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This course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to carry out an individual piece of supervised work which reflects their programme area and is at, or informed by, the forefront of their academic discipline.

Business, industry and commercial enterprise, as prospective employers also require that MSc graduates have a range of transferable skills. Such skills include being able to work independently, solve complex problems, organise their learning and work, and undertake and successfully complete projects running over several months. All of these activities should be performed by a student in an autonomous fashion, with some direction but minimal direct help from her/his supervisor(s), and must be completed to a specified deadline. Employers also expect MSc holders to be able to evaluate their own work in the context of other related work, and draw and present their conclusions both orally and in the form of a cogent, well-written and well-presented report.

Additionally, a Masters course should equip students to pursue a research programme, such as M.Phil. Or PhD which requires that an applicant be able to select a research topic, read and evaluate relevant literature, select appropriate research methods/tools, conduct the research and present their findings supported by rigorous discussion in a thesis.

The project may include the design and development of a software or hardware product (or artefact) or involve an in depth investigation of a relevant technical issue in the right subject area with clearly defined questions, metrics and solution criteria using appropriate tools and techniques.

Introduction and Rationale: In modern business organisations, IT is delivered using a range of models depending upon the size, nature of the organisation and organisational goals. In particular, many organisations are moving to a model of outsourcing their IT function, often on a global scale. This course examines a number of the managerial and planning issues for the successful running of IT in an outsourcing environment. It examines different models for managing and maintaining Information Systems and Information Technology, looking at such issues as capacity planning, cost effectiveness, managing change, and approaches that lead to successful outsourcing. In particular, it looks at the issue of outsourcing in a global environment. Within the course there will be an emphasis on how outsourcing takes place in India.