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Economic Perspectives on IT Use - for Individual, Organisation and Society, 6 ECTS credits.
/Ekonomiska perspektiv på IT-användning - för individ, organisation och samhälle/
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112
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Area of Education: Social Science
Main field of studies: Information Technology, Industrial Engineering and Management
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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Aim:
After completing this course, the students should be able to describe, perform analysis of, and reflect upon, the organizational, economic and management questions related to Economic Information Systems. This includes the students' ability to:
- identify, communicate and make nuanced assessments of the how the interaction between IT, communication and organising affects the benefits an organisation derives from its information systems (computerised or manual).
- discern connections between IT development in society and changes in industry structures.
- participate in development and use of information systems, by better interacting with managers, controllers and others concerning the business benefits and economic importance of IT.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Industrial Economics
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Organisation:
The course is based on lectures, seminars and a group project.
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Course contents:
Modern information technology provides increased flexibility in time and space and enables new ways of organising and conducting work. This gives rise to new products, new work routines and new ways of communicating, influencing industry structures, organisations and individuals. But the key to increased efficiency and better results is not IT by itself, it is how you combine new ways of working, new organising and new technology with the existing.
We study how industries have changed the past decades when work tasks and products have been digitised, when production equipment and our physical, quotidian environment has been computerised and when the spread and exchange of data becomes increasingly simple and inexpensive.
When tasks and roles change and new organisational forms emerge, it is important to understand how communication in an organisation works. Which challenges and possibilities lie in IT-supported communication? What types of communication are managers looking for to cope with their work? How is management control influenced by new IT solutions? And how can proposed IT ventures be analysed and assessed? We discuss communication possibilities and learn to handle assessment models.
The introduction of new information systems can be difficult enough. But typically, the changes in the business and work routines pose the greatest challenge - and have the greatest potential for creating benefits. The managers of tomorrow need to understand and participate in how the IT development affects the business. And those responsible for IT need to be able to discuss with controllers, accountants and business managers. This is what the course deals with, especially emphasising how responsibility and management control in an organisation can influence the realisation of IT's potential.
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Course literature:
Articles related to scheduled seminars.
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Project work
Seminars
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3 ECTS
2 ECTS
1 ECTS
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Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Johan Holtström
Examiner: Alf Westelius
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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