BUS9530

Business systems B (6 points)

(IT)

Leader: Leonid Churilov

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2004 (OCL)
Hong Kong First semester 2004 (OCL)
Singapore First semester 2004 (OCL)
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Evening)
Gippsland Second semester 2004 (OCL)
Hong Kong Second semester 2004 (OCL)
Singapore Second semester 2004 (OCL)

Synopsis: Fundamental operations of a typical business operating in the merchandising, manufacturing or service delivery sectors including life cycle of a typical transaction. Fundamentals of systems dynamics and business process modelling. Introduction to the fundamental techniques for quantitative analysis of business data in the context of business processes studied. Application of techniques such as descriptive statistics, correlation, basic time series analysis, forecasting, regression and financial analysis are presented as a means of more precisely analysing and understanding business processes and strategic management of organisations.

Assessment: Assignments: 30% + Examination (2 hours): 70% + Students must pass the examination in order to pass the unit.

Contact Hours: One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour laboratory per week

Prerequisites: Entry to the Master of Business Systems or equivalent Masters program

Prohibitions: BUS5530, BUS9001, BUS9002, BUS9003, BUS9004