Course detail

Information and Communication Technologies

FP-PiktDAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course focuses on the following topics: Historical development of information systems and their categories. Database systems. Corporate information strategy. Strategic management of information systems. Efficiency of information systems and metric. Information systems development. Planning of IS development. IS management. IS security

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Miloš Koch, CSc.

Department

Institute of Informatics (ÚI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will have a clear idea of modern methods of strategic management in the field of corporate IS and will be made familiar with the modern information technologies.
They will acquire basic knowledge necessary for creation of an information strategy, for evaluation of IS efficiency, they will be able to define an optimal version of new IS by means of suitable metric and to define Service Level Agreement for outsourcing in the field of IS. They will learn how to actively create corporate security policy in the field of IS and will be able to take an active part in realization of IS implementation projects and their control

Prerequisites

fundamental knowledge in the field of ICT management are expected.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Project - Information strategy
Conditions for passing an exam: Knowledge of taught topics and its practical application.
Form of examination: oral examination

Course curriculum

Topics of lectures are the following:
- types of IS,
- Data and function modelling
- Database systems,
- Information Strategies
- IS strategic management
- IS effectiveness, evaluation metric
- Safety policy in the field of IS
The seminars are focused on practising of the lectured topics and elaboration of case studies (both individually and in teams).

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to provide students with the fundamental theoretical knowledge necessary for management of corporate IS. It is necessary to understand the trends in IS development, to know the substance of up to-date information technologies and to understand strategic management issues in the field of IS. Students need to know how the information system may be used to gain a strategic advantage, they have to identify and master solution of questions related to the IS efficiency and its measuring, to know how to analyse the suitability of application of different IS types of in a company and also to understand fundamental principles of security policy in the field of IS.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Control of results of independent work on specified tasks.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

MOLNÁR, Z. Efektivnost informačních systémů. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2000. 142 s. ISBN 80-7169-410-X.75. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DSP Doctoral

    branch DSP-PF , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch DSP-PF , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme DSP-KS Doctoral

    branch DSP-PF-KS , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch DSP-PF-KS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

20 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloš Koch, CSc.

Syllabus

Introduction, ICT
Enterprise architecture
Process management
Information Strategies
Methods ITIL, Cobit, HOS
ICT acquisition and implementation
Effectiveness and Efficiency
Safety policy in the field of IS