E012: Information Technology Management and Leadership

Information Technology Management and Leadership addresses both the technical infrastructure and the human leadership side of running technology within an organization — including its ethical dimensions.

What E012 covers

The course addresses the technical and human elements of managing technology within an organization. A technology leader must be able to identify the components of a technology infrastructure, including all of the technologies used within an organization and how they relate to one another.

Equipped with this fundamental skill, students will analyze a scenario to create a technology management strategy for an organization. The course considers the ethical responsibilities of leadership and management and the appropriate use of technological solutions, and provides opportunities for students to develop their own leadership strategy.

The E012 performance assessment

Expect a performance assessment requiring you to develop a technology management strategy for a given organization, addressing both the infrastructure and the ethical/leadership dimensions.

Key topics in E012

• Technology infrastructure components
• Technology management strategy
• Ethical responsibilities of technology leadership
• Personal leadership strategy development

Writing tips for E012

Follow the task instructions and rubric line by line

WGU performance assessments for E012 are graded against a fixed rubric — every rubric line has to be visibly addressed, usually with a labeled heading that mirrors the rubric language. Skipping a rubric point because it seems minor is the single most common reason a competent submission comes back "Not Yet Competent" for revision.

Ground strategy recommendations in the specific scenario, not generic best practice

Management and strategy courses like E012 typically hand you a realistic organizational scenario (a company profile, a set of constraints, existing systems). Evaluators are checking whether your recommendation genuinely fits THAT organization's situation — a textbook-generic answer that could apply to any company usually loses rubric points for lacking scenario specificity.

Because WGU is self-paced, don't let "no deadline pressure" become no submission

There's no weekly due date forcing progress, which means procrastination costs more at WGU than at a traditional term-based school — a stalled task can quietly eat weeks of a term. Treat your own target date for each E012 assessment as a real deadline.

Why students seek help with E012

Students sometimes address the technical infrastructure thoroughly but skip the ethical-responsibility and personal-leadership-strategy components the course specifically requires — a complete response addresses all three dimensions.

How GradeEssays helps with E012

Share your organizational scenario and rubric, and your writer will build a management strategy addressing infrastructure, ethics, and personal leadership approach together.

Prerequisites and program context

E012 has no prerequisites and is shared across the BSIT-to-MSIT bridge and both MSIT programs.

• Bachelor of Science, Information Technology (BSIT to MSIT)
• Master of Science, Information Technology
• Master of Science, Information Technology - Product Management

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