
- Apply ethical principles in making decisions, managing staff, and serving a constituency.
- Recognize the technological requirements and the strategic uses of information for supporting knowledge-based work.
High level of professionalism and social interaction. Good education for minimal costs.
AGBEYANGI BANJI
Assistant resident Engineer,KWARA STATE MINISTRY OF WORKSI would recommend the programme to anybody who would like to improve project management will surely take over the landscape of business very shortly.
TUNDE GBEWESA
FCMB ,Regional Manager Risk Mgt (Midwest/south east)The environment is most conducive for learning and the materials are rich in the project management best practices.
OLAYANJU BENJAMIN
PROJECT ARCHITECT,GLOBACOMThe quality of facilitation is excellent; the transfer of knowledge is pragmatic. It will add value to any serious participant