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Level 6 Diploma in Information Technology

Information Systems Across Functional Areas

IT604 · Management Information Systems — Week 1 of 16

CourseIT604
Week1 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Information Systems Across Functional Areas

  1. Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
  2. Customer relationship management (CRM)
  3. Supply chain management (SCM)
  4. Human resource information systems (HRIS)
  5. Week 10: Lecture 49: ERP, WMS & TMS (I & II)
  6. Lecture 15 Supply Chain Management
  7. What is Human Capital Management (HCM) Software? [Overview of HRIS Systems and HR Technology]

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Critically evaluate the role and purpose of IT systems for different organisational functions.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically evaluate the role and purpose of IT systems for different organisational functions.

Study materials

Videos

  • Lecture 15 Supply Chain Management · YouTube · Eddy Witzel · 44 min · for registered students
  • What is Human Capital Management (HCM) Software? [Overview of HRIS Systems and HR Technology] · YouTube · Digital Transformation with Eric Kimberling · 7 min · for registered students
  • Creating customer value using SCM retail technologies and systems · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 57 min · for registered students
  • Information Exchange Capabilities | SCMT 4653 · YouTube · Walton College Supply Chain Management · 8 min · for registered students
  • What is Customer Relationship Management (CRM)？| From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 8 min · for registered students
  • CIMA E3 Value chains, value networks and supply chain management · YouTube · OpenTuition · 18 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Information Systems for Business and Beyond (2019), ch. 8: Business Processes · PDF · Other, textbook chapter · for registered students
  • Principles of Marketing, ch. 1.6: Customer relationship management · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 32–34 · for registered students
  • Procurement in the Supply Chain World, ch.: Procurement Information Systems · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 133–139 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Information Systems Across Functional Areas
  • Week 2: Data Storage Architectures and Database Management
  • Week 3: Data Processing and Business Intelligence Pipelines
  • Week 4: Operational Management and Governance of IS
  • Week 5: Information Systems for Value-Added Organisational Change
  • Week 6: Critical Evaluation of Value-Added Systems
  • Week 7: Auditing and Reviewing Information Systems Performance
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Strategic Information Systems (SIS) Models
  • Week 10: Strategic IS and Market Competitiveness
  • Week 11: Global Competitive Advantage and International IS Strategy
  • Week 12: Applying Management Information Systems in practice: case s…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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