Transcript Whatis Business Technology Management (BTM)?

COMM 226
Introduction to
Business Technology Management
Chitu Okoli
Associate Professor in Business Technology Management
John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montréal
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What is Business Technology Management
(BTM)?
• Business Technology Management combines
in-demand technical computer skills with
practical business knowledge to solve unique
business issues
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Terms related to BTM:
Computer science
• Advanced meaning: Creating new algorithms
(programming instructions) to solve new
computer problems that no one has solved
before
• In general: Computer programming using
algorithms created by computer scientists
• Involves a lot of programming and
mathematics
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Terms related to BTM:
Information technology (IT)
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Computer hardware
Software (computer programs)
Data
Computer networks
Terms related to BTM:
Information and communication
technology (ICT)
• IT (computer hardware, software, data,
networks)
• Telecommunications (e.g. telephone
and satellite technology)
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Terms related to BTM:
Information system (IS)—the system
• IT (computer hardware, software, data,
networks)
• People: creators, users and managers of IT
• Procedures: rules, policies and practices of
using IT for a specific purpose
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What is an Information System?
http://youtu.be/Qujsd4vkqFI
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Terms related to BTM:
Management information system (MIS)
—the system
• A specific type of information system
designed to help managers carry out
their managerial functions
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Terms related to BTM:
Information systems (IS) or
Management information systems (MIS)
—the discipline or field or program
• The practice or study of using IT for
accomplishing individual or
organizational goals
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Difference between BTM and MIS
• Generally, different names for the same
thing—applying IT to solve people’s problems
• BTM is a new Canadian term to indicate a
highly professional training, as distinct from
MIS, which means many things to many
people
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Two Approaches to BTM
TECHNICAL APPROACHES
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
SCIENCE
BTM/MIS
SOCIOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
Image adapted from Pearson Canada
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ECONOMICS
BEHAVIOURAL APPROACHES
Moore’s Law
http://youtu.be/bLSMn0cNWAw
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Computer Price/Performance Ratio
Decreases
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Staying Current with BTM News
• Great sources for current BTM info:
– InformationWeek magazine
– Computerworld magazine
– CIO magazine
• Good sites for computer terms and
technology:
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www.wikipedia.org
www.techweb.com/encyclopedia
www.howstuffworks.com
www.webopedia.com
www.about.com
www.granddictionnaire.com
Sources
• Most of the slides are adapted from COMM 226
Business Technology Management by David M.
Kroenke, Andrew Gemino, Peter Tingling, and Earl H.
McKinney, Jr. 2nd Custom Edition for Concordia
University (2014) published by Pearson Canada.
ISBN 13: 978-1-269-96956-7
• Other sources are noted on the slides themselves
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