None

You will need access to these resources:

The VLE
An ICT Workplace environment. A Work-Based Learning Agreement will be completed for this module to ensure that the student will have access to the required resources in the workplace.
The Internet and office software
Staffordshire University has subscriptions to electronic book services such as Safari Tech Books, Ebrary and Netlibrary. There are titles in each of the collections that will support students studying this module.

Module Launch (15 hours)
There will be a module launch during which 10 hours of face to face contact will be devoted to undertaking tasks which are designed to provide useful insights into the module content and purpose.

Guided Learning (11 hours)
A module tutor who is part of the teaching team of the module will be allocated to you and you will meet them during the launch. Following the launch, there will be some materials on the VLE which are designed to guide your learning. Additionally, there will be at least one hour per week of contact time for the eleven weeks following the launch. This will be used for learning guided led by your module tutor. It will be a face to face presentation if you are on day release. For online learners it will be flipped classroom approach with group (up to 20) seminars.

Reviews:
• Tutorial reviews for online learners (0.5 hour per student)
Online learners will have 2 tutorial sessions with their module tutor during the course of the module. These will be individual or small group sessions during which your module tutor will be able to answer any queries that you have regarding module work. The review weeks are listed in the module handbook and mentors will be invited to join the call and provide feedback.

• Tutorial sessions for day release learners (at least 0.5 hours per student)
There will scheduled tutorial sessions (up to 20 students) during the 11 weeks following the launch which will take the place of the tutorial reviews for day release students

Independent learning (124 hours)
You will be required to work complete assignment work during independent learning time. Assignment work for a 15 credit module at level 6 should take around 70 hours to complete. However, you will need to learn about the subject in more detail before starting this.

Part of your independent learning will take place under the guidance of your workplace based mentor. You will complete a work-based learning agreement to ensure that arrangements are in place at your workplace to facilitate work-based learning. Learning in the workplace may take many forms but you are encouraged to apply academic knowledge to improve your work practice and to reflect on work based experiences to improve your learning.

Other academic learning will be achieved through reading around the subject area. Module tutors will suggest useful texts where possible but there will be many other suitable sources.


Additional help
All external students are more than welcome to visit the university at any time and to use the resources. During time at the university, they may arrange to meet the module tutor for additional help. Students have access to the departmental librarian and they also have an academic coach who will organise group coaching sessions.

Organising for Systems Management
• Outsourcing
• Technical Services and their management, ITIL
• Global Issues
• Change Management
• Risk Management
• Problem Management
Acquisition and Management of ICT Systems

• Storage Management
• Capacity Planning
• Strategic Security
• Business Continuity and disaster Recovery
• Software Licensing and FAST compliance
Audit
The role of the IS auditor;
• the audit plan, walkthrough meetings; audit methodology;
• the audit process; computer-assisted audit tools and techniques;
• the management of IS audits; and compliance with governance standards, regulations and legislation.
• We will also explore why data integrity, reliability and validity are important, and how controls can be used to maintain IS quality. We will consider how computer audit can help protect organisations against computer fraud and cyber-crime using the application of a risk oriented approach to audit.
• Students will study today's IS audit environment and how far audit techniques have come. How the lack of strong internal audit control techniques may have contributed to financial disasters, for example, Enron and Worldcom.

Coursework 100% -
A portfolio comprising 3 elements:
A report (minimum 1000 words) including analysis of requirements and the proposal and justification (through use of suitable analytical modelling techniques) for the acquisition or development of an ICT resource as part of business strategy (30%) which will assess Learning Outcome 1

A report (minimum 1000 words) including the proposal and justification (through use of suitable analytical modelling techniques) of measures to secure, maintain and protect ICT system resources (30%) which will assess Learning Outcome 2
A report (minimum 1000 words) including discussion of the application of computing audit techniques to a case study. (40%) which will assess Learning Outcome 3

IT Systems Management, Scheisser R (2009), Prentice Hall, ISBN 0137025068

Information Technology Control and Audit, Authors: Sandra Senft and Frederick Gallegos, Publisher: CRC Press, Year: 2009, 3rd Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4200-2742

Under Control: Governance across the Enterprise (Available as an e-book), Author: Jacob Lamm, Publisher: Apress, Year: 2009, Web ISBN: 1-4302-1592-5

Stepping Through the IS Audit, 4th Edition, Authors: J.L. Bayuk, Publisher: ISACA, Year: 2004, ISBN: 978-1893209770

1. SYSTEMATICALLY EVALUATE A WORK PLACE SCENARIO IN ORDER TO PLAN THE ACQUISITION OR DEVELOPMENT OF AN ICT RESOURCE AS PART OF AN OVERALL BUSINESS STRATEGY TAKING SOCIAL, LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES INTO ACCOUNT.
Knowledge & Understanding
Analysis
Communication

2. SYSTEMATICALLY EVALUATE A WORK PLACE SCENARIO AND PROPOSE MEASURES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO SECURE, PROTECT AND MAINTAIN ICT SYSTEMS RESOURCES.
Knowledge & Understanding
Analysis
Communication

3. DEMONSTRATE A SYSTEMATIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDIT AND INTERNAL CONTROL PROCEDURES, TECHNIQUES AND ISSUES..
Knowledge & Understanding
Application