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AFM472 Management Information Systems

Updated: 11 May 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in MCom
Co-requisites None
Restrictions AFM372 or AFM572
Notes None
Combined Units AFM372 - Management Information Systems
Coordinator(s) Kamaljeet Sandhu (ksandhu@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

A unit with the objective of increasing students' knowledge of the main disciplines, principles and concepts relating to the development, management and use of computer-based information systems in organisations.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Shrink Wrapped Package(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Management Information Systems plus myMISLab
ISBN: 9314994201468
Laudon, K. and Laudon, J., Pearson Education 2010
Note: Package includes: Laudon, K. and Laudon, J., Management Information Systems, Managing the Digital Firm, 11th ed. (ISBN 9780136093688) and Pearson, Global MyMisLab with EBook (ISBN 9780131372481)
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 15% 1250
Assessment Notes
AND/OR Assignment 2 - for students who elect to do both Assignments 1 and 2, the Final Exam is worth 35%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 and 2 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6
Assignment 2 15% 1250
Assessment Notes
AND/OR Assignment 1 - for students who elect to do both Assignments 1 and 2, the Final Exam is worth 35%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 and 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6
Assignment 3 30% 1500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6
Tutorial 10%
Assessment Notes
Participation
Final Examination 2 hrs 50%
Assessment Notes
For students who elect to do both Assignments 1 and 2, the Final Exam is worth 35%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3 and 4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate an understanding of the integral nature of information systems for contemporary organizations, large or small, in private and public sectors;
  2. demonstrate an ability to recognise, describe and analyse information systems from a business professional's viewpoint;
  3. plan and design business information systems for day-to-day operations and management decision making;
  4. demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the complex nature of information systems and their application, in terms of development, management and use within organisations.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
 True True True
2 Communication Skills
 True True True
3 Global Perspectives
 True True True
4 Information Literacy
 True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
 True True
6 Problem Solving
 True True True
7 Social Responsibility
 True
8 Team Work
 True
   

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