Module BUSI41V15: BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION THROUGH INFORMATION SYSTEMS (DL)

Department: Economics, Finance and Business (Business)

BUSI41V15: BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION THROUGH INFORMATION SYSTEMS (DL)

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To provide an introduction to a benefit driven framework for Information Systems strategy to enable business transformation.
• To equip business managers to play an effective role in enabling their organisations to succeed in realising the strategic potential of Information Systems.

Content

• A framework for IS and business transformation strategy: understanding opportunities for value.
• Creating value for stakeholders: using a range of perspectives including business processes to understand the opportunities for value.
• Exploring the opportunities created by IT innovation.
• Achieving business transformation through portfolio management.
• A benefits-driven approach to delivering value from information systems through business transformation.
• Realising value in specific business scenarios.
• Management frameworks for succeeding with business transformation through IS.
• Building the organisational capability to succeed with business transformation.
• Becoming leaders of transformation.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module, students should:
• have a critical appreciation of the sources of value provided by IS and illustrate the business opportunities provided by major trends in IS/IT.

• By the end of the module, students should:
• be able to articulate a framework for business transformation and IS strategy;
• be able to apply a range of specialised techniques for identifying opportunities for IS-enabled business transformation that would contribute value to an organisation;
• be able to critically evaluate and set priorities for investments in business transformation and IS;
• be able to design a process for developing and implementing a business transformation strategy;
• be able to debate a strategic perspective on management of the business transformation and IS investment portfolio;
• be able to debate factors in building the business transformation capability of the organisation.

Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The learning outcomes will be achieved through a combination of specially written material; individual and group activities, and reflection on those activities; and guidance for further reading. The group activities will be conducted electronically, and individual written contributions linked with these interactions will form the basis of a summatively assessed portfolio counting for 75% of the module mark. The remaining 25% will also be allocated to each student’s contribution to group activities (e.g. sharing critical comments on an article; applying and adding to the ‘toolkit’ used in the module; contributing to the analysis of a problem/case) and this will be tracked and monitored via discussion boards and wikis. Module tutors will also be available for individual consultation as necessary (by email, telephone, post or fax).

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Students will receive tutor feedback on two initial written contributions.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University