Research in Information Technology - workshop briefing

The subject of Research in Information Technology in the NCC Postgraduate Dip programme covers the following main topic domains:

1. Study skills
• Time management, presentation skills, teamworks and peer assessment, listening and note-taking, written coursework
2. Research methods
3. Literature review
4. A review of Information Systems as a discipline
5. Systems thinking in the subject domain of Information Systems
• Sociotechnical Systems Theory
• Soft Systems Methodology
6. Management Information Systems and Information Technology Management
7. Electronic Commerce
8. Potential of Information Technology to create corporate sustainable competitive advantage

My list of topics is slightly different from the course documents. The list of topic domains above does depict the nature and scope of study of the subject.


References

1. Facebook forum on IT management: https://www.facebook.com/josephho33#!/groups/316183782575/
2. Facebook forum on Systems Thinking: https://www.facebook.com/josephho33#!/groups/272833847547/
3. Facebook forum on Research Methods: https://www.facebook.com/josephho33#!/groups/194088197319308/