Information Technology Management for Strategic Business Leadership: A Programme for Future CIOs and CTOs (Batch 2)

Information Technology (IT), today, is ubiquitous in all organization. Without IT, most of the businesses will come to standstill. Therefore, in current times, the role of IT managers is crucial and critical in successfully managing the organizations. However, even the senior IT managers do not get the stature and respect they deserve in organizations. One of the prime reasons for the same is that IT managers are unable to align themselves with strategy and other functional areas of business. It is perceived that IT managers are very much inward looking focusing on technology rather than business.

The programme will cover concepts related to the domains of management, answering some of the following topics:

IT and Business Strategy

Law, Policy and IT

Digital Transformation and Disruption

IT Project Management

Enterprise Architecture and IT Infrastructure

Managing Data and Information

Understanding Platform Business

*Module may change with/without any notice.

The objective of the programme is to provide participants the knowledge about the principles of management and develop competencies to understand:

1. The market and the customers

2. Financial and managerial aspects of IT projects and technology

3. Managing people and provide leadership

4. Managing technology enabled change

5. Merging digital technologies and learning about their importance for marketing success

Overall, they should be able to participate in strategic discussions and decisions of the organization and actively contribute to the success of the same.

IIMA Alumni Status: IIMA Alumni Association: Participants who are attending short-duration Executive Education Programmes for the first time, on or after April 1, 2012, will have to attend for a total of 21 days in one or more programmes in order to be eligible for alumni status and alumni identity card, both of which will be awarded on the payment of a one-time alumni fee of INR 10,000/- + GST.

The course will use case studies, lectures, published works of the faculty chair, and discussion exercises (hands-on, if required) to deliver the content.