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Course Description

Rapid changes and advances in information technology (IT) are dramatically changing the ways in which businesses operate. These IT-enabled changes affect how customers interact with a business, how businesses interact with each other, and how the employees of an organization work individually and cooperatively. This course will provide academic preparation so that students can successfully participate in this information-intensive business environment. Students will learn about IT through hands-on experience, reading assignments, student-teacher discussions, group work, and in-class discussions.

Course Objectives

  • You will learn how firms are using IT to be more successful
  • You will learn IT-enabled business models and strategies
  • You will learn how to think strategically about IT to help organizations
  • You will learn about current IT trends and  basic IT valuation and management issues
  • You will have hands-on experience of critical business application software and simple e-business website implementation
  • You will learn the rudiments of IT system design and development methods
  • You will learn about the IT code of ethics and how to manage the moral and ethical issues associated with IT such as:
(a) Ethical issues of data privacy, managing and using data on individuals, firms, including social networking data, collection of data
(b) Ethical issues related to access to and use of computing and networking equipment; responsible use, hacking, etc.
(c) Ethical issues related to copyright protection, file sharing
(d) Ethical issues and professional codes for IT professionals


Group Project

The purpose of the team project is for students to apply concepts learned in class in a realistic setting and gain real-world understanding of
  1. The relationship between business and IT
  2. Entrepreneurial possibilities in the digital world
  3. IT-enabled business strategies
  4. Executive roles in forming IT-enabled business strategies
  5. Business modeling and system development process
  6. E-business technology, system requirements and specifications
  7. Effective team communication and collaboration
  8. Effective interpersonal communications, project management and leadership
  9. Business reporting and documentation

Communications

We will be using Laulima for communications and assignment submission.