Innovation and Information Technology Management

By Professor Rahul De' | IIMB

Learners enrolled: 1268

Information Technology (IT) changes the manner and scope in which businesses operate and compete. Innovations in IT have led some businesses to flourish, while others have faltered due to massive changes brought by this industry. IT is notoriously hard to manage. The challenge of managing IT is ensuring that the intended changes and innovations are realized, and the unintended ones are kept under control. This course will cover basic concepts of information technology management.

As part of this course you will:

See some brief videos
Take pop quizzes
Analyze cases
Read relevant material

This course is for you if you are:

Using IT in your organization
Building or are planning to build IT-enabled products or services
Exploring business innovations and want to know how IT can help
Interested in understanding how organizations manage IT for innovating.
This course is not overly technical. Detailed prior knowledge of computing technology is not required to take this course.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	6 weeks
Category :	Management Studies
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	30 Jul 2021
End Date :	30 Oct 2021
Enrollment Ends :	15 Sep 2021
Exam Date :	13 Nov 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

Page Visits

Course layout

Week 1: Managing competition with IT

Competing with IT
Properties of digital goods
Network effects
Case study on competing with IT

Week 2: Managing digital networks and digital security

Digital networks
Digital security
Case study on net neutrality

Week 3: Managing Innovations with IT

Moore's Law
Innovating with IT
Evolving IT innovations
Decisions to be made
Case study on managing innovations with IT

Week 4: Managing software development

Making software the old-fashioned way
Why managing software projects is hard
New breed of software development methods
Case study on managing software development

Week 5: Managing outside innovation

Crowd-sourcing software
Managing open source innovation
Managing outside innovation
Case study on managing outside innovation

Week 6: Managing ethical and social issues

Managing ethical issues
Managing social issues
Innovating to stay green
ICT for development

Books and references

Though the course does not require any textbook, if students need further detailed information, they are recommended to refer to the below book

MIS: Managing Information Systems in Business, Government and Society

Rahul De,

Wiley India (2012)

Instructor bio

Professor Rahul De'

IIMB

Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor in ICT for Sustainable Economic Development at IIM Bangalore

Dr. Rahul De’ is the Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor in ICT for Sustainable Economic Development at IIM Bangalore. He has taught information systems in India, in the USA, and for brief stints in Spain, Norway and Sweden, since 1994. He does research in ICT for development, open source and electronic government. He has published 2 books and over 50 articles in international journals, in conference proceedings and as chapters in books. He has received international awards for his research and teaching.

Course certificate

Examination:

Type of exam: Computer based exam

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card for verification and take the exam in person.

You can find the final allotted exam centre details in the hall ticket. The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type (subjective) type, etc.

Grading and Certificate Policy:

Weightage: 25% weightage for weekly assignment + 75% weightage for final exam.

Passing Marks: You will be eligible for Certificate only if you score minimum 40% in Weekly Assessment and minimum 40% in Final Exam.

If you score less than 40% in either weekly assessments (average) or in final exam, you will not receive the certificate.