Introduction to IT Strategy and Management

CIOs must understand the business environment in which their organization operates, and the business model devised to create value in this environment - what are the key drivers and how to address or leverage them to create shareholder value. Then, they must understand how IT will help/enable/drive this business model.

• Question 1: What is the role of the CIO?
• Question 2: How does IT impact the organization, and society at large?
• Question 3: How does IT create value for the organization?
• Question 4: How to leverage IT to create competitive advantage for the organization?
• Question 5: How to measure and track IT investment and results?
• Question 6: What are the key concepts in Business Information Systems?
• Question 7: How do internet-driven technologies add value to the business?
• Question 8: How to leverage e-Business to create business value?
• Question 9: What is m-commerce, how to enable it, and use it to create competitive advantage?
• Question 10: How do business information systems enable an organization's value chain?
• Question 11: How do business information systems enable an organization's supply chain?
• Question 12: How to leverage business information systems external to the organization?
• Question 13: What is knowledge management and how to enable it?
• Question 14: How to manage the organization's data assets?
• Question 15: How to manage decision support systems?
• Question 16: How to identify, select, build and deploy business information systems?
• Question 17: How to create a secure computing environment?