Course detail
Information Systems Management
ÚSI-RSISTAcad. year: 2021/2022
The course focuses on the following topics: The historical development of information systems and their categories. Data modelling. Function modelling. Database systems. Computer hardware. Computer networks. Corporate information strategy. Strategic management of information systems. Efficiency of information systems and metrics. Development of information systems. Planning the development of an IS. IS management. IS security. The subject focuses on risk. The student will be able to identify and analyse risks, and evaluate solutions at companies and institutions from the ICT point of view.
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Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
They will acquire the basic knowledge necessary for the creation of an information strategy and for the evaluation of IS efficiency. Students will be able to define the optimal version of a new IS by means of suitable metrics and define a Service Level Agreement for outsourcing in the field of IS. They will learn how to actively create a corporate security policy in the field of IS and will be able to play an active part in the realization of IS development projects and their management.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
1. Active participation in practical lessons, working through exercises which are assessed by the teacher – max. 12 points.
2. Successful completion of a semestral project by an assigned deadline – max. 10 points.
3. The total number of points must be higher than 15 in order to obtain the course unit credit.
Conditions for passing the exam: Knowledge of the taught topics and their practical application.
Form of examination: Combined – written test and oral examination.
Course curriculum
2. Types of information system
3. Data modelling
4. Functional modelling
5 .Database systems
6. Architecture of database systems
7. Distributed databases
8. Data warehouses
9. Hardware and computer networks
10. Information strategies
11. Strategic management of IS
12. IS efficiency, evaluation metrics
13. Security policy in the field of IS
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
KOCH,M. a kol. Management informačních systémů. Scriptum. VUT FP 2010. (CS)
Recommended reading
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Elearning