BU5003 - Data Analysis and Information Management

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:

The aim of this subject is to provide students with an integrated introduction to data analysis and information systems so that they will have the basic mathematical, statistical and information systems knowledge and experience necessary to understand, and contribute to, the organisational information requirements of the digital firm.

Learning Outcomes

• understanding electronic commerce, its applications and implications, and how it integrates with the organisational information systems;
• understanding how Information Systems are planned and constructed;
• understanding information requirements within an organisation;
• understanding the concepts of end-user computing, including descriptive statistics, elementary inferential statistics, relational databases, decision support systems, expert support systems and the tasks involved in managing the IS function;
• understanding the various organisational information systems, the information supplied by the various information systems and how they fit within an organisational and management framework.

Availabilities
, , Study Period 39
Census Date 22-Jul-2005
Face to face teaching 15-Jul-2005 to 24-Jul-2005 (This subject is taught in Mandarin. Exam date is August 28 2005)
Coordinator:	afpma1
Contact hours:	40 hours
Assessment:	(45%); (10%); (25%); (20%).
, , Study Period 6
Census Date 08-Jul-2005
Face to face teaching 28-Jun-2005 to 05-Aug-2005 (This subject is taught in Mandarin in Singapore full-time. Exam date is August 19 2005)
Coordinator:	afpma1
Contact hours:	40 hours
Assessment:	(45%); (10%); (25%); (20%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	jc152248
Contact hours:	40 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	jc152248
Contact hours:	40 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
, , Study Period 37
Census Date 31-Mar-2005
Face to face teaching 28-Mar-2005 to 20-May-2005
Coordinator:	afpma1
Contact hours:	40 hours
Assessment:	(45%); (10%); (25%); (20%).
, , Study Period 39
Census Date 22-Jul-2005
Face to face teaching 25-Jul-2005 to 02-Sep-2005
Coordinator:	afpma1
Contact hours:	40 hours
Assessment:	(45%); (15%); (15%); (25%).
, , Study Period 41
Census Date 30-Nov-2005
Face to face teaching 21-Nov-2005 to 30-Dec-2005
Coordinator:	afpma1
Contact hours:	40 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (15%); (15%); (20%).
, , Study Period 23
Census Date 23-Dec-2005
Coordinator:	afpma1
Contact hours:	40 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (15%); (15%); (20%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.