Information Systems

About Information Systems (IS) Area

The Information Systems (IS) was set up to respond to the need for research in computer applications in management. Starting in an environment that was largely unaware of the potential benefits of computerization (in the 1970s); IS has worked at Identifying potential applications for various levels of management; and Planning and implementing these applications.

Over the years, the group has worked with a variety of organizations, including those in government, public and private sectors. While, the group's general focus has always been on management information systems, the specific themes of its work vary depending on the changing scenario in management and information technology. The group has done research in in decision support systems, expert systems, computer aided instruction, management information systems, algorithm design, developmental informatics, software export, design of computer and network configurations, IT policy issues at international, national, state, and corporate levels, distributed computing systems including peer-to-peer systems and ad-hoc networks.

In addition to its research and consulting activities, the group offers courses in all the major programmes of the Institute, including the post graduate, fellow, and faculty development programmes. In FPM, the group is responsible for the information systems stream. Additionally, several management development programmes are offered by the group every year on topics of current interest.

Areas of Work

Decision Support Systems: IS's efforts at building DSS in organizations are a significant component of the nationwide computer aided management programme.

Public Administration: IS promotes the use of computers in public administration to facilitate effective rural development. It has been extensively involved in the district level computerization programme of the government of India.

Education and Training: IS was a pioneer in training information analysts rather than just programmers. This effort is also reflected in the specialization offered in PGP.

Projects/Centers

Centre for Telecom Policy Studies: The Centre for Telecom Policy Studies (CTPS) has been set up at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad to conduct research to support policy formulation and its implementation in the telecom sector in India. The centre conducts policy studies aimed at critically characterizing and analyzing the structure and the functioning of the telecommunications sector in India.

An eight-member core project team of IIMA faculty, assisted by full-time associates employed by the centre, is working on the project. The project team is inter-disciplinary covering various disciplines such as economics, information technology, operations management, finance, organizational behavior, business policy, and operations research. The Centre has an advisory committee consisting of senior policy and decision-makers from the private sector, the government and academic institutes. The committee reviews and provides overall guidelines for the projects with the objective of making them relevant and useful to the policy making progress in the country.

Centre for Electronic Governance: The Centre for Electronic Governance has been set up at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad (IIMA) with the twin objectives of identifying worthwhile applications and disseminating knowledge and skills for successful implementation of electronic governance applications amongst the bureaucracy and other stake holders. The centre is an example of a successful partnership between an academic Institute and the industry. We seek other partners in moving the "proof of concept applications" developed at the centre into the realm of actual implementation.

The Centre for Digital Transformation: The Centre for Digital Transformation does cutting-edge research studying organizational dynamics related to the development, strategy, and leadership of digital innovations. Using various conceptual frameworks that integrate theories and developments in strategy, economics, information systems, and other business disciplines, the centre examines digital transformation, emphasizing a focus on:

Role of Artificially intelligent (AI) technologies in organizational and societal transformation
Digital processes, products, platforms, and services
Digital channels for retail
Building online marketplaces and IT-enabled disintermediation
Digitally enabled customer participation for co-creation and co-innovation
Digital business strategy
Digital value chain innovations
Digitally engendered network effects
Digital architectures and governance models
Leadership in digital social networks
Business analytics
Human emotions and sentiments in the digitized world
Digitization and transformation of work
Effects of digitization on jobs, incomes, and wages
Neuroscientific dynamics underlying customer interactions with technology

List of Courses

Ph.D.

MBA

PGPX

ePGP

ePGD-ABA

FDP

AFP

Executive Education

The Area offers following compulsory courses to the first/second year Ph.D. participants:

Data Structures and Programming
Networks and Distributed System
Framework for Information Systems
System Analysis and Design
Database Management Systems
Organizational Impacts of Information Technologies

The Area offers following elective courses to the second year PhD participants:

Exploratory Data Visualization
Data Mining Algorithms and Applications
Artificial Intelligence
Seminar in Online Text and Analysis

(The above Ph.D. course list is indicative and courses offered may differ.)

The Area offers three compulsory courses in the first year of the Post-Graduate Program.

Managerial Computing
Transforming Business through Information Technology
Internet – Enabled Businesses

In the second year, the Area offers the following elective courses:

Data Mining and Business Intelligence
Big Data Analytics
Strategies for Internet Economy
Data Visualization for Decision Making
Digital Inclusion for Development
Strategic Management of Digital Innovations
Management of Software Projects and Enterprises

The Area offers following elective courses to PGPX.

Strategic Management of Digital Innovations
Data Visualization for Decision Making
Strategies for Internet Economy

Area offers following core courses to ePGP participants:

Managerial Computing
Transforming Businesses through Information Technology

The Area offers following elective courses to ePGP.

Tapping into Social Media
Networked Economy: Structural and Principles and Applications
Strategies for the Internet Economy

Area offers following courses to ePGD-ABA participants:

Data Visualization for Analysis and Communications
Big Data Management
Machine Learning
Big Data Analytics: Analysis of Text and Social Media Data

Area offers the following core course/s to the FDP participants.

Spreadsheets for Decision-Making

Area offers following course/s to AFP participants:

MIS and Managerial Computing

Area offers following courses in the Executive Education Programme.

Effective Data Visualization for the Data-driven Organization
Big Data Analytics
Managing IT Projects
Digital Transformation: Strategies and Business Models

Seminars

Speaker	Title of the Seminar	Seminar Date
Prof. Shailendra C. Jain Palvia Long Island University, New York (Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar 2016-17, IIMA)	Global sourcing of Services: Strategies, Issues and Challenges	11 April 2017
Prof. Shailendra C. Jain Palvia Long Island University, New York (Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar 2016-17, IIMA)	What is Impactful Research? Publishing High Quality Article in a Journal	03 March 2017