Managing with IT - attitudes and approaches workshop

This two-day workshop helps businesses explore their attitudes to IT, and presents a provocative vision of what IT is and can become. This gives businesses a broader range of options from which to choose the most effective use of IT.

Who the course is for

The workshop is intended for anyone responsible for work involving IT.

This includes both business managers, and IT specialists at all levels.

The workshop is suitable as part of a general training programme in IT.

The workshop is particularly suitable as an input to IT strategy, or at the start of a major project.

The workshop assumes no technical knowledge of IT. It is an exploration of attitudes to broaden thinking, and is suitable for an audience with mixed backgrounds in IT.

The workshop is intended to challenge, rather than confirm, conventional views on IT. Participants must be willing to face this challenge and be open to discussion.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand how IT adds value.
• Identify viable uses for IT.
• Identify when unrealistic expectations of IT will lead to failure.
• Understand why and how to align to organisational responsibilities.
• Define realistic requirements for IT in a non-technical manner.
• Identify the main disciplines required to manage IT-based work effectively.

Schedule

Day 1 - morning

• Introduction to the course
• IT-related problems
• Supply problems and demand problems
• The true nature of IT

Day 1 - afternoon

• How IT adds value
• The role of IT in the organisation
• Business problems, business change, and IT
• IT and organisational responsibilities

Day 2 - morning

• Delegation of responsibility to IT
• IT responsibility and organisational responsibility
• Applying job descriptions to IT systems
• Information storage and flow
• Questioning
• Introduction to the case study

Day 2 - afternoon

• Expectations of IT and responsibility of IT systems
• IT requirements - case study
• Information requirements - case study
• Overall summary
• Conclusions

This is an indicative schedule. Minimal IT will discuss the course contents with the customer prior to booking.

Minimal IT is happy to tailor this course to the customer's specific needs.

Administration

The course is designed to be delivered as a two-day workshop at the customer's own site.

On the UK mainland, the course costs £2,750 + VAT. This includes the trainer's expenses and all course materials for up to 16 participants.

The customer is required to provide a suitable venue.

Minimal IT is happy to quote for arranging a venue to the customer's requirements, or for running the course outside the UK mainland.

Please contact us to discuss your requirements and book the workshop.