System Analysis & Organization Design
Prerequisites:
- Basic computer science principles and skills
- Basic economic systems principles and skills
- Organizational Theory principles
Courses:
- Enterprise Architecture
In business, System Analysis and Design refers to the process of examining a business situation with the intent of improving it through better procedures and methods. System analysis and design relates to shaping organizations, improving performance and achieving objectives for profitability and growth. The emphasis is on systems in action, the relationships among subsystems and their contribution to meeting a common goal. Course is focused on understanding the role of system analysis for design of business situation. In the lab part of the course the students can try different organization design software tools.
Topics include:
1. Overview of System Analysis and Design
2. Organizational Design Fundamentals, Strategies and Technology
3. The Types of Organizational Change and Transformations due to Information Technologies
4. Business System Concepts
5. Characteristics of a System
5.1. Organization
5.2. Interaction
5.3. Interdependence
5.4. Integration
6. Elements of a System
6.1. Outputs and inputs
6.2. Processor(s).
6.3. Control.
6.4. Feedback.
6.5. Environment.
6.6. Boundaries and interface.
7. Types of Systems
8. Systems Models
8.1. Schematic Models
8.2. Flow system Models
8.3. Static system models
8.4. Dynamic System Models
8. Categories of Information
9. Organizational Change: Decision Making, Knowledge Management and Innovation
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- Naomi Stanford. Guide to Organisation Design: Creating high-performing and adaptable enterprises (The Economist). Bloomberg Press; 1 edition, 2007
- Harry J. Rosenblatt. Systems Analysis and Design (with CourseMate Printed Access Card) (Shelly Cashman). Cengage Learning, 10 edition, 2013.
- Gareth R. Jones. Organizational Theory, Design, and Change, 6/E, Publisher: Prentice Hall, Copyright: 2010.