Basics in computer sciences and in IT management
Information and communication technologies play an
increasingly crucial role in the evolution of th organizations
and significantly affect their practices and lifestyles. This
course will focus on the discovery of emerging technologies
and practices such as, non-exhaustively : Bring your own
devices, Cloud computing, Crowdsourcing, E-business,
Gamification, Social networks, Social collaboration,
Software as a Service, Telecommuting, Web 2.0, Web 3.0,
etc.
These emerging technologies and practices will be put in
context while their impacts on the lifestyle of the
organizations will be analyzed.
At the end of this course, the student is able to :
* Identify the main emerging technologies and
practices in the service of an organization as well as the
changes they induce (changes in the tools, and
organizational, view and strategic changes) ;
* Analyze the policy of an organization for
managing emerging technologies and practices ;
* Analyze the impact of emerging technologies
and practices on the lifestyle of an organization ;
* Propose a critical judgment on the benefits and
limitations of emerging technologies and practices within an
organization.
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
