This course prepares students for future managerial level appointments by introducing the important management and socio-technical concepts related to the strategic development, investment and use of Business IT systems in organizations and business enterprises. The course actively builds on prior Business Information Systems fundamental and management studies, by focusing on integrated business systems thinking, particularly in the areas of organizational enterprise architecture and business process management. The course also covers enterprise systems design principles; the human dimension of enterprise systems; trust, security and ethics in the enterprise; enterprise resource, supply chain and customer relationship management systems; and, the importance of handling heterogeneous information systems in business environments. The course also introduces the latest trends in enterprise solutions, like AI-enabled enterprise systems. The assessment requires a practically oriented research and consulting report targeted at a contemporary real-world business problem.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- analyse, design and architect IT systems within small, medium and large enterprises
- analyse, redesign and manage business processes within small, medium and large enterprises
- manage the resourcing and control of enterprise IT systems.
Other Information
Students wanting to enrol in this course in Sem 2 2024, but who do not meet the requisite requirements of previously completing at least 72 units of study, are advised to contact the RSM School office for permission.
Indicative Assessment
- Typical assessments may include, but is not restricted to: in-class exercises, written and oral assignments, quizzes, examinations, group project tasks, oral presentation, and other assessment deemed appropriate to show attainment of the learning outcomes set for the course. Further details will be made available via the Class Summary. (100) [LO 1,2,3]
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Workload
Students taking this course are expected to commit 130 hours to completing the work. For semester length offerings this will typically include 3 hours per week in class and at least 7 hours a week on average (excluding non-teaching weeks) on course reading, research, writing and assignment work.
Inherent Requirements
This course has no inherent requirements.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Information about the prescribed textbook (if any) will be made available via the Class Summary.
Preliminary Reading
Additional information about indicative readings (if any) will be made available via the Class Summary.
Assumed Knowledge
Students attempting this course are assumed to have done an introductory information systems course or possess basic background knowledge of information systems.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $4980 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $6360 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8499 | 22 Jul 2024 | 29 Jul 2024 | 31 Aug 2024 | 25 Oct 2024 | In Person | N/A |
