Module BUSI49515: MANAGING INFORMATION (DL) (to 2009)

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI49515: MANAGING INFORMATION (DL) (to 2009)

Tied To

• N1D414: Business Administration (Distance Learning) (For students entering before January 2010) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)
• N1D417: Business Administration (distance learning) (for students entering before January 2010) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)
• N1D617: Business Administration [Finance] (distance learning) (for students entering before January 2010) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To provide a management perspective on the business issues of realising benefits from information systems projects.
• To provide instruction in the use of statistical methods for system monitoring and forecasting.

Content

• Introduction to Managing Information
• Elements of Information Systems Project Delivery
• Agile approach to projects
• Benefits-driven Approach to Projects: Benefits Planning
• Benefits-driven Approach to Projects: Further Aspects of Benefits Planning
• Adapting the Approach to the Context
• Towards an Information Systems Capability
• Describing Data
• Probability
• The Normal Distribution and Risk
• Monitoring and Testing
• Comparing Distributions
• Correlation and Regression
• Forecasting

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of this module, students will:
• show a critical appreciation of some of the main elements of business decisions.

• By the end of this module, students will:
• be able to use and critically evaluate statistical methods for monitoring and hypothesis testing and demonstrate competence in making forecasts;
• be able to explain the key factors enabling a successful approach to realising benefits from IS investments;
• be able to discuss and apply a number of key practices addressing the business issues of benefits realisation from IS projects;

• 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 module is delivered in discrete Units. These are designed to enable the learning outcomes to be achieved through a combination of specially written material, directed reading, reflection through self-assessed assignments and guidance for further reading. Module tutors provide feedback on formative work and are available for individual consultation as necessary (by email, telephone, post or fax).
• The written examination will test students’ acquisition and articulation of knowledge. The written assignment will test students’ understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned to the analysis of a particular issue in depth.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Self-Assessment Exercises.