Ask a department director in a large company and a supervisor in a small one what information systems mean to their daily work, and you'll get surprisingly similar answers — because IS, in some form, now runs through companies of every size. What separates the ones that get real value from it is whether their people actually understand the stages an information system moves through, and can adapt them flexibly to serve the organisation's own goals. This course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy is built around exactly that — mastering ISM stages and applying them with confidence, whatever the size of the company.

Information systems represent one of the biggest shifts in how companies and organisations are managed, and that shift is why learning ISM properly matters so much to department directors, company managers, division supervisors and administrative branch heads alike, in large companies and small ones.

Programme Objectives

• Recognise the basic stages Information Systems Management (ISM) moves through.
• Identify the factors that determine whether an information system succeeds.
• Build the skills ISM requires, and learn the essential software behind it.

Who Should Attend

• Information systems department heads.
• Companies' IT department heads.
• Supervisors of information and computerisation systems in companies.
• Employees of information systems and computerisation departments.

Module 1: Defining Information Systems and Their Building Blocks

• The definition of Information Systems, and the basic points they rest on.
• The core elements of Information Systems, and the principles they are built around.

Module 2: Why Information Systems Succeed

• The importance of Information Systems software, and the fields where these systems are actually used.
• Recognising the basic stages Information Systems Management (ISM) moves through in practice.

Module 3: The Software Behind Information Systems Management

• The fundamental programs used within Information Systems.
• The basic software Information Systems Management (ISM) requires, and the skills needed to use it well.