Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Stephen Smith
Contact via Email
Lecturer
Matthew Mansour
Contact via Email
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
ITEC602 or COMP6770
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit focuses on enterprise management information systems and the technologies used in their design, implementation and maintenance. The alignment of information systems with business strategy and the socio-technical aspects of systems development are explored. Systems discussed include ERP, CRM, Business Intelligence and Groupware. The nexus between social media, cloud computing, mobile devices and big data is considered. A case study analysing the business rationale for an enterprise systems project is conducted. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Late Assessment Submission Penalty
From 1 July 2022, Students enrolled in Session based units with written assessments will have the following university standard late penalty applied. Please see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/assessments for more information.
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of '0' will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.
For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.
Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted
In this unit, late submissions will accepted as follows:
• Assignment "Case for IT Capital Project" - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
• Assignment "ERP Analysis" - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
• Assignment "Strategic IT Initiatives - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Weeky Quiz | 10% | No | Weeks 3-12 |
Case for IT Capital Project | 10% | No | Week 5 |
ERP Analysis | 10% | No | Week 8 |
Strategic IT Initiatives | 20% | No | Week 12 |
Final Examination | 50% | No | TBA |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 0 hours
Due: Weeks 3-12
Weighting: 10%
Student will complete a weekly quiz - solutions submitted online.
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 22 hours
Due: Week 5
Weighting: 10%
Justification for IT Capital Projects - This is an individual assignment which considers a series of IT capital projects and uses non-financial models to prioritise these projects for the given business context. Eight contemporary IT capital projects are suggested. Each project has good financial returns and is useful to the business, but only 3 to 4 projects can be funded. Nonfinancial models are used to prioritise the projects.
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: Week 8
Weighting: 10%
An Individual assignment which considers a detailed real world case study about a failed ERP implementation and provides guidance based on course material on how this company should now proceed. This real company in Taiwan failed with their first wave ERP upgrade. Students are to identify the reasons for this failure and consider a series of different go forward strategies based on the latest available technology.
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 40 hours
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 20%
This is a group assignment. Students start with a contemporary IT major initiative e.g. ERP upgrade, BI, CRM, AI, Cloud, KM, Mobile and IoT. Then, a suitable company is selected and a high level business plan is submitted for the proposal identifying the business context,expected business benefits, a possible technical solution and major risks. Each student is allocated a segment of the report. One deliverable is the group report and the second deliverable is an individual presentation on the component that the student was allocated. Each of these two deliverables counts towards 10% of the final grade.
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 13 hours
Due: TBA
Weighting: 50%
This is an exam with short and long answer questions based on the lecture and reference material presented throughout the course.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Classes
Mode of delivery is a Hybrid mode. COMP7750/8750 is taught via lectures (via Zoom live and recorded for revision purposes) and the tutorial session component is expected to be online via Zoom.
There is one class per week that will consist of three (3) hours (Lecture 2 hours + Tutorial 1 hour). The timetables portal is available here: http://timetables.mq.edu.au
Recommended Texts:
he following text is recommended, especially for students without an extensive IT background: K. C. Laudon and J. P. Laudon “Management Information Systems: Managing The Digital Firm” 16th Edition, Pearson, 2019.
This book is available from Pearson as an eBook https://www.pearson.com.au/9781292296562 . If unsure about the value of this text, I will be referencing the 16th and most up to date edition, however, earlier editions are quite similar.
The following books are suggested as recommended reading. Copies of these books are available from the library.
Sumner, M, “Enterprise Resource Planning” Prentice Hall, 2005
Magal, S.R. and Word, J., “Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems”, Wiley, 2012.
Turban, E., Sharda, R, Delen, D and King, D, ”Business Intelligence: A Managerial Approach” 3rd Edition, Pearson, New International Edition, 2014
Lectures will list appropriate Web based references and further reading for some of the rapidly evolving technologies discussed in this course. These additional references will be available for download through the class website.
Unit Material
A student folder with all the lecture notes and electronic references will be available for download through the class web site on iLearn at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/
All assignments are accessed from iLearn and submitted through iLearn.
Supplementary Final Exam
If you receive special consideration for the final exam, a supplementary exam will be scheduled in December 2022. By making a special consideration application for the final exam you are declaring yourself available for a re-sit during the supplementary examination period and will not be eligible for a second special consideration approval based on pre-existing commitments. Please ensure you are familiar with the policy prior to submitting an application. Approved applicants will receive an individual notification one week prior to the exam with the exact date and time of their supplementary examination.
Week |
Topic |
Reference |
1 Steve |
Course Introduction Information Systems in Global Business Today Strategic Alignment |
Gartner Laudon & Laudon Chapter 1 Henderson and Venkatraman |
2 Matt |
Global E-Business and Collaboration Hand out Assignment 1 |
Laudon & Laudon Chapter 2 |
3 Matt |
Information Systems, Organisations and Strategy |
Laudon & Laudon Chapter 3 |
4 Matt |
Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies
Hand out Assignment 2 |
Laudon & Laudon Chapters 4 & 5 |
5 Steve |
Assignment 1 - Due Big Data Analytics Analytics for Marketing Foundations of Business Intelligence |
IBM, Gartner Laudon & Laudon Chapter 6 |
6 Steve |
AI/Fuzzy Logic Hand out Group Assignment 3 |
Research Articles
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7 Steve |
Managing Knowledge and Artificial Intelligence Enhancing Decision Making
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Laudon & Laudon Chapters 11 & 12 |
Mid semester break 12-23rd September | ||
8 Matt |
Achieving Operational Excellence: E-Commerce: Digital Markets Assignment 2 Due |
Laudon & Laudon Chapters 9 & 10 |
9 Matt |
Knowledge Management
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Gartner |
10 Steve |
Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology, Security |
Laudon & Laudon Chapter 7 & 8 |
11 Steve |
Group Assignment Tutorial |
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12 Matt |
Building Information Systems Making The Business Case for (Global) IS Assignment 3 Due |
Laudon & Laudon Chapters 13,14 & 15 |
13 Steve, Matt |
Group Presentations Examination Revision |
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14 Steve |
Examination Revision (if required) |
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Lectures have been re-structured to more cloesly align with the prescribed "textbook"
Unit information based on version 2022.02 of the Handbook