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Managing IT-Enabled Transformation

Unit Code: HIT8465

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

1 Semester

36 Hours

Hawthorn

Requires 2 years relevant IT work experience and approval from the Program Coordinator.

Preclusion: HIT8088 eCommerce Management

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Master of Information Technology, Master of Information Technology (Professional Computing) and Master of Technology (Information Technology) and Master of Information Systems Management.

Aims & Objectives:

Students who complete this unit will be able to:

Understand key issues associated with organisational transformation.
Assess the readiness of an organisation to adopt IT solutions.
Understand the benefits and implementation issues of IT solutions used to transform organisations, eg. Enterprise Systems, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management.
Understand the roles and responsibilities required for IT-enabled organisational transformation.
Develop an implementation plan for IT-enabled organisational transformation.

Teaching Methods:

Lecture/Seminars

Assessment:

Individual Assignment and Presentation, Case Study, Group Project

Generic Skills Outcomes:

The graduate attributes which relate to this unit help to produce graduates who:

Are capable in their chosen professional areas.
Are adaptable and manage change.
Operate effectively in work and community situations.
Are aware of environments.

Content:

Change management techniques.
Technology adoption issues.
IT-enabled roles and responsibilities.
Case examples of IT-enabled transformation.
IT solutions used for IT-enabled transformation.
Readiness assessment techniques.
Implementation plan development.

Reading Materials:

A range of selected readings from various IS academic journals and texts will be prescribed at the commencement of the Teaching Period. The following academic texts and journals will be useful references for the subject.

Journals
Communications of the AIS
Harvard Business Review
Information and Management
Information Systems Journal
International Journal of Information Management
Journal of Strategic Information Systems
McKinsey Quarterly
Sloan Management Review
MIS Quarterly

Textbooks:

Davenport T. H. (1993), Process innovation : reengineering work through information technology, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Massachusetts.
Galliers Robert D. and Baets Walter R.J. (1998), Information Technology and Organizational Transformation: Innovation for the 21st Century Organization, Wiley, USA.
Kalakota, M. and Robinson, R. (2001). e-Business Roadmap for Success. Addison Wesley, Massachusetts.
Mckay, J. & Marshall, P. (2004), Strategic management of e-business, John Wiley and Sons, Australia.
Samson, D. (2003), e-business: value creation for management, McGraw-Hill, Sydney.
Weill, P. and Vitale, M. R. (2001), Place to Space, Migrating to ebusiness Models, Harvard Business School Publishing, Massachusetts.