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, disk directories, PC/DOS and UNIX operating systems, spreadsheet concepts and design, database functions, word processing, windows. 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.

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

Prescribed texts

Capron H Computer tools for an information age 4th edn, Benjamin Cummings, 1995