Course details

Strategic Management of Information Systems

SRI Acad. year 2014/2015 Winter semester 5 credits

Current academic year

Management of information systems, services and resources. Solving of the strategic questions and role of the informatics as the basic competitiveness of a company in the information society. Analysis of ICT use given the corresponding economic and non-economic benefits. Main subjects are focused on the strategic management in relation to business management.

Guarantor

Květoňová Šárka, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Credit+Examination

Time span

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

  • Understanding of the role and function of the information system in relation to business goals, understanding of the mutual relations among the different types of the company strategies (business, information, knowledge management, IT).
  • Development of the knowledge and experiences in IS/IT domain with respect to the possibilities in use of the most newest knowledge and practices in business sphere.
  • Introduction to IS description possibilities according to various points of view (SOA, MDA, etc.)
  • Introduction to Complex Event Processing domain and its use in business sphere,
  • IS/IT security understanding, especially variants of IS protection and protection of information stored in the IS.
  • Business process/services modeling techniques understanding (ARIS Designer).
  • Knowledge of IS development methods/methodologies with focus on actual needs of business domain.
  • Understanding of IS/IT auditing with aim of a better interconnection and usage in practice.

Learning objectives

The main goal of the course is to simplify orientation and the use of modern principals of business informatics management with respect to planning and control of additional informatics services. Main emphasis is given on technical, business, and managerial abilities enabling us a design of effective and safe information systems, which support business activities, processes, and services in order to satisfy business requirements and needs (to gain competitive advantages).

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

There are no prerequisites

Study literature

  • Voříšek, J., Pour, J. a kol.: Management podnikové informatiky.  1. vydání Praha: Professional Publishing, 2012. ISBN 9788074311024.
  • Francesca, M.: Řízení bezpečnosti informací. 2. vydání Praha: Professional Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7431-050-8.
  • Galba, A., Pavlíček, A.: Business Intelligence v podnikové praxi. 1. vydání Praha: Professional Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7431-065-2.
  • Bureš, V.:Systémové myšlení pro manažery. 1. vydání Praha: Professional Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7431-037-9.
  • Růčková, P.: Corporate Governance v České republice. 1. vydání Praha: Professional Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86946-87-0.
  • Pour, J., Gála, L., Šedivá, Z.: Podniková informatika. 2. vydání Praha:
    Grada Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2615-1.
  • Klčová, H., Sodomka, P.: Informační systémy v podnikové praxi. 2. vydání Praha: Computer Press, 2011. ISBN 978-80-25128-78-7.
  • Molnár, Z.: Efektivnost informačních systémů. Grada Publishing, 2001.
  • Voříšek, Jiří. Strategické řízení informačního systému a systémová integrace. Management Press, 2005. ISBN 80-8594-340-9.
  • Voříšek, J., Pavelka, J., Vít, M.. Aplikační služby IS/ICT formou ASP - Proč a jak pronajímat informatické služby. 2003. ISBN 80-247-0620-2.
  • Gála, Pour, Toman: Podniková informatika. Grada Publishing, 2006.
  • Buchalcevová, Metodiky vývoje a údržby informačních systémů, Grada Publishing, 2004.
  • Bébr, R.: Informační systémy pro podporu manažerské práce. Professional Publishing, 2005.
  • Action Benson, R.J., Bugnitz T.L,Walton, W.B. From Business strategy to IT. 2004.

Fundamental literature

  • Manuel Laguna, Johan Marklund: Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design. Prentice Hall, 2004.
  • John K. Halvey and Barbara Murphy Melby. Business Process Outsourcing: Process, Strategies, and Contracts. 2007.

Syllabus of seminars

Syllabus of lectures:
  1. Introduction to strategic management of IS/ICT and business modeling
  2. Process management
  3. Business Process Reengineering 
  4. Methods, techniques and standards of business process modeling
  5. IS/ICT Architectures
  6. Complex Event Processing (CEP)
  7. IT Governance, Information policy and Govern, Service Management 
  8. Sourcing strategies and optimization of the company IS/ICT (in-house, outsourcing, ASP) - I.
  9. Sourcing strategies and optimization of the company IS/ICT (in-house, outsourcing, ASP) - II.
  10. Effectiveness of IS/ICT (IS/ICT metrics - performance, costs and benefits
  11. IS/IT Security - basic concepts, security in context of strategic management
  12. IS/IT Security - II.
  13. IS/IT Audit

Syllabus of computer exercises:
  1. Introduction to ARIS IT Designer, principles of the use (definitions, occurrence of the objects, ARIS repository...)
  2. Modeling of the processes and IT - part 1
  3. Modeling of the processes and IT - part 2

Syllabus - others, projects and individual work of students:
  • Students work in teams ( (up to 3 students per team)
  • They analyze and model the chosen process in ARIS IT Designer

Progress assessment

Výuka není kontrolována.

Controlled instruction

A mid-term test, a final exam. The minimal number of points which can be obtained from the final exam is 20. Otherwise, no points will be assigned to the student.

Course inclusion in study plans

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