CO1821 - Business Information Systems

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Discipline of Accounting & Finance

The study of the theory and practice of business information systems relevant to the information age user. Topics addressed will include: role of business information systems in organisations, business information system components; the transaction processing cycle, standard business processes; business process risks and controls; implications of electronic commerce; specifying business information systems; social issues.

Learning Outcomes

• explain the role and purpose of business information systems;
• identify and document business processes and events, and understand how they relate to the transaction processing cycle (eg cashbook, payroll, sales/reservations, debtors/creditors);
• demonstrate, using microcomputers, an ability to use contemporary business information systems to record business transactions and produce appropriate business and accounting reports;
• identify business and information risk exposures and develop control strategies;
• describe the steps in specifying computer-based business information systems.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
• The ability to select and use appropriate IT tools;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

CO2821

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coordinator:	Dr Singwhat Tee
Lecturer:	Mr John Roberts.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials 12 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60%); other exams (15%); tutorial attendance and participation (5%); assignments (20%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coord/Lect:	Dr Singwhat Tee.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials 12 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60%); other exams (15%); tutorial attendance and participation (5%); assignments (20%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coordinator:	Dr Rabiul Beg
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials 12 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60%); other exams (15%); tutorial attendance and participation (5%); assignments (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.