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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.

2. Student Learning Outcomes

· 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

Information Strategy Design and Implementation by Mohapatra Sanjay and Singh Ranjan, published by Springer USA.

4. Tentative Session Plan

Sessions	Module Name	Contents	Reading Materials/ Cases / Handouts	Deliverables from students
1-2-3-4	What is IT strategy	- Introduction through a case study on IT strategy RPG Case Study – S1 - Where does IT strategy fit in organization –S2 - Case Study JPMC – S3 (Presentation by Group 1 & 2)	RPG Case Study; Handout : Examples of vision statements;Ch.1 & 6 Murick, Ross & Claggett; Ch.7: O’ Brien & Marakas 2007; Ch.4 Wendy Robson	Discussion in the class on case study; presentation by Gr. 1 & 2
5-6	Evolution of IT strategy	- Role of IT Strategy as witnessed over years – S4 - Case Study – University (Presentation by Group 3 & 4) – S5	Handouts by faculty: How to get real business effect out of IT alignment; Ch. 4 Wendy Robson	Discussion in the class; presentation by Gr. 3 & 4
7-8	Need for IT strategy	- Discussions on vision, mission, organization strategy, e-biz. and e-application strategy; improving stakeholders satisfaction; re-engineering processes for ‘cutting edge’; agile organization – S6 - Case Study Infosys – S7 (Presentation by Group 5 & 6) - Case Study Miracle Industries – S8 (Presentation by Group 7 & 8)	Ch. 1&2 – O’ Brien & Marakas; Handout : Why IT Strategy? Ch.6 Murdick, Ross & Claggett 9need for a system view)	Discussion; Presentation by Gr. 5 & 6; Presentation by Gr. 7 & 8
9-10-11-12	Factors affecting IT strategy	- Case study by faculty RECKITT BENCKISER – S9; - Guest Lecture from Oracle – S10 - Guest Lecture from Infosys – S11	Ch. 11, O’ Brien & Marakas; Ch. 5, Wendy Robson;	Presentation by Group 9 & 10
13-14	Implementation of IT strategy	- Case Study – Arvind Mills – S12 (Presentation by Group 9 & 10) - Role Play *- S 13; - Workshop – S 14	Chapter 11 – Ranjana Kumar; Ch. 11 O’ Brien & Marakas;Ch.8 Wendy Robson; Ch. 13 Jaiswal & Mittal
15-16	IT Security	Role of IT security in IT strategy; integration with business goals (case: Security Strategy Implementation from chapter 9)	Handout : 1.Building an effective data protection strategy - 5 best practices; 2. 2006 IT Security Benchmarking report by Symantec
17-18	Cross Functional Process Automation	Process automation and role of IT strategy in core processes in an organization while interfacing with external world	Ch. 7 O’ Brien & Marakas ; Ch.7 Wendy Robson; Ch.10 & 12 Jaiswal & Mittal
19-20	Presentation on Major Assignment	- Group 1, 2 & 3 – S 17; - Group 4,5 & 6 – S 18; - Group 7,8 & 9 – S 19; - Group 10 – S 20		Final presentation and report on soft copies

5. Evaluation

End term – 40%

Class Presentation – 10%

Major Assignment – 30% 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%

6. Academic Integrity

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

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