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Michael D. Crandall
IMT 500
Seattle Campus
Overview of the major concepts in the MSIM curriculum. Includes an introduction to the concept of information as well as its relation to organizational management, technology, and design and culture.
Class description
The focus of study in the MSIM program centers on managing information throughout its life cycle. The effective design of information systems and the effective provision of information services require the information professional, regardless of the chosen niche of professional practice, to understand the interrelated nature of that niche with the larger cycle. This concentrated introductory course required at the beginning of every MSIM student’s program of study is intended to provide an overview and to frame that student’s future studies in the School in terms of a coherent picture of the social context, mechanisms of creation and distribution of information, information systems (traditional and new), stakeholders throughout the information life cycle, and the role of information in the development of knowledge.
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