Complementary assets and approaches

Complementary assets and approaches

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Technology & Information Management (MGT 259)

Unit 2: Information System in Business

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of complementary assets and approaches.
• Apply the relevant concepts to a defined organizational or venture situation using evidence and stated assumptions.

Curriculum Scope

• Assets required to optimise returns from the use of information technology: organizational assets, managerial assets and social assets
• Contemporary approaches to information system

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Complementary assets

   1. Explain organizational assets such as processes and structure.
   2. Assess managerial capabilities and support.
   3. Identify social assets and external relationships.

2. Returns from IT

   1. Connect complementary assets with effective adoption and use.
   2. Distinguish purchasing technology from developing capabilities.
   3. Assess benefits and costs over the relevant period.

3. Information-system approaches

   1. Compare technical, behavioral and socio-technical perspectives.
   2. Apply them to a defined organizational problem.
   3. Explain limitations of a single-perspective assessment.

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Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 126–128.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.