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Business Information Systems - MAN00005M

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  • Department: The York Management School
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2022-23

Module aims

The module introduces information systems and their role in modern business. Including how information systems assist different levels of management with the efficient running of the business; by provided timely access to data produced by the organisation. How information systems can help prevent organisations being overwhelmed by the data that they create, and can instead process that data into useful information. The module also discusses the sweeping changes that have occurred within organisations by the Internet, and the digital integration of the enterprise, and the need to demonstrate the business value of information systems investments. Students on this course will be exposed to real-world systems, focusing on their relationships to organisations, management, business processes, strategy, and important ethical and social issues.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module students should be able to:-

  • Define an information system from both a technical and business perspective and identify the major challenges to building and using information systems
  • Analyse the relationship between organisations, information systems and business processes using the business landscape model
  • Explain how enterprise applications promote business process integration and improve organisational performance
  • Identify and describe important features of organisations that managers need to know about in order to build and use information systems successfully
  • Compare different types of electronic business systems and describe how it has changed consumer retailing and business-to-business transactions
  • Analyse the relationship among ethical, social and political issues that are raised by information systems

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Module feedback

A comprehensive module assessment report is released to students immediately after the exam board (within 5 weeks of the exam). Written feedback on the group presentation is also provided to students after the exam board.

Indicative reading

Laudon, K C & Laudon, J P –Management Information Systems (14th edition) – Prentice Hall – 2014

Additional Reading:-

Turban, E et al – Information Technology for Management (2nd edition) – Wiley – 2005

Nickerson, R – Business and Information Systems (2nd edition) – Prentice Hall – 2000


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