Business Information Systems
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 24 hours face to face + blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2023 teaching periods
| Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1 |
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
This unit enables students to analyse and articulate how technology can be used to assist business, without the technology becoming an end in itself. In particular, the unit 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.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Demonstrate professionalism, integrity, ethical conduct, professional accountability and an awareness of legal and security concerns associated with the use of technology within organisations.
5. Demonstrate the ability to work professionally and function as an effective leader or member of a diverse team.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On Campus Class in Computer Lab | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Online (asynchronous lecture) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 9.5 | 12 | 114 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) |
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 30-40% | 1,2 |
Assignment 2 | Group | 30-50% | 1,2,4,5 |
| Online Tests | Individual | 30-40% | 1,2,3,4 |
Content
• Organisations in the digital economy
• Information Systems (IS): 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 systems
• 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
• Information Systems (IS): 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 systems
• 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
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.