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ASLIB TRAINING: PUBLIC COURSES (LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SKILLS)

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Developing an Information Strategy

Programme Features

Information systems are of ever-increasing importance to all types of organisation, yet their introduction and development is often poorly controlled. This course endeavors to consider ways in which an information strategy can be developed to help ensure information systems meet current and future organisation needs.

  • Definitions and development
    • What is strategy, organisational strategy and information strategy?
    • why are they important?
    • what is information management all about?
  • Information system issues
    • databases
    • data warehousing and data mining
    • systems development life-cycle
  • Current issues in information strategy
    • strategic alignment
    • change and process re-engineering
    • globalisation
    • outsourcing
    • remote working
    • e-commerce/e-business
  • Models and techniques for information strategists
    • organisation structure models
    • kinds of information systems
    • MOST
    • critical success factors
    • competitive advantages
    • Porter's five forces
    • Earl's three-pronged analysis
    • value chain analysis
  • Failure and success of information systems

Why you should attend:

This course is aimed at information professionals and others who have responsibility for, or interest in, planning the development of their information services. It introduces a number of key information strategy issues and ideas, and considers some techniques and models that may be used to develop possible strategic approaches. Case studies will be used to illustrate a variety of considerations, and practical examples taken from participants' experiences will be used where possible.

On completing the course, you will be able to:

  • understand your present information systems better
  • consider and choose between possible developments of the systems
  • marshal those solutions in a clear form for presentation to decision makers
  • provide better or more appropriate services to your users

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17 March 2006
30 October 2006

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Course Director:
James Shearer

Time:
09.45 - 16.45

Your investment:
£260 plus VAT (£305.50) Aslib corporate members
£325 plus VAT (£381.88) Non members

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