Course detail

Strategic Management of Information Systems

FIT-SRIAcad. year: 2025/2026

Management of information systems, services and resources. Solving of the strategic questions and role of the informatics as the basic competitiveness of a company in the information society. Analysis of ICT use given the corresponding economic and non-economic benefits. Main subjects are focused on the strategic management in relation to business management.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Šárka Květoňová, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The individual task (2x5 points).
The individual project (8 points).
A mid-term test (20 points).
A final exam (56 points).
PC labs (6 points).

A mid-term test, a final exam. The minimal number of points which can be obtained from the final exam is 20. Otherwise, no points will be assigned to the student. The attandance in PC labs is awarded points. A possibility of  a substitute is by an individual task.

Aims

The main goal of the course is to simplify orientation and the use of modern principals of business informatics management with respect to planning and control of additional informatics services. Main emphasis is given on technical, business, and managerial abilities enabling us a design of effective and safe information systems, which support business activities, processes, and services in order to satisfy business requirements and needs (to gain competitive advantages).

 

  • Understanding of the role and function of the information system in relation to business goals, understanding of the mutual relations among the different types of the company strategies (business, information, knowledge management, IT).
  • Development of the knowledge and experiences in IS/IT domain with respect to the possibilities in use of the most newest knowledge and practices in business sphere.
  • Introduction to IS description possibilities according to various points of view (SOA etc.).
  • Introduction to the basic standards for business informatics management - ITIL and COBIT.
  • IS/IT security understanding, especially variants of IS protection and protection of information stored in the IS.
  • Business process/services modeling techniques understanding.
  • Knowledge of IS development methods/methodologies with focus on actual needs of business domain.
  • Introduction to Business Continuity Management.
  • Understanding of IS/IT auditing with aim of a better interconnection and usage in practice.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Action Benson, R.J., Bugnitz T.L,Walton, W.B. From Business strategy to IT. 2004.
Buchalcevová, Metodiky vývoje a údržby informačních systémů, Grada Publishing, 2004.
Bureš, V.:Systémové myšlení pro manažery. 1. vydání Praha: Professional Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7431-037-9.
Francesca, M.: Řízení bezpečnosti informací. 2. vydání Praha: Professional Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7431-050-8.
Gála, Pour, Toman: Podniková informatika. Grada Publishing, 2006.
John K. Halvey and Barbara Murphy Melby. Business Process Outsourcing: Process, Strategies, and Contracts. 2007.
Klčová, H., Sodomka, P.: Informační systémy v podnikové praxi. 2. vydání Praha: Computer Press, 2011. ISBN 978-80-25128-78-7.
Manuel Laguna, Johan Marklund: Business Process Modeling, Simulation and Design. Prentice Hall, 2004.
Molnár, Z.: Efektivnost informačních systémů. Grada Publishing, 2001.
Pour, J., Gála, L., Šedivá, Z.: Podniková informatika. 2. vydání Praha: Grada Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2615-1.
Růčková, P.: Corporate Governance v České republice. 1. vydání Praha: Professional Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86946-87-0.

Voříšek, J., Pavelka, J., Vít, M.. Aplikační služby IS/ICT formou ASP - Proč a jak pronajímat informatické služby. 2003. ISBN 80-247-0620-2.
Voříšek, Jiří. Strategické řízení informačního systému a systémová integrace. Management Press, 2005. ISBN 80-8594-340-9.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MITAI Master's

    specialization NSEC , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NISY up to 2020/21 , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NNET , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NMAL , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NCPS , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NHPC , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NVER , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NIDE , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NISY , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NEMB , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NSPE , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NEMB , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NBIO , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NSEN , 0 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    specialization NVIZ , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NGRI , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NADE , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NISD , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
    specialization NMAT , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme RRTES_P Master's

    specialization RRTS , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Šárka Květoňová, Ph.D.
RNDr. Marek Rychlý, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to strategic management of IS/ICT and business modeling.
  2. Process management.
  3. Business Process Reengineering.
  4. Methods, techniques and standards of business process modeling.
  5. IT Governence: Introduction to ITIL, COBIT / SIX SIGMA 
  6. Service Oriented Architectures.
  7. Software as a Service ((SaaS).
  8. Sourcing strategies and optimization of the company IS/ICT (in-house, outsourcing, ASP).
  9. Effectiveness of IS/ICT (IS/ICT metrics - performance, costs and benefit.
  10. IS/IT Security - basic concepts, security in context of strategic management.
  11. IS/IT Security - II.
  12. Business Continuity Management.
  13. IS/IT Audit.

Fundamentals seminar

2 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Šárka Květoňová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

ITSM in practice (international company)

Exercise in computer lab

4 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

RNDr. Marek Rychlý, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction (Visual Paradigm)
  2. Modeling of the processes and IT

Project

20 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Šárka Květoňová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • Students work in teams (4 students in a team)
  • They analyze and model the chosen process in the defined software tools (Visual Paradigm)