Nowadays, Information systems are not merely required for improving efficiency of business operations; rather these systems are used for effective business decisions and achieving strategic advantage. As a result of the increasing role of Information Technology (IT) in global business today, the functions of information systems are changing. It is transforming from a technology provider to a strategic partner and from a resource to a strategic tool. Because of the increasing use and participation of IT in all processes and projects, all the managers, irrespective of their functional areas, need to understand, deploy and manage Information Systems (ISs) from a business perspective.The research on MIS has clearly established that in many cases, Information Systems do not meet the business needs for which they were originally intended and thus fail to provide the expected return on investment/business value. There are several reasons for this failure that include; lack of planning, lack of alignment of business and IT, communication gap between the business and IT professionals, lack of effective IT project management and so on. Most organizations tend to delegate the planning process to the IT Department, which in most cases treat this as a technical problem rather than a solution to a business need. The key to successful IS deployment, therefore, is to create a %E2%80%9CBusiness %E2%80" linked Information Systems Plan%E2%80%9D. Accordingly, IS planning along with issues and challenges form a key component of this MIS course.The other important issue in the area of MIS is the underlying IT technologies that support Information Systems. Most managers need to take decisions with regard to these technologies. Unfortunately however, most of them do not have sufficient understanding of these technologies, and therefore leave key decisions to technologists %E2%80" with disastrous consequences. Therefore, another component of this course will cover the basics of IT technologies that are today commonly used in organizations, along with implications for managers.Finally, once the IS Plan is in place; the systems decided upon must be either bought out or developed, and ultimately implemented. The last component of the course will therefore focus on ERP systems (the most commonly available bought out systems in the market). It will also cover the process of Information System Analysis and Design, with emphasis on Requirements Analysis, which would be used when systems are to be developed.

Course leader
Teacher: D. P. Goyal: http://www.mdi.ac.in/faculty/detail/28-d-p-goyal/research-and-consultancy/consultancy-at-mdi/

Target group
Master's level.Students holding a relevant bachelor.

Fee info
EUR 667: Price: Students holding a preapproval including exchange students do not pay for the course.ONLY Free-mover students and Tomplads students MUST pay for the course: Danish and EU/ES (tomplads): 667 EURNON-EU-ES students (free-mover): 998 EURBooks, course materials, social programme, and housing are not included in the tuition fee. Also be aware of course specific expenses mentioned in the description.

Scholarships
No scholarships available

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