Putting Theory Into Practice

With extensive industrial links embedded in the course, our MSc in Information Systems Management & Innovation is a great introduction to leading companies and enterprise solutions providers. Our course is heavily focused on putting theory into practice. We work closely with industry experts to ensure you gain a real-life view.

SAP University Alliance

Technology and its application changes quickly. Being able to use the latest tools and application will keep you ahead in the job market.

SAP is the third largest software provider in the world; SAP knowledge and experience is highly sought after by many employers including large professional services and consulting firms. The SAP University Alliances program keeps our faculty members up to date with the tools and resources necessary to teach you how technology can enable integrated business processes and strategic thinking.

Through hands-on experience with SAP solutions in the Enterprise Systems Development core module, you will learn how technology can empower a business across its key areas.

It is important to learn SAP within a business school environment like ours because a SAP implementation is fundamentally a business transformation project, as much as it is an IT project. It is critical to have a solid understanding of the business and organisational dynamics that are driving business transformation and shaping outcomes required from an enterprise solution, in addition to an appreciation of the user experience and functional design. We are best positioned to deliver precisely that; the deep, hybrid understanding of both business and technology issues - essential for facilitating the successful deployment of SAP or other enterprise systems in the contemporary organisation.

CIO Workshop

As part of the Digital Business Strategy and Social Media module in 2011-12 we have CIO workshop taught by Dr Corey Hirsch, CIO and VP of Facilities and Customer Care, LeCroy Corp. Dr Hirsch also has extensive teaching experience from Columbia University. The CIO workshop for MSISM is a very unique feature – it aligns with the module overall focus on critical and current business issues in the world of innovation and Information systems. It uses interactive and globally-relevant cases, individual challenges, and team exercises to give students a clear understanding of current issues which CIOs manage.

Topics covered this year include

  • Aligning information security strategy & the business plan
  • Managing operating risks related to IS
  • Ethical & compliance dilemmas arising in managing enterprise IT
  • Product launch from an IT/IP protection perspective
  • IT cost control tactics
  • IS innovation in an enterprise context.

    • Social Media Expertise

    Katerina Hanna is a Senior Consultant with the Cape Group, one of the premier human capital research firms in the Asia Pacific region. Cape Group provide clients from across the globe with the strategic insight to make informed business decisions on critical human capital issues, including a deep understanding of People Systems and HR Technology. Katerina has experience in delivering design and implementation of Human Capital related strategies across culturally diverse organisations in the Asia Pacific region and Europe.

    Katerina's highly interactive seminar, "Impact of Social Media on Global Business today”, focuses on the realities of business with practical, current examples of how the corporate world uses and views social media today. Her session covers global as well as regional trends in social media use in business, whether it is for talent acquisition, professional networking, business development, or talent management. It includes examples of the use of social media in selected Fortune 100 companies, with focus on consultancy and IT organisations. This seminar also discusses underlining issues and challenges with social media and its impact on people and brand.