Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
AS20109 Computing solutions |
| Credits: 5 |
| Level: Intermediate |
| Semester: 1 at Cirencester College |
| Semester: 1 at City of Bath College |
| Semester: 1 at Weston College |
| Semester: 1 at Wiltshire College |
| Assessment: CW 50%, EX 25%, PR 25% |
| Requisites: |
| Before taking this unit you must take AS10102 |
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Aims: Learners will be given the opportunity to:
* Develop an understanding of the means by which data can be processed into meaningful information * Develop an understanding of the effectiveness of contemporary applications that support organisations. * Evaluate the capacity of an information system to satisfy the needs of specific users and other stakeholders who are in some way involved with the organisation. Learning Outcomes: To achieve this unit a Learner must: * Appreciate the roles and structure of management within organisations * Understand the nature of information and contemporary applications * Examine the applications available to organisations for effective information processing * Evaluate the effectiveness of an information system within an organisation Skills: Intellectual skills - taught and assessed: * Opportunity to develop knowledge of managerial, organisational and information concepts * Critically apply theoretical concepts to specific organisations Professional skills - taught and assessed: * Apply evaluation and measurement concepts to organisations * Independent research * Develop professionally written documents and reports * Reflection and self-assessment Practical skills - facilitated: * Develop interview and interrogation techniques * Presentation skills * Contribution to discussion groups. Content: Appreciate the roles and structure of management within organisations * Hierarchical structures of management. * Levels and scope of decision making within organisations. * Importance of effective planning. Understand the nature of information and contemporary applications * Collection, storage, retrieval and processing of effective information for use within Management Information Systems Examine the applications available to organisations for effective information processing * Effectiveness and appropriateness of contemporary applications and products (e.g. data warehousing; data mining; Customer Relationship Management; Enterprise Resource Planning) for a given organisation * Quantitative and qualitative measures of effectiveness of Management Information Systems. |