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Information and Systems in Organisations
UoS Code INFS5000
Credit points 6
Offered Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Prohibitions INFS6000
Assumed Knowledge
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Lectures 3 hrs per week
Assessment Group Assignment, Individual Assignment, Final Exam
Description Business information systems (BIS) play an important role in organisations as both a tool to support business processes and activities, and as an enabler of business innovation. This unit provides an introduction to business information, processes and systems and their organisational contexts. Understanding how information and systems contribute to business value is important to all business professionals. This unit will help you to understand how information is used to meet organisational objectives; the complex and changing information environment from the perspective of stakeholders; and the management issues associated with making effective use of BIS. You will learn how to use conceptual frameworks and systems documentation tools to analyse practical problems in the operations of information systems and identify new opportunities for business value creation through innovative applications of various business information systems.