The pace of change in Information Technology (IT) requires practitioners who wish to maximally exploit technology to constantly maintain their professional knowledge. Within an organisational context, IT practitioners must also maintain an awareness of an organisation's strategic goals, recognise opportunities for organisational change, and plan and undertake change, making sure factors other than those directly related to technology are taken into account, such as managing sociological and human constraints. Starting with a brief introduction to organisational theory, the module will explore organisational strategies that exploit IT, following these through to planning and proposing change. This will be underpinned by knowledge of the Systems Development Lifecycle, relating systems development to changes in organisational processes.
The notes and resources for this module are available on ULearn. Access to the notes will be given to subscribed students for the Spring semester. If you are not currently subscribed for this module and would like access, please get in touch. Notes for the first, introductory lecture are available here (PDF 186Kb).
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