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The objective of the course is to familiarize students on the approaches made for preparing and implementing Information Strategy. As new business models emerge and the competition is hot among the players, the organization that provides the best value for money to the customers win the battle. In this subject through case studies and illustrations it would be explained how IT has enabled such business models to be successful. At the end of the course a participating student would have knowledge on (i) how to integrate business model with IT strategy, (ii) factors that would influence formulation of Information strategy and (iii) implementation of IT strategy.

Who should attend: - Those who have a flair for strategic management would benefit the most.

· Be able to understand the role of IT in designing strategy
· Be able to align business with IT implementation goals
· Be able to understand the factors that affect IT strategy
· Be able to appreciate the need for change management in successful implementation of IT strategy
2. Required Text Books and Reading Material
(a) Cloud Computing Framework and ROI by Sanjay Mohapatra & Laxmi Lokhande, published by Springer, USA
(b) Information Strategy Design and Implementation by Mohapatra Sanjay and Singh Ranjan, published by Springer USA.
(c) Cases in Strategic Management by Sanjay Mohapatra, published by Pearson

4. Tentative Session Plan

Sessions	Module Name	Contents	Reading Materials/ Cases / Handouts	Deliverables from students
1-2	What is IT strategy	- Introduction through a case study on IT strategy RPG Case Study – S1 - Where does IT strategy fit in organization –S2 -	RPG Case Study; Handout : Examples of vision statements; Chapter One – Mohapatra et al.	Discussion in the class on case study;
3-4-5-6-7	Evolution of IT strategy	- Role of IT Strategy as witnessed over years; introduction to cloud computing, How to get real business effect out of IT alignment - Discussions on vision, mission, organization strategy, e-biz. and e-application strategy; improving stakeholders satisfaction; re-engineering processes for ‘cutting edge’; agile organization; developing a framework for ITS	Case Study – RB ITS Cloud_Roadmap ITS Considerations (factors) Case Study – Hero MotoCorp ITS consideration for the cloud Case Study - Narayan Hryudalaya Ch. One and two – Mohapatra et al.	Discussion in the class;
8-9	Design of IT Strategy	- Using the framework developed in earlier class, design of ITS	Case study – XIMB Case Study - ZARA	Presentation by students
10-11	Measuring effectiveness of IT Strategy	Balanced Scorecard	Ch. 7, 8 Mohapatra Sanjay, Cases in Strategic Management	Discussions in the class
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12	Risk Management and role of CIO in IT Strategy design	- Identification of risks - Categorization of risk - Prioritization of risk - Role of CIO in IT Strategy	Handout distributed by the faculty	Discussions
13-14-15	Implementation of IT strategy	Change Management framework and using the framework in a real life case study	- FAO The elephant dances - Arvind Mills: ERP implementation - ITS Where did he go wrong - case study Chapter Four – Mohapatra et al.	Discussions in the class
16	IT Strategy for social network	Case study - Titan Eye+ Case Study – Augmented Job reality Nokia	Case handout to be given by faculty
17	IT Strategy for Big Data	Big Data IT strategy; integration with business goals (case:	Handout : 1.Building an effective data protection strategy - 5 best practices;
18-19-20	Presentation on Major Assignment			Final presentation and report on soft copies

5. Evaluation

End term – 30%

Major Assignment – 40% Objective: (i) to define Vision, Mission, corporate strategy – 5% (Use Balanced Score Card to define corporate Strategy)

(ii) To define IT strategy (consider alternatives, architecture, technology, organization structure) based on (i), Balanced Score Card and CLASS (from Subroto Bagchi’s book) – 15%

(iii) To define approach for implementation (training, change management, ROI for your approach) – 10%

Quiz 1 – 10%

Quiz 2 – 10%

Quiz 3 – 10%

6. Academic Integrity

All decisions related to integrity issues will be decided as per the manual of policy.

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