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Generating Business Value from Information Technology
Spring 2009
Topics
- Why study IT value
- Aligning IT with business strategy
- An overview of business operating models
- The data driven organization
- IT governance: decisions, rights and accountability
- Enterprise architecture
- Business process outsourcing
- IT and globalization
- IT and business innovation
- The future of IT and digital organizations
- Group presentations, course wrap-up
Readings
- Ross, Jeanne, Peter Weill, and David Robertson. Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution . Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2006. ISBN: 9781591398394.
- Ross, Jeanne W., Peter Weill, and David C. Robertson. “Define Your Operating Model.” Chapter 2 in Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution . Watertown, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2006. ISBN: 9781591398394.
- Weill, Peter, and P. Raisbeck. “Colway Stores: IT Council Investment Sub-Committee.” Melbourne Business School Case. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Case Study Service, Case 416, 1999. Revised 2002 (Weill and Hoffman).
- Ross, Jeanne W., Peter Weill, and David C. Robertson. “Navigate the Stages of Enterprise Architecture Maturity.” Chapter 4 in Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution . Watertown, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2006. ISBN: 9781591398394.
- Ross, Jeanne W., Peter Weill, and David Robertson. “Now—Exploit Your Foundation for Profitable Growth.” Chapter 8 in Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution . Watertown, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2006. ISBN: 9781591398394. (Take note of IMD’s CEMEX Case.)
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.