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Leader: Associate Professor Sonja Petrovic Lazarevic
Offered:
Peninsula Second semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis: The components of IT; characteristics of hardware, software and telecommunications; types of information systems; networking and the worldwide web; managing 'information' workers; using IT to promote business objectives and gain competitive advantage; systems development methodology; IT-enabled transformation to create adaptive, flexible organisations; social and system issues associated with IT; managerial problems posed by IT. Computer laboratory exposure to a variety of applications software including electronic mail, project management, graphics, and other decision support software.
Assessment: Assignment 1 (2000 words): 20% + Assignment 2 (3000 words): 30% + Examination (3 hours): 50%
Contact Hours: 3 hours class contact
Prerequisites: MGW1010