COMMGMT 7024 - Business Information Systems & Management (M)

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2020

Business Information Systems & Management (M) is a foundation course for the Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security - Management. It overviews the critical aspects of Information Management and Information Systems needed in all businesses in the 21st century. While primarily a business course, there will be consideration of the technical aspects necessary to be able to liaise meaningfully with IT departments and personnel. The predominant focus of the course will be the ability to leverage technology for business purposes. The course includes fundamental information management skills (eg: Spreadsheets & Databases) and focuses on the use of information to make business decisions and solve business problems.

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Course Details

Course Code	COMMGMT 7024
Course	Business Information Systems & Management (M)
Coordinating Unit	Adelaide Business School
Term	Semester 2
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Incompatible	COMMGMT 2506
Assessment	Lab based case studies and final exam

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Dr Cate Jerram

Co-coordinators are:

Dr Cate Jerram
#08 8313 4757
cate.jerram@adelaide.edu.au
10.43, Nexus 10

Mr Ian Matthews
ian.matthews@adelaide.edu.au
Nexus 10

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Source, validate, use, and manage relevant and appropriate information for ethical and effective decision-making and problem-solving, applying systems thinking skills and techniques.
Analyse the technology needs required to support a business and liaise effectively with Information Technology personnel for acquisition, maintenance, and business support.
Use spreadsheet skills effectively for information management and decision-making.
Be able to explain the use of databases for information management and decision-making, and design a simple but effective database and dashboard for information management.
Assess and report on the quality of information solutions to business problems, applying systems thinking skills and techniques.

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Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1 - 5
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	1 - 5
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	2, 4, 5
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	1 - 5
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	-
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	5

Learning & Teaching Modes

This course will be taught in time blocks that will (usually) be comprised of 2 separate components each week of interactive lecture/workshop, and tutorial/computer lab. Although having a systems-thinking and business (rather than technology) focus, much of this class will be taught in computer labs for access to information management programs such as MS Excel (spreadsheets) and MS Access (database), as well as online research facilities.

BLENDED LEARNING

Software will be a necessary component of the course, and much of the course content will be online, primarily acquired by students through research. In particular, class lessons on Excel will focus on Excel USE for problem-solving, NOT on "how to do Excel"... each week in the "Preparation for Week #..." page, recommended URLs will be posted for online learning of "how to do Excel" for the necessary functions for the week's lesson. Students are free to use any additional or alternate form of learning Excel, so long as they are able to use Excel adequately well to participate in the "problem-solving with Excel" components of lessons.

MENTOR MODE:

Whenever possible, this course will be taught simultaneously with the Undergraduate version of the course, with the requirement that the postgraduate students mentor the undergraduate students. Although this component is not graded, the course coordinators will be observing and coaching the mentoring process, and will provide personalised referrals for postgrad students to add to their CVs, as a critical core Information Systems skill – being able to teach, coach, mentor, and communicate with peers and other employees.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

The 最新糖心Vlog expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies.
This means that students are expected to commit approximately 12 hour per week to this course (including class time and the research, collaboration, online, & study time outside of your regular classes).
Students are required to attend all class sessions.
Students are required to complete class preparation (posted in MyUni) before the start of class.

Learning Activities Summary

BISM (M) will be taught in 3-hour blocks that will (usually) be comprised of separate components each week including interactive lecture/research/workshop, and tutorial/computer lab.
Whenever possible, BISM (M) will be taught in combination with BISM (II), and the BISM (M) students will be expected to mentor and support the BISM (II) students.
Two information management software will be studied: MS Excel, and an introduction to MS Access.
Theoretical debates will be conducted regarding methods for and approaches to data sourcing and analysis, information management, and related ethical, legal, and security issues.

TOPIC Schedule

Week	Seminar Topic & Learning Activities
Week 1	Overview of course. Class decisions. Information Systems in the professional’s workplace; Role of spreadsheets in information management. Spreadsheet design in theory Excel: Spreadsheet design in practice Intro to learning Case Study Intro to assessment Case Study Systems Thinking/ Systems view Thinking analysis/self-awareness Stock & Flow Diagrams Behaviour Over Time Diagram
Week 2	Information and Information Systems in Business Organisational Strategy, Information Systems, and Competitive Advantage Case Study (Part A) Excel: Formulas & Expressions Systems Structure and Behaviour - analogy
Week 3	Systems Zoo Boundaries & Assumptions BIS Gets Technical: Hardware, Software, Firmware, Data Communications and other technical necessities. And: Business Process Management using Functional, Cross-Functional & Inter-organisational Systems Building Decision Support System (D.S.S) Excel: Case Study (Part A) Ram & Rom as memory / cognitive load
Week 4	Summary & Review: Integration & Assessment Case Study (Part A) Finalisation, Preparation, Presentation, Peer feedback.
Week 5	Why Systems Work So Well: Resilience Decision Making and Problem Solving Spreadsheet & Database roles in information management Use a Spreadsheet for Decision Making Case Study (Part B) Mobik Excel: Why Systems Work So Well: Self-organisation; Hierarchy.
Week 6	Why Systems Surprise Us: Models and modelling Strategic Business Use: e-Commerce (B2B, B2C, B2G) Web 2.0 Social Networking User-Generated Content Case Study (Part B) Excel: Systems Structure & Systems Behaviour: Linearity Vs Complexity Boundaries & Limits
Week 7	Systems Thinking: Ubiquitous Delays Bounded Rationality IT vs Management in Business: Information Systems Development Case Study (Part B) Excel: System Traps & Opportunities (Archetypes: Fixes that Fail Tragedy of the Commons Drift to Low Performance Escalation Success to the Successful Shifting the Burden Rule Beating Seeking the Wrong Goal
Week 8	Summary & Review: Integration & Assessment Case Study (Part B) - Finalisation, Preparation, Presentation, Peer feedback.
Week 9	Leverage Points – places to intervene in a system… 12, 11, 10, 9 IT vs Management in Business: Information Systems Management & Developing IS Proposals and Budgets Database Processing & Database Design Access: Case Study (Part C) Leverage Points – places to intervene in a system… 8, 7, 6, 5
Week 10	Leverage Points – places to intervene in a system…4, 3, 2, 1. Information & Cyber Security, Managing Risk Business Intelligence and Information Systems for Decision-Making; Case Study (Part C) Excel & Access: Leverage points and the Case Study
Week 11	Living in a World of Systems Business Implications of the latest developments in IS (Big Data, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics) Case Study (Part C) Excel & Access: Systemically & Systematically pulling it all together
Week 12	Summary & Review: Integration & Assessment Case Study (Part C) - Finalisation, Preparation, Presentation, Peer feedback.
Week 13	Final Submissions (Take Home Exams)

