Innovation and IT Management

The course 'Innovation and IT Management' is highly recommended for IT managers, people who wish to become IT managers in the future and top level executives in organizations who have a role to play in IT related decision making. In many organizations, knowledge gaps on IT concepts especially among the senior level executives becomes a major hurdle in effectively managing IT. This course will certainly help in bridging this knowledge gap. It covers in sufficient breadth and depth, areas such as how IT can be used for business innovation, improving network security, reducing IT related costs, how to go about building IT systems, leveraging outside innovation to the benefit of business organizations and the social and ethical aspects of IT management. The course materials have been presented in a very interesting and lucid style by Prof Rahul De, who is a great teacher and highly experienced in the field. The case studies have been very interesting and have helped the participants in gaining deeper insights about the concepts covered. The discussion forums for the course have helped the participants to share their views on the topics covered and the teaching assistants have been active in effectively moderating the forums. The videos are of below 10 minute duration and this makes it very convenient for working professionals to learn the topics. The quizzes are helpful in testing the level of mastery of the concepts. Overall, the course is top class. Sincere thanks to the Professor, IIMB and edX for the highly useful course !