Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
AS10102 Business information systems |
| Credits: 10 |
| Level: Certificate |
| Academic Year at Cirencester College |
| Academic Year at City of Bath College |
| Academic Year at Weston College |
| Academic Year at Wiltshire College |
| Assessment: CW 100% |
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Aims: This unit will equip learners with knowledge and skills about:
* the structure of organisations * the importance of information and information systems * evaluating the extent to which information systems meet the requirements of a business. Learning Outcomes: At the completion of the unit, learners should be able to: * Appreciate the roles and structure within an organisation * Understand information requirements of organisations * Evaluate tools available for processing information * Apply theoretical knowledge gained to critically assess an information system in a selected organisation. Skills: Intellectual skills * develop knowledge of organisational and information concepts (taught) * apply theoretical concepts to specific organisation (facilitated) Professional skills * Independent research (assessed) * Presentation skills (assessed) * Written assignments and reports (facilitated) * Reflection and self-assessment (facilitated) * Peer-assessment (facilitated). Content: Appreciate the roles and structure within an organisation * Types of organisation, structure of organisations, role of functional areas of an organisation (e.g. Finance, personnel, stock control, sales, marketing, logistics and supply chain management) in achieving organisational goals. Understand information requirements of organisations * Information requirements at different levels (strategic, tactical and operational) * Inputs, outputs, processing activities * Information and data * Sources of information * Storing information considering security, accuracy and relevance * Evaluating information - criteria (e.g. timeliness), legal, ethical, professional and social issues How information can give a business a competitive advantage Evaluate tools available for processing information * Tools (e.g. word-processing, databases, spreadsheets, artificial intelligence, expert systems, data mining, internet, email) * Processing methods (e.g. batch, real-time, centralised, distributed, single user and multi-user) * Example information systems - (e.g. decision support systems, management information systems, data warehouse systems, payroll, accounts, invoicing) * Appreciation of technical and social implications of a change in IT system Apply theoretical knowledge gained to critically assess an information system in a selected organisation * Business benefits compared with technical benefits * User requirements analysis. |