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CommentersBusiness Informatics is a course about business and informatics. From the Course Outline:
This course introduces students to the systems and applications of business based on computer technology. There is an emphasis on principles, applications and ethical considerations of electronically mediated business. The course examines information systems and computer concepts relevant to the post millennial structures of interactive technologies, decision-making, strategic thinking, and web applications. Skills in the use of software packages and web applications are also developed.
This course aims to give students:
1. An understanding of the concepts of business informatics, systems and the role information plays in organizations;
2. Recognition of the role that information and systems play in problem solving;
3. An understanding of the reasons, scope and potential for using computer-based information systems in organisations, and the role of teams in developing these;
4. An awareness of the applicability of selected business software applications;
5. An introduction to the ways businesses are using new technologies;
6. The development of a critical appreciation of new technologies and their influence on business use;
7. Systems thinking perspectives.
Studying the principles put forward in this course the learner should achieve the following outcomes:
1. A working knowledge of the role information plays in organisations;
2. The basic application of systems concepts to business problems;
3. A working knowledge of computer software packages;
4. An understanding of the role information practitioners play in the business environment;
5. A basic understanding of informatics concepts and how they apply to organisations;
6. A basic understanding of change in organisations due to the use of technology in business;
7. The ability to develop critiques of technological changes in business processes;
8. The ability to apply systems thinking to business and organisational problems.