Executive Education

Description
Today, staying ahead of the competition means staying up-to-date on IT. Information technology has become a strategic asset that strengthens organizational decision-making and competitive advantage. IT penetrates an organization's products, processes, and services, and affects how it is structured and managed.

IT for the Non-IT Executive helps technical and non-technical managers identify critical strategic issues in today's environment of rapid technological change. They learn what it means to be an information-based organization, and how IT-enabled processes add value to their organizations. They learn where IT is going, where it fits into their organizations, and how to govern it.

Through case studies, research reports, hands-on exercises, and interactive discussions with industry experts, participants learn

• how to align IT with their organizations' business goals
• how to communicate those goals
• how to set business and technology priorities based on those goals

Participants come away from IT for the Non-IT Executive with a senior manager's perspective on the most important IT issues of the day. And they leave with a clear sense of their own role in streamlining company performance through technology.

The Participant Team
IT for the Non-IT Executive is designed for line managers and corporate strategists who want a better handle on their role in IT oversight and management. Past participants have included senior managers at the division or corporate level, including:

• CEOs
• corporate and strategic planners
• presidents
• executive vice presidents
• COOs
• vice presidents of operations

Faculty
George Westerman, Faculty Chair and a Research Scientist at MIT Center for Information Systems Research, examines executive-level management challenges at the interface between IT and business units. His reasearch on risk management, innovation, and communicating about value, including award-winning publications, is used by organizations throughout the world.

Cyrus F. (Chuck) Gibson, Senior Lecturer associated with the MIT Center for Information Systems Research, focuses on IT-enabled business change, building on experience consulting with CSC Index and teaching at MIT Sloan and the Harvard Business School.

Jeanne W. Ross, Director and Principal Research Scientist, MIT Center for Information Systems Research, examines the relationship between IT and enterprise business processes. Her work on enterprise architecture has been widely adopted in masters level IT classes and applied by businesses and consulting organizations around the world.

Peter Weill researches and presents on the role, value, and governance of IT. He has published widely, including award winning books, case studies, and journal articles. In 2008, Ziff-Davis recognized him as #24 of the "Top 100 Most Influential People in IT."