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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.
After successful completion of this course, you will be able to:* Demonstrate an understanding of what are business information systems (IS), the role of IS in 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, the IT systems that support these processes (e.g. Collaboration Systems, ERP, CRM, Business Analytics, AI, etc) and the IS development process.* Recognise various aspects, technologies and trends associated with eBusiness and the Internet (e.g.Web 3.0, social networking)* Discuss key issues associated with managing IS in organisations (e.g. IS security, ethical and privacy issues).* Describe key concepts, components, technologies and selection criteria associated with the selection and use of IS (e.g. hardware, software, sustainable infrastructures).* Describe and apply key database concepts to organising, managing and using data in a database * Gain competence with presentation, spreadsheet/data analytics and database software (e.g., MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Access).* Use good presentation skills to create and deliver a professional presentation to an audience.
ACIS123, AFIS123, AFIS124
Richard Derham
Baltzan, P; Business Driven Information Systems ; 9th; McGraw Hill Learning, 2025.
Domestic fee $924.00
International fee $4,988.00
* 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 on the departments and faculties page .