LBUSI5202 Management Information Systems Course Descriptor

Course Overview

Managers of businesses need information to make informed, accurate and timely decisions. This course will introduce you to the principle management information systems and how businesses and organisations use them. Management Information systems take many forms, they can be provided by technology ( IT) and people. These systems can provide information to support every aspect of a business operation from concept design  to consumer and, increasingly, include the operations of their business partners and all those within the supply chain.

Students will learn about existing and new information systems and discuss how a wide range of enterprises around the world use these to create better-managed, more innovative, and successful organisations.

Students will learn about the benefits and challenges of these information systems and consider the practical, commercial and ethical issues and requirements associated with using these systems.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

Knowledge and Understanding

Subject Specific Skills

Transferable and Employability Skills

Teaching and Learning

This course has a dedicated Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) page with a syllabus and range of additional resources (e.g. readings, question prompts, tasks, assignment briefs, discussion boards) to orientate and engage students in their studies.

The scheduled teaching and learning activities for this course are:

Lectures/seminars/workshops

40 scheduled hours – typically including induction, consolidation or revision, and assessment activity hours.

Version 1:all sessions in the same sized group

OR

Version 2: most of the sessions in larger groups; some of the sessions in smaller groups

Faculty hold regular ‘office hours’, which are opportunities for students to drop in or sign up to explore ideas, raise questions, or seek targeted guidance or feedback, individually or in small groups. 

Students are to attend and participate in all the scheduled teaching and learning activities for this course and to manage their directed learning and independent study.

Indicative total learning hours for this course: 150

Assessment

Both formative and summative assessment are used as part of this course, with purely formative opportunities typically embedded within interactive teaching sessions, office hours, and/or the VLE.

Summative Assessments

Further information about the assessments can be found in the Course Syllabus.

Feedback

Students will receive formative and summative feedback in a variety of ways, written (e.g. marked up on assignments, through email or the VLE) or oral (e.g. as part of interactive teaching sessions or in office hours).

Indicative Reading

Note: Comprehensive and current reading lists are produced annually in the Course Syllabus or other documentation provided to students; the indicative reading list provided below is for a general guide and part of the approval/modification process only.

Laudon, K.C; Laudon, J. (2021) Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, Global Edition, 17th edition. Pearson

The course will also include  readings from following academic journals and Business reports :

• International Journal of Information Management
• MIS Quarterly
• Journal of Management Information Systems

Indicative Topics

Note: Comprehensive and current topics for courses are produced annually in the Course Syllabus or other documentation provided to students; the indicative topics provided below is used as a general guide and part of the approval/modification process only.

• Information technologies in organisations
• Managing the development and use of information technology