Integrating eSystems & Global Information Systems
MIT Sloan School of Management course examining how organizations align strategic applications, information technologies, and organizational structures to actually gain business value from IT investments, rather than assuming that identifying a strategic application guarantees success. The syllabus covers connectivity issues across strategy, technology, and organizational design, and looks at how firms use information systems to build new business processes and competitive opportunities across global operations. Materials include readings, case discussions, and assignments drawn from MIT's Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, delivered through MIT OpenCourseWare under a Creative Commons license. The course suits students and managers who want a framework for evaluating IT integration decisions rather than a technical systems-design course. No certificate is offered since MIT OCW is a self-paced, ungraded archive of course materials rather than an instructed class.