Advanced Business Informatics

Catalog description

This course prepares students to meet strategic planning demands in a technology-driven organization. It addresses optimizing the technology adoption cycle, smooth transition from proof of concept to pitot trials and production roll-out, innovation streams, and technology integration with business strategy. Focusing on case studies, students learn real-world technology decision-making strategies, including allocation of resources, managing complex technology adoption initiatives, and managing technology teams. The course examines the role technological innovations play in the competitive dynamics of industries and the use of metrics to evaluate innovation adoption effectiveness and innovation performance. Students create individual proposals for applications of technological innovations to address business needs.