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CO7218—Financial Services Information Systems

Convenor:
Dr. G. Koutsoukos
Description:

Business organizations worldwide are experiencing a number of market forces that have significant impact on the way they used to think on and operate their IT systems. On the business side, cost optimization has become an even more critical success factor, the economy is more global, more dynamic and more turbulent, markets’ regulation has further intensified, customers are better informed, more technology savvy and have different life patterns. On the technology side, major forces include, among others, the advent of even more advanced communication technologies with new exciting capabilities, the increasing use of mobility solutions and the popularity of social networks. In this environment, IT systems are not only critical for the continuous operation of the business, but also as transformation and differentiation enablers. Therefore, in order to be able to effectively manage, develop and operate IT systems in such organizations, good technical knowledge and skills do not suffice: IT professionals also need a “holistic” view and sound understanding of fundamental business principles and of the interrelationships between the operating environment, organizational structures, key processes and IT systems. Taking the above into account, this module is designed to achieve the following:

  • explore the basics and give a “holistic” view of today’s information systems (i.e. the different functional and architectural perspectives, key applications and their relationships, business intelligence systems, application integration, business process and business rules management systems). Financial services’ organizations will be extensively used as the reference business domain and therefore an introduction to some of the financial services’ concepts, business processes and functions will also be provided.
  • provide a good overview of the different roles and respective responsibilities of IT professionals in large organizations. Emphasis will be given on the IT Management/Governance functions, introducing some of the basic terminology, concepts and methods used by professionals in such functions.

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