Information policies and infrastructures
S McKemmish
4 points * 2-3 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton
This subject will provide an understanding of information policies and infrastructures at global and national levels. It will convey a general awareness of information policy and infrastructure issues, particularly issues associated with new information and communication technologies. The subject will also provide a general knowledge of information policy and infrastructure development within organisations in the context of global and national developments and with reference to relevant industry and business sector standards. It will introduce students to the multiplicity of factors that affect the development of information policy and infrastructure in particular business contexts. The subject will provide students with strategic information planning skills and techniques.
Assessment
Examination (2 hours): 50% * Project work: 50%
Recommended texts
Australia as an information society: Grasping new paradigms Report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee for Long Term Strategies, 1991