| CODE | MGT4110 | ||||||
| TITLE | Enterprise Information Systems | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Management | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Students are expected to develop knowledge of current and evolving trends in information and communications technologies, and the way in which these enable business. The course will discuss: e-commerce and e-business; the transition to e-business; concepts of systems, processes and models; businesses as systems; the value chain; information systems as "people+technology" subsystems of organizations; information systems in different and evolving business contexts; types of information systems; SCM, ERP, CRM, B2B, B2C, B2E, B2G, BI, KM, Intranets / Extranets / Portals; relation of these information systems to the organizational chart, and to information needs and decision making in the agile, fast-reactive management hierarchy; relation of these information systems to the 24x7x365 value-chain; systems analysis; computer networks, telecommunications, wirelessness and mobility; Information Systems Strategic Plans (ISSPs) and the related IT strategic planning activity. Students are expected to develop an understanding of the relation of the above to corporate planning, strategy, operation and service. Students will be encouraged to relate their study of general organizational and business issues in other courses of their degree studies to the impact of information and communications technology on organizations, and vice versa. This mature appreciation and will include the role of the Internet in business and the economy, and an awareness of Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery and Information Security concerns. Students are expected to be able to articulate short and long essays critically discussing the above. Study-unit Aims The course aims to show how information systems are used in modern organizations to support and execute business strategy and operations. Students need not be overwhelmed with technical detail, but they are expected to master concepts and objectives, theory, practice and trends in the deployment of information and communications technologies in the modern enterprise. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: Students will gain an understanding of, and will be expected to articulately describe information systems and communications technologies encountered in organisations, public and private, manufacturing and service. Business and managerial issues related to the conception, design, development, procurement, implementation and use of information systems will be discussed. 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - operate effectively as young employees in real-world organizations deploying information systems that are now both pervasive and central to business delivery and management decision making; - be able to contribute as junior participants in management deliberations in real world organizations on information system identification of need, identification of functional requirements, and in systems procurement and implementation; - be able, after suitable work experience, to assume management of parts of information systems used in 24x7x365 operations management, service management and e-commerce / e-business, covering manufacturing, trading, planning, scheduling, routing, finance, accounting, costing and pricing activities. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings - Business Driven Information Systems, P. Baltzan, A. Phillips, McGraw-Hill/Irwin - Management Information Systems – Managing the Digital Firm – K.C. Laudon, J.P. Laudon – Pearson Prentice Hall - E-Business and E-Commerce Management – D. Chaffey – Financial Times/Prentice Hall - Introduction to Electronic Commerce – E. Turban, D. King, J. Lang – Pearson - Information Systems – The Foundation of E-Business – S. Alter – Prentice Hall - Hand-outs provided by the lecturer Web-sites of: Academia, IT Professional Associations, Consultancy providers, Service providers, Technology providers, systems integrators, Business Associations, Governments etc. Students are expected to keep abreast of developments by reading Business and Information and Communications Technology articles in selected newspapers and business magazines such as, for example, the Financial Times (UK), International Herald Tribune (US), Business Week (US) and The Economist (UK), and similar. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE MGT2041 AND TAKE ECN1001 AND TAKE ACC1711 AND TAKE MGT1031 | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Robert M. Cachia |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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