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Level 6 Diploma in Information Technology

Global Competitive Advantage and International IS Strategy

IT604 · Management Information Systems — Week 11 of 16

CourseIT604
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Global Competitive Advantage and International IS Strategy

  1. Transnational enterprise architectures
  2. Cross-border data transfer compliance
  3. Global IT sourcing models
  4. Sustainable competitive advantage through strategic alignment
  5. CPA Building Competitive Advantage on Data
  6. The changing sources of competitive advantage | London Business School
  7. #21 Success Stories about Technologies in Sourcing | Strategic Sourcing

What you will be able to do

  • 3.3 Explain how an organisation can obtain a competitive advantage within a global market by successful management of its information systems.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain how an organisation can obtain a competitive advantage within a global market by successful management of its information systems.

Study materials

Videos

  • CPA Building Competitive Advantage on Data · YouTube · KnowledgEquity - Support for CPA · 4 min · for registered students
  • The changing sources of competitive advantage | London Business School · YouTube · London Business School · 15 min · for registered students
  • AI won't give you a competitive advantage unless you do this · YouTube · London Business School · 4 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Foundations of Information Systems, ch. 11: Global Information Systems · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 409–444 · for registered students
  • Information Systems for Business and Beyond (2019), ch. 7: Does IT Matter? · PDF · Other, textbook chapter · for registered students
  • Introduction to Computer Science, ch. 10: Enterprise and Solution Architectures Management · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 511–568 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Information Systems Across Functional Areas
  • Week 2: Data Storage Architectures and Database Management
  • Week 3: Data Processing and Business Intelligence Pipelines
  • Week 4: Operational Management and Governance of IS
  • Week 5: Information Systems for Value-Added Organisational Change
  • Week 6: Critical Evaluation of Value-Added Systems
  • Week 7: Auditing and Reviewing Information Systems Performance
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Strategic Information Systems (SIS) Models
  • Week 10: Strategic IS and Market Competitiveness
  • Week 11: Global Competitive Advantage and International IS Strategy
  • Week 12: Applying Management Information Systems in practice: case s…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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