Unit details
MSC245 - eSystems for Business
| Offered at: | (B, online, X) |
|---|---|
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Offerings: | Trimester 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit chair: | L Torlina |
| Prerequisite: | MSC120 or SIT101 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil. |
| Contact hours: | 1 x 2 hour lecture, 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week |
| Note: Online teaching methods require internet access. Please refer to the most current computer specifications. | |
Content
As we enter the third millennium, we are experiencing profound changes to our daily lives, none of which are more significant than the digital revolution. The most prominent change is in how businesses use information systems to perform their basic functions such as buying and selling, liaison with customers and collaborating with their trading partners. The unit is not technical and instead aims to provide an understanding of how modern business organisations use information systems, specifically, inter-organisational systems (IOS) to facilitate electronic trading between trading partners. Overall, the unit examines the role of IOS especially supply chain management and electronic procurement in the modern business world. Further, it looks at essential information infrastructure that is needed to implement IOS. Finally, we identify and review the key managerial decisions required by organisations moving to electronic business platforms together with legal and social issues such as security, ethics and privacy that may arise as a consequence.
Assessment
Assignment 40%, Examination 2 hours 60%, Hurdle requirement: achieve at least 45% of the marks available on the examination.
Unit Fee Information
| Student Contribution Rate* | Student Contribution Rate** | Student Contribution Rate*** | Fee rate - Domestic Students | Fee rate - International students |
| $1006 | $1006 | $1006 | $2587 | $2714 |
* Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2010
** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2009
*** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2008
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.
