Internet Collaboration and Organisation
NET308
Overview
Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 3 mean?
Undergraduate Level 3
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
13 weeks
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Domestic student fee:
$750.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$975.00 (AUD)
Description
Virtual and networked organisations are the focus of this unit, recognising that networked computing has had a significant impact on public and private sector organisations. Increasingly, the internet is reshaping organisations and our experience of working within them. In this unit you will learn how and why organisations change as they utilise network technologies; you will consider the extent to which they have, therefore, become 'virtual'; you will see how the internet promotes collaboration. As a result you will become more effective in participating in and managing organisational change involving the internet.
Further Information:
Assessment schedule subject to minor alteration.
Prerequisites
Equivalent units
You cannot enrol in this unit if you have successfully completed any of the following unit(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
- NET35 — The Internet - Network Culture and the Virtual Society
Recommended prerequisites
You are recommended to have completed the following unit(s) or have equivalent knowledge before starting this unit:
- NET204 — Internet Communities and Social Networks
- NET205 — Internet Commerce and Consumers
NET24 is the same as NET204 and NET25 is the same as NET205.
Special Requirements
- Additional materials — Knowledge networking
- Broadband access
- Other special requirement — Web2.0
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- explain how organisations work in terms of their structures, exchanges and decision making
- analyse the way that networked information and communications technologies influence and in turn are influenced by the organisations within which they are used
- demonstrate understanding of the role of virtual collaboration within organisations
- apply conceptual understandings of the social foundations of technological change to virtual and networked organisations.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Theories of social adoption of and adaptation to technological change |
| 2 | Role of technologies in organisational change |
| 3 | Relationship between communications and power within small and large, formal and informal organisations |
| 4 | Interaction between different kinds of collaborative methods and organisational performance |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Audio/Video conferencing
- Blogs
- Chat rooms
- Discussion Forum/Discussion Board
- Online assignment submission
- Podcasting/Lecture capture
- Standard Media
- Streaming Multimedia
- Web links
- Wikis
Print based materials
- Welcome Letter
Online materials
- Audio/Video - Streaming
- Online Assessment
- Printable format materials
- Resources and Links
Textbook information for this unit is currently being updated and will be available soon. Please check back regularly for updates. Alternatively, visit the Unibooks website and enter the unit details to search for available textbooks.
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
