| Offered By: |
School of Accounting & Business Info Systems |
| Academic Career: |
Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject: |
Information Systems |
| Offered in: |
INFS7120 will not be offered in 2010 |
| Unit Value: |
6 units |
| Course Description: |
The Strategic Management of Information Technology and E-Commerce (SMITEC) course is intended to equip participants with a foundation set of skills on which they can build strategic frameworks for the successful exploitation of IT in their own organizations, from a business perspective. The course explores in depth the principles that underpin business processes and the role of IT as a trigger for, and enabler of, strategic process improvement. IT strategy is approached using a model that recognises distinct roles for infrastructure, applications and organisation. Key technologies and current movements examined may include electronic commerce, outsourcing and business process engineering. |
| Learning Outcomes: |
This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive and firm understanding of the concepts and issues involved with the Strategic Management of Information. |
| Indicative Assessment: |
Assessment may include a combination of individual or group reports or assignments, a test or examination and class participation. |
| Workload: |
Teaching for this course is likely to be in the format of one 3 hour seminar per week; however, enrolment numbers may dictate that it be run differently. Students will also be expected to put in up to 5 hours of their own time outside of class focussing on individual research. |
| Course Classification(s): |
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| Areas of Interest: |
Business Information Systems and Management |
| Eligibility: |
At least an average of 65% (or equivalent) in the final two years of an Australian undergraduate degree. |
| Prescribed Texts: |
See Course Website: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=INFS7120 |
| Preliminary Reading: |
See Course Website: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=INFS7120 |
| Indicative Reading List: |
See Course Website: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=INFS7120 |
| Programs: |
Graduate Certificate in Business Information Management, Graduate Certificate in Management, Master of Business, Master of Commerce, Master of Business Administration, and Master of Management |
| Other Information: |
For further information please see: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=INFS7120 |
| Academic Contact: |
See http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=INFS7120 |