Introduction to Business Information Systems
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours Face to Face
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
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HOL Study Period 2 | HOL Study Period 4 | |
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Swinburne Online
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Prerequisites
Completion of a unit that is very similar in content or the content overlaps with another unit.
Corequisites
Aims and objectives
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Assessment
1. Assignment 1 (Individual) 30-40%
2. Assignment 2 (Individual) 10-20%
3. Assignment 3 (Individual / Group) 30-50%
4. Assignment 4 (Individual) 10-20%
General skills outcomes
• problem solving skills
• analysis skills
• communication skills
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• ability to work independently and collaboratively
Content
• Information Systems: their evolution to current role and purpose in business & society
• Data and information management in the digital economy; Ethical, cultural and security issues
• Business processes: evolution and support of IS
• E-Commerce Networks and commercial internet applications
• IS to support business transactions & processes; supply chain management, customer relationship management; enterprise systems
• IS to support managerial decision making, business intelligence, business analytics, and knowledge management
Study resources
- Reading materials.