| Learning objectives |
In the written exam the students should be able
to:
- demonstrate an understanding and explain the fundamental
concepts and technologies of information systems such as hardware,
software, networks as well as basic web technologies such as HTML,
CSS and JavaScript (part I)
- demonstrate an understanding and compare different approaches
to developing information systems, including the initiation, the
analysis, the design and the implementation of information systems
as well as project management (part II)
- demonstrate an understanding and reflect on the key issues
related to managing information systems (IS) in an organization,
including the IS strategy, the organization and governance of the
IS function, the management of IS services as well as IS security
and ethical issues (part III)
- have applied the key concepts, methods and technologies of
web-based information systems to address a specific ‘client
problem’ through developing a website, and be able to reflect on
this project
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| Examination |
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Informationssystemer i organisationer og
systemudvikling:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Written sit-in exam |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Duration |
2 hours |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Winter Term, November/December |
| Aids allowed to bring
to the exam |
Limited aids, see the list below and the exam
plan/guidelines for further information:
- Allowed dictionaries
- Books and compendia brought by the examinee
- Notes brought by the examinee
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| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up
examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most
appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office
will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take
examination will be held as an oral examination
instead.
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Description of the exam
procedure
2 hours written sit in exam.
The exam comprises multiple choice questions on the 14 individual
topics of the course as well as analytical questions to solve and
essay questions to reflect on specific topics (including the
information systems development group project
work).
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| Course content and structure |
The course provides a comprehensive introduction
to the technology, development and management of business
information systems. The course assumes no prior knowledge of IS or
IT, new concepts and terms are defined with comprehensive
explanations. In this fast-moving area, the course covers both the
crucial underpinnings of the subject as well as the most recent
business and technology applications. The lecture walks through the
following subjects:
Part I. INTRODUCTION:
1. Basic concepts, enterprise and functional business
information systems
2. Hardware and software
3. Networks and the Internet
4. Web-based information systems
Part II. IS DEVELOPMENT
5. Acquiring versus developing information systems
6. Initiating system development
7. System analysis and process modelling
8. System design and data modelling
9. System implementation and project management
Part III. IS MANAGEMENT
10. Information systems strategy
11. Information systems organization and governance
12. Providing end-user services and service management
13. Managing information security and ethical issues
VI. WRAP-UP
14. Presentation of website projects, repetition and
wrap-up |
| Teaching methods |
The course will be taught as a set of 14 double
lectures and exercise sessions. The structure and contents of the
lecture is based on of the text book by Bocij, Greasley and Hickie.
The theoretical and conceptual contents will be supplemented with:
• a group project work where students initiate, design and build an
information system (a website) from scratch
• practical exercises to apply and re-inforce the presented methods
and technologies
• supporting online resources and web links on specific technical
topics
• case examples from a wide variety of sectors and countries
• self-assessment questions to test the individual understanding
and allow for further reflection
Use of e-learning:
The course will be taught face-to-face, but the students are
encouraged to use the above described resources. |
| Student workload |
| Lectures and Exercises |
60 hours |
| Preparation of lectures (incl. reading) |
27 hours |
| Project work (website development) |
90 hours |
| Preparation for the exam |
30 hours |
| Total: |
207 hours |
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| Expected literature |
- Paul Bocij, Andrew Greasley, Simon Hickie, Business Information
Systems: Technology, Development and Management, 4th edition,
Pearson Education Limited, UK, 2008
- Charles M. Kozierok: The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive,
Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference, 1st edition Hardcover and
online: http://www.tcpipguide.com, No Starch Press,
2005
- Marijn Haverbeke: Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to
Programming, 1st edition, Paperback and online:
http://eloquentjavascript.net, No Starch
Press, 2011
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