b) NY KURS (Ange kursnamn, årskurs, önskad läsperiod, schemablocksplacering. Bifoga utkast till kursplan.)

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1 LINKÖPINGS TEKNISKA HÖGSKOLA Tekniska fakultetskansliet FÖRSLAG TILL PROGRAMNÄMND INFÖR ÅR NÄMND/NÄMNDER: Förslagsställare (Namn, funktion, Inst/Enhet) FÖRSLAGET GÄLLER: a) EXISTERANDE KURS (Ange kurskod och kursnamn) b) NY KURS (Ange kursnamn, årskurs, önskad läsperiod, schemablocksplacering. Bifoga utkast till kursplan.) c) ÄNDRING I EXISTERANDE PROFIL/INRIKTNING (Ange Program och Profil/Inriktning. Bifoga beskrivning över vad förslaget går ut på.) d) NY PROFIL/INRIKTNING (Ange Program och Profilnamn. Bifoga utkast till Profilbeskrivning.) e) ÖVRIGT (Bifoga beskrivning över vad förslaget går ut på.) PROGRAMNÄMNDENS BESKED:

2 FÖRSLAGET I DETALJ:

3 År : 2008 Information Systems a management perspective 6 högskolepoäng/ects För: Kursen kan läsas inom ramen för Masterprogram och civilingenjörsutbildningarna industriell ekonomi, industriell ekonomi med internationell inriktning samt IT-programmet och D-linjen inom civilingenjörsutbildningen. Den är även riktad till civilingenjörsprogrammens utbytesstudenter. Utbildningsområde: Teknik Ämnesgrupp: Ekonomiska informationssystem Fördjupningsnivå: Avancerad nivå (A) Språk: Engelska Course Objective: The theme of this is the role of information technology (IT) in business and society from a management perspective. The provides an introduction to information systems (IS), and goes on to familiarise the students with management issues: IT and strategy; IS, organisations and change; the IT function, the organisation and the competition; security and control, ethics and integrity, knowledge management, and public e-services. After completing the, the participants should have an increased understanding of managerial IT-related issues, allowing them to participate in a constructive way in IT-related discussions in organisations concerning challenges and opportunities. Organisation For each topic, there are a number of articles and a case as assigned reading as preparation for class. On each topic, there is a lecture and a case discussion. As a complement, the participants form small groups and choose a topic related to the, research it, write a report and give an oral presentation. Content In present-day organisations, people interact with IT-based systems, IT-related investments form a prominent part of organisational investments, and the IT-mediated interaction between the organisation and its environment poses threats as well as opportunities. The provides an introduction to information systems (IS) concepts, such as the distinction between data and information, uncertainty and equivocality. It goes on to familiarise the students with a number of management issues: connections between IT and strategy; relationships between information systems and organisational change; IT governance and organisational and competitive aspects of IT infrastructure; security and control, ethics and integrity issues related with IS use; knowledge management, and the supply and management of public e-services. Course literature The literature consists of published articles. The list is revised in time for the start of the. Below is an example of what the reading list could be: 1. Carr, N. G. (2003) IT Doesn t matter. Harvard Business Review 81 (5) Brown, J.S.; Hagel, J.III; Varian, H; Carr, N. (2003) Does IT Matter? Letters to the Editor. Harvard Business Review 81 (7), Markus, M.L. & Benjamin R.I. (1997) The magic bullet theory in IT-enabled transformation. Sloan Management Review, Winter 1997, Brynjolfsson and Mendelson (1993) Information Systems and the Organization of Modern Enterprise, Journal of Organizational Computing, December Orlikowski, Wanda J. and J. Debra Hofman (1997) An Improvisational Model of Change Management: The Case of Groupware Technologies, Sloan Management Review, Winter Westelius, Alf (2006) Images and imaginators in virtual organising the NPO Friluftsfrämjandet and International Journal of Public Information Systems, Vol 2 (1). 1 (3)

4 7. Westelius, Alf and Pablo Valiente (2006) Bringing the Enterprise System to the Frontline - Intertwining Computerised and Conventional Communication at BT Europe. In Unwired Business: Cases in Mobile Business, Stuart J. Barnes and Eusebio Scornavacca (Eds.), IRM Press, Hershey. 8. Dedrick, J. Gurbaxani, V. Kraemer, K. (2003) Information Technology and Economic Performance: A Critical Review of the Empirical Evidence. In ACM Computing Surveys, No. 1, Vol. 35, pp Sannes, Ragnvald (1996) The relationship between managers, developers and users. In Advancing Your Business People and Information Systems in Concert, Lundeberg & Sundgren (Eds.) EFI, Stockholm. 10. Petri, Carl-Johan (2001) Employee propelled information provision, Journal of Human Resource Costing & Accounting, Vol 5, No 2, pp Richard O Mason, (1986) Four ethical issues of the information age, MIS Quarterly, March Westelius and Edenius (2004) Gaps between intended and actual use turning problems into opportunities in health informatics. A previous version was presented at the 17th Nordic Conference on Business Studies, Scandinavian Academy of Management, August 2003, Reykjavík. 13. Ke, Weiling; Wei, Kwok Kee (2004) Successful e-government in Singapore, Communications of the ACM; June 2004, Vol. 47 Issue 6, p95, 5p. 14. Choi, Byounggu and Heeseok Lee (2003) An empirical investigation of KM styles and their effect on corporate performance, Information & Management 40 (2003) Westelius, Alf and Mårtensson, Pär (2004) The Midas Touch in Knowledge Management Projects Beware, Your Wish Could Come True, The Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, 2(2) Examination Report (written in groups of four) (1,5 ECTS) Written examination (4,5 ECTS) Area Intr. Taught Used Comment 1.1 Basic knowledge in math and natural science 1.2 Basic knowledge in technology subjects X 1.3 Advanced knowledge in applied subjects X 2.1 Engineering thinking and problem solving X Discussions in class and project work 2.2 Experimentation and knowledge development X Discussions in class and project work 2.3 Systems thinking X 2.4 Individuall skills and approaches 2.5 Professional skills and approaches X 3.1 Ability to work in groups X 3.2 Ability to communicate X 3.3 Ability to communicate in a foreign language X 4.1 Societal aspects X 4.2 Business conditions X 4.3 Systems planning X Subject to 4.4 Systems development X Subject to 2 (3)

5 4.5 Systems realisation X Subject to 4.6 Systems implementation and use X Subject to 3 (3)