Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
SAYA-0014
Organization's ID:
BUS303
Organization:
Saylor Academy
Length:
83 Hours
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 strategic information technology
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to explore how managers determine when new information technology initiatives are necessary and how to deploy them by focusing on how to allocate IT resources across your business as part of its organizational strategy.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Summarize how business organizations employ information technology to create a competitive advantage.
  • Differentiate among the ways businesses use IT strategically, such as for enterprise, business-to-business, and e-commerce computing.
  • Explain the roles and impact of business processes as they relate to information systems within an organization.
  • Compare formal methodologies to improve system planning, analysis, and architecture design.
  • Analyze the architecture of an electronic commerce system, including the system hardware, system software, database system, online transaction, and user interface.
  • Summarize how each component of an e-commerce system can be used to improve a business organization and contribute to its competitive advantage.
  • Create a technology strategy for an organization.

General Topics:

  • Information technology and competitive advantage
  • ERP systems, business processes, and IT
  • Using information for decision making
  • E-commerce
  • Technology trends
  • Creating a technology strategy
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Discussion
  • Lectures

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Quizzes

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials