GM667 Information Technology (3 cr.)

This course provides an overview of planning and managing and using technology and information in organizations. It addresses present and future issues regarding information technology (IT) and its impact on management and operations.

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

1. Analyze how using information technology (systems and its products) delivers a competitive advantage in an organization’s market sector.
2. Identify the role information technology plays in promoting better management decisions, strategic advantage, quality and ethical best practices.
3. Evaluate the basic technologies, infrastructure, software, and data resources associated with the new electronic world of information technology.
4. Analyze the need for integrating an organization’s goals and objectives with their use of information technology.
5. Evaluate information technology product development methodologies.
6. Analyze why and how knowledge is a competitive advantage and analyze how management can leverage the information that is accessible in databases.