Business Information Management

Rationale and Purpose of the Module: To illustrate the implications of viewing the organization as an information processing entity To enable students to create and manipulate data and information for managerial reporting. To highlight the social and economic theories underlying the development and use of information and knowledge in modern business. To make students aware of the challenges of the opportunities and challenges of information in a global context.

Syllabus: This course will introduce the student to information as a corporate resource; to the firm as an information processing entity; to the types of business systems platforms in support of- managerial and executive-level decision making and the coordination of business processes. It will show information management in the functional areas of business: accounting, marketing, human resources, operation. It will provide an economic and social framework for understanding the nature and interaction of information, technology, people, and organizational components; the role of the Internet and networking technology in modern organization; the evolution of e-business and the transformation of organizations and markets; business systems as both constraining and enabling organizations; the relationship between business systems and an organizations social structure; information and knowledge as a strategic resource in organizations.