Business Information Systems
PostgraduateSWI-INF600072020
Course information for 2020 intake
Articulate and analyse how technology streamlines business and benefits performance. Disclose the changing face of IS in business and society and the impact of the internet. Learn how information access influences the type of decisions people make.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Business Information Systems
About this subject
Students who successfully complete this subject will be able to:
- Critically analyse and recommend problem solving solutions to complex issues that arise with the adoption/acquisition of technology that enable core business processes and support business strategic goals
- Critically evaluate the ways in which information technology can contribute to organisational innovation, competitiveness, efficiency and effectiveness specifically through the application of appropriate hardware and software to produce informed business solutions
- Critically analyse the impact telecommunications and social media have on developing business solutions and the subsequent use of Business Intelligence tools to facilitate competitive advantage for organisations
- . Demonstrate professionalism, integrity, ethical conduct, professional accountability and an awareness of legal and security concerns associated with the use of technology within organisations
- Demonstrate the ability to work professionally and function as an effective leader or member of a diverse team
- Organisations in the digital economy
- Information Systems: their evolution to current role and purpose in business & society
- Strategic review of purposes of commercial business, organisational requirements for Information Systems
- Data and information management in the digital economy; Ethical, legal and security issues; Databases, and their importance to contemporary business
- Business processes: evolution and support of IS
- E-Commerce Networks and commercial internet applications
- IS to support business transactions & processes; Transaction processing systems, supply chain management, customer relationship management; enterprise
- IS to support managerial decision making, business intelligence, decision support, and knowledge management; the nature of IS management
- Information Systems requirements analysis; Information systems acquisition, development, and implementation
From 2020 this subject will be called Business Information Systems
Please note: INF60007 has a required eTextbook, more information can be found under Special Requirements in the 'Are you eligible to study' section.
A primary aim in Introduction to Business Information Systems is for students to analyse and articulate how technology can be used to assist business, without the technology becoming an end in itself. In particular, the subject aims to develop an appreciation for the importance of information to decision-making and how to provide such information to ensure its usefulness to the decision makers. Students gain a strong foundation of business systems fundamentals and are able to evaluate the influence of the Internet on business stakeholders; customers, suppliers, manufacturers, service makers, regulators, managers and employees.
- Assignment 1 - Individual (30-40%)
- Assignment 2 - Group (30-50%)
- Online test - Individual (20-30%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
This unit has a required eTextbook: Introduction to Business Information Systems by C. Moore - ISBN 9781488618833. More information will be provided in the unit outline available at the start of the Study Period.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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