Course Description
Business Information Systems and Management is a foundation subject that provides an overview of the critical aspects of Information Management and Information Systems required in all businesses in the 21st century. While primarily a business course, the course will consider the technical aspects necessary to liaise meaningfully with IT departments and personnel. The course's focus will be on leveraging technology for business purposes. The subject covers fundamental information management skills and focuses on using information to make business decisions and solve business problems.
Learning Outcomes
- Source, validate, use, and manage relevant and appropriate information for ethical and effective decision-making and problem-solving, applying systems thinking skills and techniques.
- Analyse the technology needs required to support a business and liaise effectively with technology personnel for acquisition, maintenance, and business support.
- Use basic/intermediate spreadsheet skills effectively for information management and decision-making.
- Be able to explain the use of databases for information management and decision-making, and demonstrate a fundamental grasp of the principles of database design.
- Assess the quality of information solutions to business problems, applying systems thinking skills and techniques.
Learning Experience
Topics
- Business Information Systems
- Data and Business Intelligence
- Systems Thinking and Technical Fundamentals
- System Initiation and Planning
- Systems Development
- E-business and M-business
- Information System Security
- Business Information Systems Strategy
- Ethics, privacy and Social Issues
- Business Information System Management
- Social Media and the Enterprise
- The Future of Business Information Systems
Development Team
Bryan Macdonald
Course Author
Lead
Diana Shah
Course Author
Rosemarie Fonseka
Learning Designer
Lead
Tom Whitford
Learning Designer
Jack Eames
Digital Education Developer
Lead
Assessments
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Case study analysis report
Case Study
Learners analyse and identify the key elements of an organisational problem with complex issues in business information systems.
25%
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Data visualisations report
Report
This assignment requires leaners to use different types of business data and produce a report to help managers make effective decisions based on the visualisation developed.
15%
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Business requirement analysis report
Report
Learners are required to evaluate and organisations information system strategy and analyse suitable tools to solve the organisation’s problems.
30%
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Business case pitch presentation
Media Task
Learners demonstrate their ability to design an innovative information systems solution for an organisation and communicate it to the management team of that organisation.
30%