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| Module Delivery |
| Spring Semester |
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| Assessment Requirements |
Methods of Assessment and Weighting
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Components of Assessment
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Method(s)
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Percentage weighting
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Continuous Assessment
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A thesis submitted at the end of the project which will be assessed via oral examination by a panel.
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100%
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| Module Overview |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
| Completion of the progress requirements of Level HE2 |
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| Module Aims |
To provide the students with a management perspective of eBusiness in technology intensive industries. The module takes an organisational rather than technological approach and will focus on the interplay between the demands of enterprises and IT. Students should gain a critical awareness of current and emerging issues when planning for eBusiness and the strategic decisions involved in the development of IT for eBusiness. The module aims to provide a mix of theoretical and implementation issues through numerous sample eBusiness implementation cases in diverse engineering applications. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
Upon successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
- Critically apply eBusiness analytical frameworks and methodologies.
- Recognise and determine where IT can be deployed to gain strategic and tactical advantages.
- Critically evaluate the impact of eBusiness applications on organisational performance.
- Identify and critically evaluate the interplay between the key organisational dimensions for managing IT in socio-technical environments.
- Distinguish key IT developments and specify such technology to develop eBusiness information architectures that support organisational goals.
- Plan and specify viable eBusiness systems for technology intensive industries.
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| Module Content |
Introduction to eBusiness
EBusiness applications in technology intensive industries
Strategy frameworks: gaining strategic advantage through IT
Soft systems methodology: an organisational approach to systems analysis and specification
Managing B2B and B2C interfaces
eBusiness transformation: business process and network redesign
Outsourcing
Knowledge management
Networked organisations and industrial networks
Next generation eBusiness systems and services
Applications I: eBusiness in the Chemical Process Industries
Applications II: eBusiness in the Aerospace Industries
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
Source of project proposals:
Diversity is the key feature of the projects. Project proposals will be invited from the students, academic staff and our business/industrial collaborators. The proposals will then be selected and modified if necessary by the school before issuing to the students.
Teaching and learning method:
Independent or group study under the guidance of a staff supervisor.
Total student learning time 100 hrs |
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Recommended background reading
to be confirmed
Required reading
none |
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| Last Updated |
| 15th August 2006 |
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