Management of Information System

Explores strategic development of information technology; value chain analysis and its application to information resource management; information systems planning; organizing, staffing, and controlling the deployment of information technology; the development of an IT platform and architecture consistent with organizational structure. Successful completion of the course requires submission of a written Strategic Assessment of the information systems architecture of a not-for-profit organization in the Louisville Metro community. The strategic assessment will include a comprehensive hardware and software audit of the entire enterprise; assessment of the strategic goals and competitive objectives of the organization; and will culminate in a gap analysis of how the organization can better invest in and deploy information technology to enable better achievement of its organizational mission. Clients for this assessment project will come from the NFP community in Louisville.