| CODE | BIT5102 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Foundations of Information and E-Business Systems | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Information and Communication Technology | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit focuses on the way information is utilised as a critical resource in organisations both traditional and those based on modern structues such as distributed and virtual organisations Contents: Components of an information system. Characteristics of Data and Information. Cost/value and quality of information. Types of information systems. Business management and reporting functions. Transaction processing systems, Office Information systems including groupware, Management information systems. Information Management Issues, Role and Nature of IS managers and management. Functional Information Systems including financial, marketing, manufacturing andhuman resources systems. New information systems models based on thedistributed and virtual organisation. The structure and components of decision support, executive and expert information systems. Their role within organizational decision making. The role and scope of communication and networking services as a means to increase information flow and business productivity. E-Commerce models. Internet marketing. Web usability issues. Web security. Legal, ethical and social issues. Financial issues on the web. Introduction to professionalism and ethical issues in IS. Real world examples and case analysis application of the above will be included. Reading List: - Zwass, Information Systems, Mc Graw-Hill - Laudon & Traver E-Commerce, Addison-Wesley - Effy OZ, Management Iinformation Systems Thomson - Laudon & Laudon, Management Information Systems, Prentice-Hall |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Simon Caruana Albert Leone Ganado |
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