12 lectures and 10 workshops/exercises Students will have to prepare for lectures by reading the IVK chapter as well as other cases to be discussed on that day. Self studies and class discussion should help the students to advance identification and characterization of IT strategy challenges and opportunities, description of tools and methods, and argumentation for relevance and solutions. In the 11 exercises, students will have to work in groups with analyzing IT strategy problems and applying the tools and methods in the course literature. This will also help the students reflect on the limitations of the tools and methods. During the course the students will also developing frameworks for IT strategy that eventually will be part of the take home exam by the end of the course.
The IT strategy framework will be the basis and an integrated part of the take-home examination. The framework will basically address the two first learning outcomes. In the take home exam, the students will apply their framework to a case. This will address the ability to argue the case and relevance of IT, analyze IT strategy problems and argue solutions, as well as reflect on the limitations of tools and methods in the course literature. The date for hand-out of the assignment for the take-home examination will be announced on the course blog.