FIT5102 IT strategy and governance

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Describe the characteristics and limitations of different IT and IKM governance frameworks and strategy perspectives, and how competing perspectives can be reconciled in practice;

2. 2

   Evaluate the concepts underpinning the dominant intellectual capital perspective on IT and IKM strategy, the strengths and limitations of this approach, and how social capital and emotional capital insights can augment this view of strategy;

3. 3

   Analyse the distinct features, the functional/disciplinary origins, and the key drivers of IT and IKM strategies focused primarily on (1) people, (2) business processes, and (3) content and technology, and the supporting technologies that can facilitate each approach;

4. 4

   Analyse links between strategy, performance and measurement, and the issues associated with demonstrating the value and benefits of IT and IKM;

5. 5

   Describe the nature of the IT and IKM regulatory environment and approaches to controlling risk;

6. 6

   Evaluate the importance of marketing, leading and championing IT and IKM within the organisation, and of reflective practice.