Information Systems Professional Practice

Course aim

To provide understanding of the business-IT interface and its complexities.

Course content

• Communication skills - presenting; report writing; some IT formal document structures; other formal communication skills; developing a CV; referencing.
• Teamwork and collaborative work environments - team structures and organisation; effective teamwork; team roles; evaluation of team performance.
• Professional ethics and social responsibility - the responsibilities of an IT professional; basic elements of ethical analysis; skills in ethical analysis; basic elements of social analysis.
• Pervasive themes - user centeredness and advocacy; information assurance and security; IT system model.
• Application domains - bio-informatics and medical applications; business applications; law enforcement; political processes; e-commerce; manufacturing; education; entertainment; agriculture etc.
• Organisational context - business processes; IT environments; organisational structures.
• Systems thinking - high level organisational business models; problem identification in an organisation; problem solving processes; business process models; workflow and workflow models.
• Acquisition and sourcing - build or buy; in-sourcing or out-sourcing; system architectures; hardware, software and virtual; testing, evaluation and benchmarking; contracts and SLAs; quality.
• Architecture - representations and modelling; information architecture; enterprise architecture; system architecture; enterprise integration applications (e.g. CRM, ERP)
• Social context of computing - social informatics; social impact of computing on society; on-line communities and social implications; philosophical context; diversity issues; accessibility; globalisation issues; economic issues in computing; digital divide.
• Tools and conceptual models - mind-mapping; Porters five forces; rich pictures etc.

Textbook(s)

Valacich 2012, Information Systems Professional Practice INFS 1014, 1st, Pearson Education, Inc, Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Examination, Major essay, Presentation, Report, Research paper

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
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