Overview

This unit provides students with an understanding of how Information Technology (IT) capabilities evolve out of the necessity to create the architecture, processes and technology required to support business strategic objectives. Students will research, apply and communicate knowledge of established theories and emerging concepts for the management of IT capability in contemporary organisational contexts. This includes coordinating budgets and costs, management of internal and external IT services; the roles and responsibilities of people; managing service providers; and addressing issues in procurement, vendor and contract management. Students test their understanding by relating it to case studies and organisations they are familiar with

Requisites

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Critically analyse the key issues, roles and processes required to manage the IT capability in large and complex organisational environments
  • Critically analyse and appraise effective approaches for the deployment and use of IT infrastructure in contemporary organisations, including the most appropriate strategies and approaches for IT sourcing and vendor management
  • Develop a critical understanding of the IT functions, including budget management and cost control, that support organisation service delivery and appraise different approaches for determining appropriate IT service levels
  • Communicate effectively as a professional and function as an effective leader or member of a team
  • Apply knowledge of research principles and methods to plan and execute a piece of research with some independence

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Class
3.00 12 weeks 36
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning
9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment 1Individual 25 - 35% 1,2,3 
Assignment 2Individual/Group 25 - 35% 1,2,3,4,5 
Assignment 3Group 30 - 50% 1,2,3,4,5 

Content

  • Structuring the IT organisation
  • Key IT processes
  • IT architecture
  • IT budgets, cost controls and business cases
  • Managing IT outsourcing and offshoring
  • Vendor management
  • Systems development methodologies and associated issues
  • Leveraging legacy and emergent IT infrastructure
  • Developing IT service level agreements
  • Managing IT operations

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.