Module Specifications.
Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025
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Date posted: September 2024
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Description To develop the students' knowledge of the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in business and organisational systems, and the organisational and technical issues relevant to developing and using such systems. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge of Information Systems including: infrastructure and services, systems development and management, e-commerce, business processes, enterprise resource planning (ERP), business intelligence and organisational communication systems. 2. Ability to apply the techniques and strategies learned for information system specification, evaluation and acquisition (systems analysis and design, data value map) and ethical assessment (ethics canvas). 3. Ability to combine theoretical solutions to real-world industrial problems. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
In-Class ActivitiesReports by students on current IT stories, Quizzes, Class discussions, Case studies, Research on current software offerings, Group Project, Ethics Canvas, Data Value MapUnderstanding IT Impact on BusinessIT megatrends like: Mobile Technology, Social Media, Cloud Computing, Big Data, AI, Outsourcing, IoTBusiness Information SystemsInformation Systems Infrastructure and Services, Systems Development and Management, B2C systems, Organisational Communication and Collaboration systems, Business Intelligence, Business Processes, B2B systems, ERP systems. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List
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