Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• familiar with the concepts of strategic intelligence and its role in information management and decision-making in contemporary organizations.
• Identify the elements of excellence in information management in contemporary organizations.
• Identify the stages of decision-making in light of the changes in the contemporary organizational environment.
• Recognize decision support systems in modern organizations.
• Recognize the significance of information and its role in supporting decision-making in modern organizations.

Course Outline

Day 1 : Introduction and Concepts of Strategic Intelligence

• The concept of intelligence and its types
• The concept of strategic intelligence
• approaches to interpreting strategic intelligence.
• Principles of strategic intelligence
• The importance of strategic intelligence
• areas of investment in strategic intelligence.
• Practical cases and applications

Day2 : Strategic Intelligence: Roles, Characteristics, and Development in Modern Organizations

• Strategic intelligence’s Functions
• Leadership characteristics of strategic thinkers
• The development of strategic intelligence
• Practical cases and applications

Day 3: Excellence in Information Management in Contemporary Organizations

• The concept of information management systems
• Sources and value of information
• Objectives of Information Systems
• information systems and management levels.
• Types of computer-based management information systems
• Office automation systems (OAS) are a type of office automation system.
• Decision Support Systems (DSS)
• EIS System
• Expert Systems (ES)
• Practical cases and applications

Day 4: Strategic Intelligence in Information Management in Contemporary Organizations

• Elements of strategic intelligence and their role in information management
• Foresight
• Systems thinking
• Future Vision
• Motivation (the ability to motivate employees)
• Partnership
• Strategic intelligence measurement models and their role in information management
• Practical cases and applications

Day5 : Decision-Making and its Relationship to Strategic Intelligence in Contemporary Organizations

• Decision quality standards in a competitive environment
• Stages of decision-making and the role of information systems in them
• Intelligence Phase
• Design phase (planning alternative solutions)
• Selection Phase
• Implementation phase
• Decision-making methods
• Decision support mechanisms (types, components, characteristics, stages of design)
• Strategic intelligence and decision-making
• Practical cases and applications.