MN20074: Digital business innovation
[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
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| Assessment Summary: | EX 100% |
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| Requisites: | In taking this module you cannot take MN20014 |
| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of this unit, the student should be able to:
* Display a sound understanding of the innovative potentials of IT in Organisations. * Explain how IT contributes to the disruption of business models. * Identify and apply emerging value creation models in the digital era. * Explore emergent intra-organisational and inter-organisational forms. * Be able to understand the intricacies of organizational interaction and IT use |
| Aims: | Information Technology (IT) is ubiquitous in the workplace. All areas of business are investing huge sums of money in IT. Within this changing environment, several key trends have defined a new role for information systems, that of innovation. As such, there are new business models, new forms of organisations and inter-organisational alliances as well as emergent forms of work. This unit addresses these issues, and, in particular, aims to provide a non-technical introduction to the use information technologies as tools for the innovative manager who wants to redesign the organisation and business landscape. |
| Skills: | The course will provide specialist knowledge of the innovative potentials of information technologies for organisations. The lectures and in-class group activities will develop students' analytical skills and will assist in enhancing their competence in personal and interpersonal skills and their ability to work effectively with others.
Intellectual Skills * a critical awareness of the enabling character of IT in business transformation * Critical understanding of the nature of IT-enabled innovation in the business context * a conceptual understanding of theoretical concepts and frameworks that enables the student to meaningfully link theory and practice and the ability to critically appraise both theory and practice. Professional and Practical Skills * evaluate the current standing of IT within an emergent business model (TA); * operate effectively both independently as well as within teams and assume leadership roles where appropriate (F); * be self-directed and able to act autonomously in planning and implementing projects at professional levels (F). Transferable/Key Skills * an openness and capacity to continue learning with the ability to reflect on earlier knowledge and practice and integrate the new with past experience and effectively apply it to the present situations (TFA); * an appreciation and in-depth understanding of the resources and competences required for successful cross-functional management in organisations including enterprise skills (TA); * ability to conduct in-depth research into management and business issues (FA). Personal/Interpersonal * an ability to communicate ideas and theoretical concepts and examples both verbally and non-verbally (FA) |
| Content: | The unit will cover material and cases around the following broad categories:
* Innovating Potentials of Information Technologies * Disrupting Business Models * Emerging Value Creation Models in the Digital Era * IT-enabled inter-organisational partnership * Emergent forms of work and organisation * Knowledge sharing and creation in Electronic Networks of Practice * Managing Distributed teams and Organisations. |
| Course availability: |
MN20074 is a Generally Available Unit which is available to all students of the University (subject to the usual constraints) to take either as a Director of Studies approved option within their programme of study or as an 'extra' unit which does not count towards a final award.
MN20074 is Optional on the following courses:Department of Chemistry
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