Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

In this course you learn about managerial challenges related to development, implementation and management of IT solutions in organizations. A specific focus is on the challenges posed by socio-technical, complex, large-scale and interconnected IT solutions. The lectures and readings in the course present approaches, models and frameworks found in IT management practices, and offer a research-based view on the topics. You will participate in a project where you apply this knowledge to an empirical study within a real-world organization.

Learning outcome

After you have completed the course you can:

  • describe common approaches, models and frameworks for IT management and governance, project management and enterprise architectures in organizations.
  • describe theoretical perspectives on the opportunities and challenges associated with IT governance, project management and enterprise architectures.
  • discuss the challenges of inter-organizational and sector-wide IT governance.
  • describe the connection between governance models and enterprise architectures.
  • can plan, organize, and report from a project where you collect and analyze data to document and assess the IT governance model of an organization.
  • utilize your practical and theoretical basis for critical reflection on how IT is managed in organizations.

Admission to the course

Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may apply to take this course as a single course student.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants

INF3290 – Store og komplekse informasjonssystemer (continued) og IN5210 – Information Systems

Overlapping courses

Teaching

2 hours lectures and 2 hours seminars per week.

First lecture is mandatory

Examination

The home exam is 40% of the final grade (this assignment itself consists for 3 different submissions and must be passed the same semester as the oral exam). The oral exam constitutes the remaining 60%. Both must be passed individually. The home exam must be passed to be allowed to take the oral exam.

It will also be counted as one of your three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: INF5890 - IT and Management (continued).

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Resit an examination

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester. Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.

More about examinations at UiO

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.

Last updated from FS (Common Student System) Mar. 19, 2024 4:00:25 AM

Facts about this course

Level
Master
Credits
10
Teaching
Spring

The course is last held spring 2020

Examination
Spring

Examination is last held spring 2022

Teaching language
English