Module BUSI59215: MANAGING SYSTEMS (DL)

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI59215: MANAGING SYSTEMS (DL)

Tied To

• N1D217: Business Administration (Finance) (Distance Learning) (For students entering before August 2007) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)
• N1D314: Business Administration (Distance Learning) (For students entering before August 2007) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)
• N1D317: Business Administration (Distance Learning) (For students entering before August 2007) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• This core theme provides an introduction to some ideas of managing systems such as the role of information systems in management; the use of statistical method for system monitoring and forecasting.

Content

• The Essence of Information Systems
• Strategic Information Systems
• Information Systems at Work
• Information Systems Initiation and Development
• Information Systems Success and Failure
• Information Systems and Society
• Information System Foundations of E-Commerce
• Describing Data
• Probability
• The Normal Distribution and Risk
• Monitoring and Testing
• Comparing Distributions
• Regression
• Forecasting

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the Module, students will:
• appreciate the main elements of business decisions;
• understand the nature of Information Systems and their relations to, and implications for business.

• By the end of the Module, students will:
• be able to use statistical methods for monitoring and hypothesis testing;
• be able to make simple forecasts.

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

1 Compulsory Tutor Assessed Assignment, (1,500 words).