IT304 Business Fundamentals for IT Professionals (3 cr.)

This course details how information technology professionals and business experts work together to make investment and implementation decisions to support an organization’s overall business goals. Topics such as organizational structure, business process, and return on technological investment are examined. Additionally, concepts relatively new to information technology – intrapreneuring, intercompany selling, and revenue generation – are defined and discussed. The skills needed to participate in business process definition, to estimate and measure return on investment, and to present an effective technology proposal are covered.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Identify business stakeholders.
2. Identify the primary goals of a firm.
3. Describe the functional areas of a business.
4. Evaluate basic financial measurements and indicators.
5. Identify economic trends.
6. Propose technological solutions as they relate to business problems.
7. Develop the communications skills necessary to present technical concepts to non- technical audience.