Technology, Knowledge Management and Global Integration
LMC504
Overview
To enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into a course from the provider.
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Level of study: What does Postgraduate mean?
Postgraduate
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
No
Duration:
13 weeks
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Domestic student fee:
$2,000.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$2,225.00 (AUD)
Description
Build your understanding of technology as an enabler, driver and/or blocker for developing sustainable business in a global environment. You explore the impact of technology on commercial practices including financial markets and transactions, the division of labour, technology as an integrator, facilitation of access to world markets and the use of technology in accountability and risk. Attention is given to the impact of technology on global enterprise, its associated management challenges and implications for business systems including supply chain, value chain, selling chain and Customer Relationship Management.
Please note: Assessment values are indicative only; details will be advised at the start of the unit.
Enrolment Restriction
In order to enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into one of the following courses:
If you wish to seek approval to enrol in this unit without being accepted in a course, please contact OUA regarding the process.
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- view technology in geographical and historical perspectives with connected and similar technologies and economy
- understand and discuss the positive and negative impacts of technology on business development at both a global and workplace level
- discuss operational efficiencies of technologically facilitated global integration
- apply a systematic approach to analysis and research on matters of technology, economy and business sustainability
- be cognisant of social and political issues impacted by global integration and innovation
- describe the implications of technology trends for marketing, management and infrastructure
- define values, cultures, technologies, threats and opportunities of global integration.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | The nature of technological impact on economical environment from historical, current and futuristic perspectives. |
| 2 | The defining technologies of globalisation |
| 3 | Defining technology as an enabler, driver, blocker or inhibitor in a global business environment |
| 4 | Technology as a facilitatorof financial markets and transactions; the division of labour through outsourcing; access to global markets |
| 5 | Technology as an enabler of accountability and generator of risk |
| 6 | Interaction of drivers technology |
| 7 | Technology and operational efficiencies including impact on inputs, outputs and processes |
| 8 | Business sustainability in a global environment recognising importance of cultures, values, threats and opportunities considerations |
| 9 | Removing communication on barriers both within organisations and the external local, regional and global environments |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Print based materials
- Welcome Letter
Online materials
- Printable format materials
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 is an approved elective in the following courses:
- Graduate Diploma of Commerce, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Master of Commerce, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
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.
