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Craft the information systems strategy needed to navigate a rapidly changing world. Develop in-demand skills aligned with industry best practices, learn from leading experts, and earn a shareable digital certificate.
Craft the information systems strategy needed to navigate a rapidly changing world.
Level up with micro-credentialsIndustry-ready skillsDevelop in-demand skills aligned with industry best practice you can apply immediately.
Taught by leading expertsLearn from internationally recognised academics and professionals with years of on the ground experience.
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To be eligible for this micro-credential, you must have:
Gain contemporary skills and knowledge for your job now.
As technology disrupts and transforms business models, organisations need to adopt new approaches to strategic planning.
This micro-credential is ideal for mid to late-career ICT professionals seeking a deeper knowledge of how to approach information systems strategy within a context of digital disruption.
Investigate the current disruption to our economic and social environments, and consider the impact this is having on the art of information systems strategic planning. Explore the impact of disruptive technologies, competitive environments, digital innovation, and the New Power Model.
Explore emerging organisational models and how to strategically leverage information systems in this context. Consider how to use and deploy information resources and justify how a digital approach can provide both business and community benefit.
Drawing on your new knowledge, you'll develop an Information Systems Strategy that responds to an organisational threat or opportunity and could have real-world application within your own professional context.
This micro-credential is ideal for mid to late-career ICT professionals seeking to advance their career or future-proof their skillsets. You may be working in ICT, a government agency (at federal, state or local level), consulting, mining or higher education.
To be eligible for this micro-credential, you must have:
This micro-credential is designed in close consultation with industry and leverages best practices, especially in relation to information systems strategy and disruptive technologies. Learning tasks have been designed to go beyond theory and enable you to apply your newfound practical skills and assessment task outcomes to your own professional context.
By the end of this course, you'll have a better understanding of how to approach and apply information systems strategic planning. You'll be able to:
This course runs over four weeks, including one pre-teaching week, two weeks of teaching and one week for assessment.
Your total time commitment is approximately 42 hours, which includes:
Assessment includes:
Once you've successfully completed this course, you will be awarded your Strategy in a Disruptive Environment micro-credential. This digital certificate will warrant the achievement of knowledge, skills and capabilities outlined in the learning outcomes. It may also include artefacts (such as videos and written material) related to both experiential and work-integrated learning, including translatable assessment that is practical to your professional life. You can also share your micro-credential digitally and via social media by adding it to your personal platforms, such as LinkedIn. See example certificate.
Strategy in a Disruptive Environment can be taken as a stand-alone course, or complemented with any other micro-credential in the Leveraging Organisational Data series to deepen your knowledge and skills.
It offers a pathway, otherwise known as advanced standing, into the Master of Information Sytems. To use it this way, you need to complete all four micro-credentials in the Leveraging Organisational Data series, then apply for credit towards the master's.
Leveraging Organisational Data includes:
In our innovative online learning environment, you'll engage with other professionals and undertake learning activities such as narrative, discussion and personal reflection, examination of cutting-edge case studies, peer-to-peer learning and guided conversations. In video content, you'll also hear from leading industry practitioners who will share valuable insights based on their practice.
This course's fully online delivery offers a convenient way to develop your skillset, from a location that suits you.
This micro-credential will expire five years from the date of issue as particular knowledge and/or skills may become outdated or need to be refreshed.