IS Strategy, Management and Acquisition

From IS Curriculum

The core knowledge units and topics within IS Strategy, Management, and Acquisition are as follows:

• Information Systems Strategy
• Strategic Alignment
• Strategic Use of Information
• Impact of Information Systems on Organizational Structure and Processes
• Information Systems Planning
• Role of IT in Defining and Shaping Competition
• Managing the Information Systems Function
  • IT leadership: The role of the CIO and IT management
  • Structuring the IS organization
  • Hiring, retaining, and managing IS professionals
  • Managing a mixed set of internal and external resources
• Financing and Evaluating the Performance of Information Technology Investments and Operations
• Acquiring Information Technology Resources and Capabilities
  • Acquiring infrastructure capabilities
  • Sourcing Information Systems services
  • Sourcing Information Systems applications
• Using IT Governance Frameworks
• IT Risk Management
  • Managing organizational continuity
  • Managing security and privacy
• Information Systems Economics