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Unit of Study BUSN6009 - Managing Information Systems (Online) (2024)

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Unit description

Provides a managerial approach to the use of information and information systems in organisations. Students are introduced to the use of information and information systems as a means of achieving competitive advantage and for improving efficiency and effectiveness in business processes and managerial decision-making. Students learn to manage information as one of the key resources of an organisation by planning, developing, implementing and evaluating information systems from a managerial perspective, taking into account social, ethical and global factors.

Unit content

Module 1: Overview of IS, technologies, strategies and innovation
Module 2: Business processes and models for digitisation
Module 3: Corporate systems
Module 4: Digital platforms
Module 5: Consumerisation of IT
Module 6: Systems development and management

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Location Domestic International
SCU Online
Term2
Term2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

analyse the contemporary information systems landscape that is available for organisational operational efficiency and innovation

develop information systems centric strategies that organisations could employ to achieve sustainable competitive advantage, strategy, decision-making and digital innovation

analyse trends, developments and critical issues of information systems

develop management considerations and scope operations to implement information system in various organisations.

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