Unit aim
Provides a managerial approach to the use of information and information systems in organisations. Students are introduced to the use of information and information systems as a means of achieving competitive advantage and for improving efficiency and effectiveness in business processes and managerial decision-making. Students learn to manage information as one of the key resources of an organisation by planning, developing, implementing and evaluating information systems from a managerial perspective, taking into account social, ethical and global factors.
Unit content
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Overview and foundation: Information and information systems in organisations
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Information systems for competitive advantages
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Information systems planning (including information systems project selection and evaluation)
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Developing and implementing information systems
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Information systems infrastructure management: hardware, software and networks (covering cloud computing and other latest developments)
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Data resource management
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Information systems for business operations (internal and external relations)
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Information systems for decision support (including business intelligence), collaboration and knowledge management
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Security, ethical and global implications of information systems
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Challenges/issues, trends and future directions
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | explain the alignment between information strategies and business strategies of their organisations to achieve sustainable competitive advantage | Intellectual rigour | | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 2 | understand the role of information systems in supporting operations and decision making in the organisation | Intellectual rigour | | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 3 | analyse trends, developments and critical issues of information systems | Intellectual rigour | | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 4 | discuss security, ethical and global implications of information systems | | | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | | | Cultural competence |
| 5 | plan, develop, and implement information systems from a managerial perspective to improve the performance of their organisations. | Intellectual rigour | | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- explain the alignment between information strategies and business strategies of their organisations to achieve sustainable competitive advantage
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- understand the role of information systems in supporting operations and decision making in the organisation
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- analyse trends, developments and critical issues of information systems
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- discuss security, ethical and global implications of information systems
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- GA7:
Cultural competence
- plan, develop, and implement information systems from a managerial perspective to improve the performance of their organisations.
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
Prescribed texts
Session 3
- Textbook: O’Brien, JA & Marakas, GM, 2011, Management Information Systems, 10th edn, McGraw-Hill, New York, USA. ISBN: 978-0-07-337681-3.
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.