Strategic Management of IT
Subject Overview
The sixth MIS group elective, covering the role of IT in strategic management planning approaches, IT-enabled competitive advantage via the value chain, IT as a strategic resource and inter-organizational systems, and digital transformation success factors in industrial strategy. A 4-credit elective theory paper.
Unit-wise Syllabus
4 units — click WhatsApp below to get the full notes for each
Unit 1: Strategic management and IT planning
Role of IT and Executive Support Systems in decision making, types of strategic management planning approaches (ad hoc, data collection, organization chart, top-down, bottom-up), planning for strategic IT applications
Unit 2: IT and competitive advantage
Value chain and Porter's Value Chain Model, value chain analysis and its advantages, understanding linkages and interrelationships, approach to IS/IT strategy formulation
Unit 3: IT as strategic resource
Turning technology into business transformation, IT as strategic source and competitive advantage, risks of using IT strategically, inter-organizational systems (IOS) and competitive advantage, the strategic grid
Unit 4: Digital transformation in strategy
Fundamental characteristics of industrial dynamics, visioning IT's strategic role, diversification strategies through digital transformation, success factors and implications, factors for shifting to digital and AI transformations