Specific Course Requirements

If you wish to leave your mobile phone or device on (and not on Flight Mode, Do Not Disturb, or Silent) please notify the course coordinator BEFORE class commences, with a reason (eg: sick child) for doing so.

Small Group Discovery Experience

This course has a lot of interactivity and collaboration, with many occasions for ad-hoc groups during sessions, but no official assessed teamwork or group work. This is not an SGDE course.

The 最新糖心Vlog's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

A significant amount of the assessment work occurs in class and collaboration is encouraged. Collusion, however, is not acceptable. We will discuss in class how much collaboration is healthy, and at what point students could potentially cross the line to collusion.

ASSESSMENT TASK	COLLABORATIVE / INDIVIDUAL	WEIGHTING	WORD COUNT / TIME	DUE DATE	LEARNING OUTCOME
Lab-based Case study Part A	(Collaborative) / Individual	15	1 page analysis + 1 spreadsheet + 1 assessment & evaluation	Conducted & concluded in Week 4 class	1 – 3, 5
Lab-based Case study Part B	(Collaborative) / Individual	20	1-2 pages analysis + 1 workbook (multiple spreadsheets) + 1 assessment & evaluation	Conducted & concluded in Week 8 class	1 - 5
Lab-based Case study Part C	Individual	35	2 - 3 pages analysis + multiple workbooks + 1 dashboard + 1 self-assessment	Conducted & concluded in Week 12 class	1 - 5
Take Home Exam	Individual	30	N/A	Thursday noon, week 13.	1 - 5

Assessment Related Requirements

Assessment primarily occurs in class sessions. Any student unable to attend a class - any class, but especially weeks 4, 8, and 12 -URGENTLY needs to communicate with the course coordinators.

Conditions for the take-home exam will be communicated and discussed in week 12.
Drafting of, and agreement on, the coordinator's CV referral regarding mentoring, coaching, and teaching of peers will be conducted by individual appointment after receipt of the take-home exams.

Assessment Detail

A. Lab-Based Case Study Part A

Students will undertake analysis of a business information problem case study and (applying Systems Theory and Systems Thinking) determine potential solutions over a couple of weeks, which they will create and present in class during week 4.

While students may collaborate as a team to discuss their ideas of appropriate response to the problem, and design of technical information management solution in the time leading up to the assessment, students will individually determine and write-up their proposed solution, and create their own individual spreadsheet solutions to support their management solution.

The written analysis / report brief, and spreadsheet solution will be submitted and discussed in class.

Students will be responsible to assess and give feedback to at least one other solution.

Rubrics available in MyUni.

B. Lab-Based Case Study Part B

Students will undertake analysis at a deeper level of the business information problem case study and (applying Systems Theory and Systems Thinking) determine potential solutions over a couple of weeks, which they will create and present in class during week 8.

While students may collaborate as a team to discuss their ideas of appropriate response to the problem, and design of technical information management solution in the time leading up to the assessment, students will individually determine and write-up their proposed solution including database solutions, and create their own individual spreadsheets to support their management solution.

The written analysis / report brief, spreadsheets and workbook solution will be submitted and discussed in class.
Students will be responsible to assess and give feedback to at least one other solution.

Rubrics available in MyUni.

C. Lab-Based Case Study Part C

Students will undertake analysis at a deeper level of the business information problem case study and (applying Systems Theory and Systems Thinking) determine potential solutions over a couple of weeks, which they will create and present in class during week 12.

While students may collaborate as a team to discuss their ideas of appropriate response to the problem, and design of technical information management solution in the time leading up to the assessment, students will individually determine and write-up their proposed solution (including database use), and create their own individual spreadsheets, workbook, and dashboard solutions to support their management solution.

The final report will incorporate background, analysis, selection of spreadsheet and database plan solutions, and integrated management solution. It will articulate the systems thinking and systems theory informing the analysis and driving the solutions.

Students will also conduct a self-assessment on the work they are submitting.

Rubrics available in MyUni.

D. Take-Home Exam

Students will be given a take-home exam in week 12, to be completed and returned by Thursday noon of week 13. The exam will be based on both Systems Thinking theories and practice, and on the Case Studies used during the semester.

Submission

The first three assessment activities occur in class, therefore submission of all assessment activities occurs in class. Any student unable to attend an assessment-focused class must negotiate a private assessment with the course coordinator or designated delegate.

The final take-home exam will be submitted via Turnitin by Thursday noon of week 13.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through .

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