| Compulsory
Modules |
Business Strategy |
The module integrates the functional
interrelationships explored in Managing Resources
and provides the student with a holistic perspective
of how organisations determine their strategic
direction. The module examines the strategic
decision-making process through an investigation of
external and internal environment, strategic options
and implementation. |
| Management Information Systems |
This module aims to give students an understanding
of Business Intelligence requirements and enable them to
develop and manage corporate Business Intelligence
systems. The module will introduce the skills and theory
needed to transform an organisation’s data into
actionable knowledge. |
| Project Planning |
This module provides the opportunity for students to
study in depth a topic of their own choice within the
subject area of the field. The content of this module
will depend on the student's own interests, but will
provide scope for students to demonstrate their ability
to research, analyse, synthesise and evaluate
appropriate literature and research findings. It may
include a practical element, provided that the submitted
work retains an academic emphasis. |
| Project Implementation |
This module provides the opportunity for students to
study in depth a topic of their own choice within the
subject area of the field. The content of this module
will depend on the student's own interests, but will
provide scope for students to demonstrate their ability
to research, analyse, synthesise and evaluate
appropriate literature and research findings. It may
include a practical element, provided that the submitted
work retains an academic emphasis. |
| Professional Issues |
The module introduces students to the philosophical
and professional issues of information and communication
technologies and considers these within a theoretical
framework of professional codes of practice and conduct.
This module broadens students' critical perspective of
current professional issues considered from
philosophical and professional perspectives such as
codes of conduct, professional standards and the
dynamics of technology. |
Optional Modules
(Choose 1 Module) |
New Business Development |
This module provides students with the opportunity
to practise and evaluate realistic decision-making in a
simulated business environment, taking account of
internal and external information. The implications of
decisions on different functional areas of an
organisation are evaluated. |
| Human Computer Interactions |
The principles of human-computer interaction are
considered in a variety of application areas which may
vary from year to year. Topical subjects include virtual
reality, computer supported collaborative working and
video-conferencing. The module broadens students'
critical perspective of current issues in human computer
interaction considered from a various perspectives such
as user characterisations, systems evaluation and
user-centred issues with developing technologies. |
