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XMIT 602 Human Resources, Leadership, and
Project/Financial Management (6)
In this seminar, issues, theories, and procedures associated with
the effective management of human resources in technologybased
organizations are presented. Emphasis is placed on the
integration of human resource planning with corporate strategic
planning. Its purpose is to help each student appreciate the value
of effective management of people in a variety of organizational
settings and to provide the methods to do so. Topics include
leadership requirements for managing innovative and creative
people, structuring teams, management of conflict and change,
communication techniques, feedback, and the processes
involved in project management, with a focus on group and
team formation and group dynamics. Career decisions within
technical organizations, including the requirements for transition
to management, dual career paths for scientific/technical
personnel, performance incentives, and the manager’s role in
subordinate appraisal and development, are discussed. Project
management concepts and techniques are then discussed. Project
planning, organizing, team building, and effective control mechanisms
are presented. The key management aspects and proven
techniques that differentiate project management from other
types of management are fully discussed. Topics include effective
project management styles, critical factors for success, organizational
support systems, project authority, and ethics in project
execution. Cost, schedule and technical planning, and control
are stressed. Project management software is used for creating a
typical project plan and tracking the project. Finally, students
identify processes to analyze and manage financial information
in technology-intensive organizations with rapid product/service
cycles and high value-added intellectual property. Students are
introduced to the preparation of a variety of financial analysis
tools from simple balance sheets to activity-based costing. The
basis of asset valuation is discussed, including capital and technological
assets, intellectual property, and intangibles.
XMIT 603 Topics in IT and Systems Security and Risk
Management (6)
In this seminar, the most successful strategies and approaches
for achieving a high-performing organization are studied.
Organizational effectiveness is examined with an emphasis
placed on performance capabilities such as adaptability, flexibility,
responsiveness, decisiveness, speed, quality, value, and
customer satisfaction. Strategies and approaches of organizational
effectiveness based on the latest research findings, as well as
“best practice” used by “world-class” organizations, are examined.
The proliferation of corporate databases and the development
of telecommunication network technology as gateways
or invitations to intrusion are examined next. Ways of investigating
the management of the risk and security of data and data
systems are presented as a function of design t h rough re c ove ry
and protection. Issues of risk and security as they relate to specific
industries and government are major topics. Examples are presented
of how major technological advances in computer and
operating systems have placed data, as tangible corporate assets,
at risk. Quantitative sampling techniques for risk assessment and
for qualitative decision making under uncertainty are explored.
XMIT 604 Computing and Software Technology (6)
In this seminar, the major hardware and system software components
and underlying technologies that are the basis of the modern
digital computer are examined. Major developments in the
evolution of computers are reviewed. The similarities and differences
between mainframes, minicomputers, and microprocessors
are investigated. Supercomputer, parallel processor, and distributed
system architectures are examined. Various types of storage
media and input/output devices are discussed. An overview of
system software elements, including operating systems and
middleware, is also presented. Advanced topics such as optical
computers and biomolecular computers are also discussed. T h e
technology, engineering practices, and business economics
behind the wide variety of modern software-intensive systems
are then studied. Foundations of software engineering are examined.
Classes of application domains, including real-time systems
and transaction-based systems, are analyzed. The practices
used in developing small-scale and large-scale software systems
are evaluated. Modern issues including design of the humancomputer
interface, software product liability, and certification
of software engineers are discussed. The seminar concludes by
investigating the structure, environment, and possible future of
the software industry.
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