Module Descriptors
BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ORGANISATIONS
COIS41020
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Tomasz Bosakowski
Email: T.Bosakowski@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 48
Independent Study Hours: 102
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • Report weighted at 50%
  • EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
Introduction to information systems (IS)
Use of IS for strategic, tactical and operational decision making
Business functions and supply chains. Supply chain management
Managers and their information needs
Business intelligence and knowledge management
Introduction to collaborative systems (e.g.MS Sharepoint)
The web enabled enterprise
Global information systems
Choices in systems acquisition
Risks, security and disaster recovery
Green IT
Ethical issues in IT
Module Additional Assessment Details
A 3,000 word report that analyses the strategic, tactical and operation decision making in a business and proposes solutions. The report will contain prototype interfaces showing what the system would deliver. The assignment does not require the development of working systems but a clear explanation of the proposed navigation, intended user etc.
Module Learning Strategies
12 lectures and 36 tutorials
Module Texts
Management Information systems, Oz and Jones, 2006 Cengage Learning EMEA, ISBN: 978-1-84480-758-1

Management information Systems : Managing the Digital Firm 12th Ed, Laudon and Laudon. 2012 Pearson, ISBN: 978-0-27-375453-4
Module Resources
MS Sharepoint
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.