Information, Organisations and Society
MTB510
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?
Duration:
13 weeks
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Domestic student fee:
$2,000.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$2,225.00 (AUD)
Description
This unit will introduce fundamental concepts as they relate to data and information. Drawing on the student’s own experience and knowledge, they will develop an in-depth understanding of why data and information is needed; how they can be collected and created; how they can be stored, distributed and effectively presented; as well as societal implications of information use and storage. Students will also learn how to make effective judgements about the quality and usefulness of information, and will explore how organisational and social relationships are changed, maintained and manipulated by the use and misuse of data and information.
Enrolment Restriction
In order to enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into one of the following courses:
- Graduate Certificate of Technology (Business Systems)
- Graduate Diploma of Technology (Business Systems)
- Master of Technology (Business Systems)
- Master of Information Technology Project Management
If you wish to seek approval to enrol in this unit without being accepted in a course, please contact OUA regarding the process.
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:
- MTB110 — Information Methods and Management
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- critique the relationships between data, information, knowledge, wisdom and experience
- analyse the characteristics of high-quality data and information
- justify the need for, and assess the requirements for, effective data and information security
- apply research skills to the collection and recording of data and information in the context of specific problems and applications
- apply understanding of the uses of data and information to the interpretation and use of symbol-based information
- apply critical and creative thinking skills to the effective use and presentation of data and information in the context of specific problems and applications
- debate ethical issues related to the collection and use of information
- appraise the influence of data and information on the relationships, dynamics and sustainability of a social or organisational culture.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Data, information, knowledge and wisdom - definitions and basic relationships |
| 2 | Data and information flow through systems, information processing systems |
| 3 | Data and information collection, processing, storage and distribution. |
| 4 | The quality of data and information |
| 5 | Information privacy and security |
| 6 | Information and meaning in symbols, semiotics |
| 7 | Statistics, forecasting and 'Black Swan events' |
| 8 | Effectively presenting data and information |
| 9 | The role of data and information in decision-making. |
| 10 | Data, information and social systems |
| 11 | Social capital |
| 12 | Information sharing and hoarding, individual and corporate |
| 13 | The corporate value of effective knowledge management |
| 14 | Information processing and learning, individual and corporate |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Chat rooms
- Discussion Forum/Discussion Board
- Embedded Multimedia
- Online Quizzes/Tests
- Online assignment submission
- Podcasting/Lecture capture
- Standard Media
- Web links
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
- Graduate Certificate of Technology (Business Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Graduate Diploma of Technology (Business Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Master of Technology (Business Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Master of Information Technology Project Management, 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.
