Business organisations increasingly depend on Information Technology (IT). However, many business managers regularly complain that their IT investments and solutions often fall short of expectations. They face problems in planning, evaluating, implementing and reviewing IT decisions. Processes and procedures for managing IT are at times absent and in other cases either inadequate or not working properly. There are also issues of misalignment between IT and business, articulating the right level of IT investment and measuring IT performance. Central to overcoming these problems is an appreciation IT strategy.

This course will enhance your appreciation of IT strategy both in theory and in practice and equip you with the skill to investigate, formulate and implement an IT strategy in an organisational work context.