This free
course, Managing the software enterprise: The organisational and
business context, relates software to the organisation that it
supports, drawing on basic ideas from organisational theory and
management. We see how organisational practices become embodied
in IT systems, practices that had previously been part of peoples
tacit expertise become externalised and codified in procedures
and software. The software and its relationship to the
organisation are constantly changing as part of a process of
organisational learning.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- understand the organisational context within which software is developed and deployed
- understand human and social issues in software development and deployment, including human resource development and health and safety issues
- select appropriate techniques to solve problems within the domain of software management
- identify and analyse situations involving ethical issues.
