The distance learning Strategic Role of Information Technology (Byte Size) course is the perfect home study course to ensure that you succeed in this exciting field. Our uniquely flexible Strategic Role of Information Technology (Byte Size) home learning course has no time limits. You can start your home learning course whenever you like and there are no deadlines to meet, so you can adapt your distance education course to meet your needs, all from the comfort of your own home.
Once you have registered on the distance education Strategic Role of Information Technology (Byte Size) course you will be assigned a personal tutor who specialises in their field of study. Your dedicated personal tutor is always on hand to answer any query you may have, no matter how big or small, and you will also have access to a dedicated course advisor who offers guidance and advice.
Strategic Role of Information Technology (Byte Size) Course
A Distance Learning Course of
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Course Description
The idea that information is a resource may not be new, but its significance is often misunderstood. Other resources, such as people, machines and money, are considered together but information is considered separately. Perhaps information is not like these other resources. Perhaps it cannot be used as a substitute for them, in an economic sense. For example, we can substitute people for machines in an economy where labour is cheap and plentiful. Can we do the same with information? Can information, that intangible and ethereal thing, replace heavy machinery, for example? Quite possibly, as it happens.
After completing this course, you should be able to:
define the purpose of information systems in business
list the components of modern information systems
identify the pressures driving change and corporate responses to change
classify different types of information systems
identify the impact of IT in a competitive industrial environment
analyse the potential effects of IT in your industry
map the relationships between key concepts.
Course Syllabus
Introduction
Objectives
Managing in the Information Age
Managerial involvement with IT
Information SYSTEMS in Organisations
Classifying information systems
Information systems integration
Information infrastructure integration
Business process integration
Examining the five forces
Analysing strategic IT effects
Analysing IT potential in your industry
Strategic applications of IT
Identifying strategic applications of IT
Analysing further strategic applications
Summary
Tutor-marked Question Paper
Qualifications
Qualification 1: Strategic Role of Information Technology (Byte Size) Certificate
Strategic Role of Information Technology (Byte Size) Certificate issued by Stonebridge Associated Colleges, entitling you to use the letters SAC Cert after your name.
Study Options
In order to offer our students the most convenient and flexible distance learning courses, Stonebridge Associated College offers you the option to study for your course via two methods:
1. Via the traditional paper-based method.
2. Through the online method via ElearnUK.
When you study through ElearnUK you can quickly access your course material online and submit all of your question papers to your tutor online, using your unique student account. You have access to all of your course material immediately, and when you submit question papers, your tutor sends you an email containing your results and feedback.
Fees
Cash Price
Deposit
Installments
No of Payments
£60.00
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£0.00
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The total amount payable over the term's period, is
no more than the total cash price of the course. (APR
= 0%). Written quotations are available on request.
Tutor Support
With this course you will have unlimited access to your own personal tutor who specialises in their field of study. It is your personal tutor's role to ensure that you receive constructive feedback and to deal with any queries you may have. You are more than welcome to telephone, fax or email your personal tutor.
You will also have access to a dedicated and friendly
team of administrators and course advisors who offer
sound and professional guidance and advice when you
need it. This ensures that you will never feel
neglected and that you will always succeed!
Requirements for Entry
There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.
Study Hours
This is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.
The approximate amount of time required to complete
the course is: 20 hrs.
Additional Information
Assessment Method
After each lesson there will be a question paper, which needs to be completed and submitted to your personal tutor for marking. This method of continual assessment ensures that your personal tutor can consistently monitor your progress and provide you with assistance throughout the duration of the course.
Textbook
For this course, you will need to either purchase or borrow the textbook: Information Technology for Management: Making Connections for Strategic Advantage (1999) Efraim Turban, Ephraim McLean, and James Wetherbe, second edition, New York: John Wiley.
