IST60110 - Technology Tools for Managerial Decision Making

(3 units)

The course covers a detailed study of a variety of state-of-the-art technology tools available in the marketplace as options for enterprise planning and management and for facilitating managerial decisions. Example topics include reengineering, electronic data interchange (EDI), electronic commerce, web business strategies, decision support systems, risk management systems, neural networks, expert systems, and software productivity management. The course also introduces aspects of technology tools for business functions integration and operational data/project management through R packages, SQL queries, and database modules enabling critical evaluation of blended performance metrics. A venture/business plan is developed during the course.