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School of Computer & Information Sciences

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Name: ITS 630 – Organization Leadership & Decision Making Section – 04 SEMESTER – First BI-TERM – Online Course

Professor: Dr. Sherri Braxton Contact Information: Office Hours: By appointment

E-mail: sherri.braxton@ucumberlands.edu Online Support (IT) and I-Learn Policy:

All members of the University of the Cumberlands’ community who use the University’s computing, information or communication resources must act responsibly. http://www.ucumberlands.edu/it/downloads/terms.pdf

Course Website: Access to the course website is required via the iLearn portal on the University of the Cumberlands website: http://www.ucumberlands.edu/ilearn/

Course Description: One of the most important skills a business leader needs to have concerning technology involves effective decision making and governance. This class will consist of a case study approach presenting different scenarios that require decisions to be made on technology issues that are relevant to today’s business environment. Students will develop the skills for understanding the components and elements of these technology decisions, and assess associated risks. This course will draw upon a cross section of technology, finance, security, project management, leadership, and other aspects of effective decision making.

Course Objectives/Learner Outcomes:

Course Objectives/Learner Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, the student will: • Develop IT strategy for business value • Understand business metrics • Understand how to communicate with business managers • Understand the management of IT-based risk • Create and evolve a technology roadmap

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course. Books and Resources:

Required Text James D. McKeen, Heather A. Smith, IT Strategy: Issues and Practices, Third Edition. Pearson, 2015, ISBN-13 978-0-13-354424-4.  Recommended Reading:

• High, Peter A. Implementing World Class IT Strategy. Jossey-Bass, 2014. • Tiwana, Amrit. IT Strategy for Non-IT managers, MIT Press, 2017 Aaron K. Olson, B. Keith Simerson

Other articles and readings may be assigned by course professor.

Course Expectations Course Activities and Experiences:

Students are expected to: • Review any assigned reading material, complementary materials, and weekly lectures and prepare responses to homework assigned. • Actively participate in activities, assignments, and discussions. • Evaluate and react to each other’s work in a supportive, constructive manner. • Complete specific assignments and exams when specified and in a professional manner. • Utilize learned technologies for class assignments. • Connect content knowledge from core courses to practical training placement and activities.

Academic Integrity: At a Christian liberal arts university committed to the pursuit of truth and understanding, any act of academic dishonesty is especially distressing and cannot be tolerated. In general, academic dishonesty involves the abuse and misuse of information or people to gain an undeserved academic advantage or evaluation. The

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common forms of academic dishonesty include: • Cheating – using deception in the taking of tests or the preparation of written work, using unauthorized

materials, copying another person’s work with or without consent, or assisting another in such activities. • Lying – falsifying, fabricating, or forging information in either written, spoken, or video presentations. • Plagiarism—using the published writings, data, interpretations, or ideas of another without proper

documentation

Plagiarism includes copying and pasting material from the internet into assignments without properly citing the source of the material. Episodes of academic dishonesty are reported to the Vice President for Academic Affairs. The potential penalty for academic dishonesty includes a failing grade on a particular assignment, a failing grade for the entire course, or charges against the student with the appropriate disciplinary body.

Attendance Policy: When any student has exceeded 20% of the time prescribed for any class, that student will be automatically dropped from that particular class with the grade of “F.” This grade is placed on the official transcript of the student and is treated as a failing grade in calculating the grade point average. The definition of a class absence is a student’s failure to attend class for any reason. Instructors may count three times tardy or leaving early to be equal to one class absence. There are no excused absences, regardless of the reason for the class having been missed. However, faculty will make reasonable provisions to allow students to make up work if the absence is due to a university-sponsored function or a medical or family emergency that is documented in a timely manner. Allowance for students to make up work for other reasons is at each instructor’s discretion. A class absence does not excuse the student from being responsible for course work missed; the student is responsible for contacting the faculty member in order to make up class assignments. The Vice President for Academic Affairs is the authorized agent to consider any exceptions to the above regulations. (Undergraduate Catalog) Residency Attendance: Each student must be in attendance for the entire duration of the required residency weekend. Late arrivals and/or early departures are not permitted. Punctuality is important as each student is required to have the documented in-seat time per USCIS regulations. If a student is not in attendance for the full session, he/she will be counted absent for the entire session, and receive an automatic “F” and will be required to pay the $300.00 make-up fee and attend a residency make-up session.

Disability Accommodations:

University of the Cumberlands accepts students with certified disabilities and provides reasonable accommodations for their certified needs in the classroom, in housing, in food service or in other areas. For accommodations to be awarded, a student must submit a completed Accommodations Application form and provide documentation of the disability to the Disability Services Coordinator (Mr. Jacob Ratliff, Boswell Campus Center, Student Services Office Suite, jacob.ratliff@ucumberlands.edu). When all paperwork is on file, a meeting between the student and the Coordinator will be arranged to discuss possible accommodations before accommodations are formally approved. Students must then meet with the Coordinator at the beginning of each semester before any academic accommodations can be certified for that term. Certifications for other accommodations are normally reviewed annually.