FIT5101 - Enterprise systems - 2019

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Information Technology

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Susan Foster

Unit guides

Offered

Caulfield

  • First semester 2019 (On-campus)

Malaysia

  • First semester 2019 (Evening)

Prerequisites

Master of Project Management (C6006, B6019): No prerequisites.

All other courses: (FIT9123 or FIT5123 or FIT9006 or equivalent) or (MGX5962 and three of (ACF5903, BTF5903, ECF5953, ETF5900, MGF5020, MGF5030Not offered in 2019, MGX5991, MGX5992 or MKX5955))

Synopsis

The unit provides students with an overview of enterprise systems and is designed to describe the role of enterprise systems as part of the larger IT infrastructure within large scale organisations. A case study approach will be adopted which will focus on inherent issues surrounding management and deployment of enterprise systems, together with implementation issues influencing the impact of these systems on the organisation. SAP ECC6 will be the software of choice to introduce students to the complexity of enterprise resource planning systems through tutorial workshops.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. describe the role of enterprise systems in supporting the business strategy, business drivers and business requirements of various organisations;
  2. identify the main suppliers, products and application domains of enterprise wide packages;
  3. explain the scale and complexity of enterprise system packages with specific reference to enterprise resource planning systems in large scale organisations;
  4. describe the integrative role of enterprise systems for information within the organisational context;
  5. describe the role of enterprise systems as part of the larger IT infrastructure of large scale organisations;
  6. identify the implementation variables, individual variables and contextual variables in enterprise system implementations and describe their role in achieving a successful implementation outcome;
  7. use SAP ECC6 to demonstrate the complexity and integrative nature of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in a case organisation.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 40%; In-semester assessment: 60%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

  1. Contact hours for on-campus students:
    • 2 hours of lectures
    • One 2-hour laboratory
  2. Study schedule for off-campus students:
    • Off-campus students generally do not attend lecture and tutorial sessions, however should plan to spend equivalent time working through the relevant resources and participating in discussion groups each week.
  3. Additional requirements (all students):
    • A minimum of 2-3 hours of personal study per one hour of contact time in order to satisfy the reading and assignment expectations.

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