Course Title: Business Information Systems (Diploma/Associate Degree)

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Business Information Systems (Diploma/Associate Degree)

Credit Points: 12.00

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.  

To participate in any RMIT course in-person activities or assessment, you will need to comply with RMIT vaccination requirements which are applicable during the duration of the course. This RMIT requirement includes being vaccinated against COVID-19 or holding a valid medical exemption.  

Please read this RMIT Enrolment Procedure as it has important information regarding COVID vaccination and your study at RMIT: https://policies.rmit.edu.au/document/view.php?id=209.  

Please read the Student website for additional requirements of in-person attendance: https://www.rmit.edu.au/covid/coming-to-campus  

  

Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance.


Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

ISYS2427

City Campus

Undergraduate

525T Business & Enterprise

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2022,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 1 2023

ISYS2427

City Campus

Undergraduate

650T Vocational Business Education

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2009,
Sem 1 2010,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 1 2011,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 1 2012,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 1 2013,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 1 2014,
Sem 2 2014,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021

ISYS2431

South China Univ - Nanhai

Undergraduate

650T Vocational Business Education

Face-to-Face

Offsh 3 09

ISYS2432

Shanghai Uni of Int Bus & Econ

Undergraduate

650T Vocational Business Education

Face-to-Face

Offsh 3 10,
Offsh 3 11,
Offsh3 12,
Offsh3 13,
Offsh3 14,
Offsh3 15,
Offsh3 17

Flexible Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

ISYS2432

Shanghai Uni of Int Bus & Econ

Undergraduate

525T Business & Enterprise

Face-to-Face

OFFSe22022 (CA1)

ISYS2432

Shanghai Uni of Int Bus & Econ

Undergraduate

650T Vocational Business Education

Face-to-Face

OFFSe22018 (All)

ISYS2432

Shanghai Uni of Int Bus & Econ

Undergraduate

650T Vocational Business Education

Face-to-Face

OFFSe22019 (CA1)

ISYS2432

Shanghai Uni of Int Bus & Econ

Undergraduate

650T Vocational Business Education

Face-to-Face

OFFSe22020 (CA1)

Course Coordinator: Han Lin

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 1336

Course Coordinator Email: han.lin@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: City Campus Building 80 Level 5

Course Coordinator Availability: By email or by appointment.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.


Course Description

In this course you will develop your abilities to use business analysis tools and models built on a range of technologies to enhance problem understanding, decision quality and innovative design of usable systems. Drawing on case studies, the following concepts will be examined: Types of Business Information Systems, Data and Information Management, Business Analytics and Decision Making, Legal, Ethical, and Security concerns, System Implementation and Digital Transformation, Information System Sustainability considerations.

You will collaborate with your peers to model business problems using Business Performance Management tools - BPM, data visualisation, mobile social network technologies to effectively communicate business decisions and generate business solutions to solve case studies depicting global information systems issues that will adhere to professional and ethical standards.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

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On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental concepts and business value of Information Systems.
  2. Explain the role of information systems in managing and sustaining digital transformation.
  3. Critically analyse enterprise information systems and their role in data-driven decision-making.
  4. Identify, evaluate, and communicate strategic and operational issues suited to the application of information systems management concepts and theories to real-world practice.


Overview of Learning Activities

The course is delivered interactively in two hours workshop and/or Lectorial twice each week.


The mode of delivery requires that you revise lecture material each week and prepare for workshop activities. Short activities at the commencement of each workshop will provide you with feedback on how your learning is progressing.

The Workshop Resources are divided into 3 components -

  1. Preparatory Learning Activities (PLA) are completed at home/before class
  2. Workshop Learning Activities (WLA) are in-class facilitated activities
  3. Consolidated Learning Activities (CLA) are supplementary resources that reinforce your understanding of the material covered. Sometimes the CLA may incorporate extension activities. CLAs have few instructions especially when they are reinforcing activities already completed.


Overview of Learning Resources

Various learning resources are available online through myRMIT/Blackboard. In addition to topic notes; assessment details and a study schedule you may also be provided with links to relevant online information; readings; audio and video clips and communication tools to facilitate collaboration with your peers and to share information.


Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. If you require assistance with the RMIT library facilities contact the Business Liaison Librarian for your school. Contact details for Business Liaison Librarian are located online on the RMIT Library website.

Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.


Overview of Assessment

The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:

 

Assessment Task 1: 35%
Linked CLOs: 1, 3, 4

Assessment Task 2: 30%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4

Assessment Task 3: 35%

Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4

 

Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in classes and/or through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.