INFO123-21S1 (C) Semester One 2021

Business Information Systems and Technology

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2021
End Date: Sunday, 27 June 2021
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 7 March 2021
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 14 May 2021

Description

Information technology plays a critical role in business and society, supporting business transformation and innovation, digital lifestyles, and how we communicate and collaborate. This course aims to help students understand how organisations can use data and technology to address business problems, to deliver business value and stay competitive, to create better processes, to improve connections with stakeholders, and to make better decisions. Students are exposed to the opportunities that new and emerging technologies provide, and develop problem-solving skills applicable to any area in business as well as practical skills to capture, organise and use data to support decision-making.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course the student should be able to:
▪ Demonstrate an understanding of what are business information systems (IS), the role of IS on business including how IS can be used to deliver business value, support business strategy, and enhance decision-making.
▪ Demonstrate an understanding of key business processes and the systems that support these processes (e.g. Collaboration Systems, ERP, CRM, Business Intelligence) and of the IS development process.
▪ Recognise various aspects, technologies and trends associated with eCommerce and the Internet (e.g. Web 2.0, social networking)
▪ Discuss key issues associated with managing IS in organisations (e.g. outsourcing, IS security, ethical issues).
▪ Describe key concepts, components, technologies and selection criteria associated with the use of IS (e.g. hardware, software, networks and data communication).
▪ Describe and apply key database concepts to organising, managing and using data in a database  
▪ Gain competence with presentation, spread-sheet and database software (i.e. MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Access).
▪ Use good presentation skills to create and deliver a professional presentation to an audience.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Restrictions

ACIS123, AFIS123, AFIS124

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Group Presentation 7%
Mid-semester test 35%
MS Excel Assignment 7%
MS Access Assignment 7%
Final Exam 44%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Baltzan, Paige; Business driven information systems ; Seventh edition, International Student Edition; McGraw-Hill Education, 2021.

The textbook for INFO123 is:

Paige Baltzan Business Driven Information System
Business Driven Technology
7th Edition ( Copy right 2021)

https://www.mheducation.com.au/higher-ed
mheducation.com.au

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $860.00

International fee $4,438.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Accounting and Information Systems .

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