Introduction to the module component and 'what is industry?'
Components and management of an enterprise and business issues in Industry
What are Information Systems? and using them in an Enterprise
Providing Information Systems in an Enterprise
Maintaining Information Systems in Industry
Legal implications in IS provision and module component review

INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT TRENDS
Current trends in IS technologies (eg distributed systems, web based systems, multimedia technologies) and their impact on information systems development
Meta modelling concepts and generic frameworks for evaluating, comparing, contrasting and selecting methods and tools
IS development tools,
IS development tool architecture,
levels of complexity, advantages and limitations

CRITICAL ISSUES IN MANAGING INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ORGANISATIONS
- the impact of rapid technological developments
- project management issues over the development lifecycle and management issues in the implementation and maintenance of IT projects
- operational management of IT in organisations, service level agreements, specifications
- procurement, contracts and negotiation strategies
- managing IT in a global environment
- outsourcing, impact of offshore and business processes
- ethical and social issues, which impact on the organisation
- issues in relation to aligning IT within the organisation
- using information economics to capture strategic benefits and business imperatives.

AN ASSIGNMENT - 100% (Covering all Learning outcomes)
- A business/technical report (75%) based on an appropriate case study, 4500 words.A typical report will contain an analysis of the current information systems requirements, with an analysis of future enhancements to the information systems structure of a typical company.
- A presentation summarising with appropriate examples the reports key findings and recommendations (25%).

'Keynote' lectures to indicate the core material and to introduce topics for independent study,
Workshop/tutorials to illustrate the main points by applying techniques to and observing practice in case studies,
Seminars to expand on the topics and discuss the solutions as appropriate,
The assignment will be integrated into the Independent Study component.

36 lectures and 36 tutorial/seminars

Planning for Information Systems, King, William R. 2009, M.E. Sharpe, Inc. ISBN: 9780765623751

Management Information Systems, Effy Oz, 2008, Cengage Learning, ISBN: 1844807584

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Prior study of CESCOM10077-4 Structured Systems Analysis or equivalent.