COT1720

Business information technology and systems

R Simpson

6 points - 3 hours per week - First, second, summer semester - Caulfield - Prohibitions: BUS1010

Objectives At the completion of this subject, students should understand the nature, role, technology and functions of hardware and software which can be used to support business functions management.

Synopsis Computer hardware and software, data storage retrieval and processing facilities, directories, Windows 95/NT and UNIX operating systems, spreadsheet concepts and design, database functions, word processing. Structured and non-structured databases, retrieval systems. Management information systems, system development life cycle, communications, distributed processing. Banking, finance, marketing and accounting applications. Professionalism and social implications of information technology. Developments in technology, including the Internet.

Assessment Examination (2 hours): 50% - Practical work and laboratory work: 50%

Prescribed texts

Capron H Computer tools for an information age 5th edn, Benjamin-Cummings, 1996
or
Parker C S Understanding computers today and tomorrow Dryden, 1998

Back to the 1999 Information Technology Handbooks