Information Technology (IT) has become pervasive in current dynamic and often turbulent business environments. While in the past, business executives could delegate, ignore or avoid IT decisions, this is now impossible in most sectors and industries. This major IT dependency implies a huge vulnerability that is inherently present in IT environments.

IT of course not only has the potential to support existing business strategies, but also to shape new strategies. In this mindset, IT becomes not only a success factor for survival and prosperity, but also an opportunity to differentiate and to achieve competitive advantage. In this viewpoint, the IT department moves from a commodity service provider to a strategic partner. IT finally also often entails large capital investments in organizations while companies are faced with multiple shareholders that are demanding the creation of business value through these investments. The question of the “productivity paradox”, why IT has not provided a measurable value to the business world, has puzzled many practitioners and researchers.

All the issues aforementioned point out that the critical dependency on IT calls for a specific focus on enterprise governance of IT and aligning IT to the business needs. This is needed to ensure that the investments in IT will generate the required business value and that risks associated with IT are mitigated.

The programme IT Management for Executives focuses on the following themes:

• The evolution and importance of information technology
• Understanding enterprise governance of IT and strategic alignment
• Understanding the CIO’s roles and responsibilities in managing the IT resources
• Understanding the business roles and responsibilities in creating value out of IT enabled business investments

Business Testimonial:

• Dirk Gemke, Director Value Management & Alliances, KLM-AirFrance

In detail:

The evolution and importance of information technology

• IT as a liability or as a strategic asset
• Does IT matter?
• Cost of IT
• IT investment paradox
• IT sourcing
• Type of IT investments
• CIO’s top priorities
• The role of the CIO

Understanding enterprise governance of IT and strategic alignment

• The challenge of business/IT alignment
• Aligning business goals and IT goals
• Governance of your key assets, including information technology
• Structures, processes and relational mechanisms for enterprise governance of IT
• Implementing enterprise governance of IT in practice
• Strategic alignment as an enabler for business performance
• Demonstrating and measuring the value of IT

Understanding the CIO’s roles and responsibilities in managing the IT resources

• Frameworks for IT management
• IT processes and roles & responsibilities for IT strategy and planning
• IT processes and roles & responsibilities for IT development
• IT processes and roles & responsibilities for IT operations
• IT processes and roles & responsibilities for IT monitoring and control

Understanding the business roles and responsibilities in creating value out of IT enabled business investments

• Projects and the delivery of technical capabilities
• Programs and the delivery of business capabilities
• Portfolio’s and the delivery of business value
• Business processes and roles & responsibilities in IT value governance
• Business processes and roles & responsibilities in IT portfolio management, incl. business case development
• Business processes and roles & responsibilities in IT investment management

The programme is open to all executives active in a specific domain (experts with a first or more managerial experience), needing fundamental knowledge in another knowledge domain.

Also general managers looking for a refresher course are invited to the programmes.

You are looking for more insights in the decision processes of your colleagues active in other domains and you have a need to link concepts and theories with daily practice.

During transitional periods, collaboration and communication are essential aspects of doing business.

In these insecure times information tends to be overlooked and consequences/roll outs are tricky to foresee, the Foundations Track helps managers to consider decisions that affect multiple functional areas and as such enhance the communication with colleagues from other departments.

The programme offers the following advantages:

• Update of a different knowledge domain in 3 days 
• Applicable new knowledge
• Translation into own practice
• Enhances cross-departmental communication
• The whole Foundations Track gradually builds up overall view

• Develop your knowledge of another expertise
• Get introduced to similar challenges from peers active in similar and other industries

The programme is held during 3 consecutive days.

The Executive Programmes use diverse pedagogical teaching approaches (interactive classes, use of case studies, business testimonials and debates).

Antwerp Management School
't Brantijser, in the historical heart of Antwerp
Sint-Jacobsmarkt 9-13
2000 Antwerp
Belgium

We are located at walking distance from the Central Station of Antwerp, should you wish to use public transportation to reach us.

The basic admission requirement for the programme is a university or college degree or extensive work experience. Participants of programmes of the Foundations Track are required to have a first managerial experience.

Since the programme is taught in English, all applicants must be able to read with ease, follow lectures and express their thoughts in fluent written and spoken English.

• Prof. dr. Steven De Haes, Antwerp Management School
• Business Testimonial: Dirk Gemke, Director Value Management & Alliances, KLM-AirFrance

The fee of each single programme is 2095€.
A discount of 10% is offered when following at least 3 programmes.
The total discount amount will be calculated after registration.
Fees include tuition, course materials and catering during lectures. Fees are exempt of VAT. Invoices are due in 30 days.

For more information, contact:

Antwerp Management School
Tara Goossens
Programme Assistant
Sint-Jacobsmarkt 9-13
B-2000 Antwerp

T: +32 (0)3 265 47 53
F: +32 (0)3 265 47 34
tara.goossens@ams.ac.be