CP2405 - Collective Intelligence and Social Networks

Credit points:	03
Year:	2017
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	College of Business, Law & Governance

In this subject students analyse the impact and applications of social media and related Web2.0/3.0 technologies on business with particular focus on entrepreneurship, e-marketing and human resource management. Technologies such as blogs, mashups, wikis, linked data, etc., will be examined to evaluate how social media can facilitate creativity and collective intelligence through enhanced information sharing and online collaboration. Students gain skills and experience using these social media applications to increase profit, manage well-being, enable business processes and functions and explore new business models.

Learning Outcomes

• examine collective intelligence and social network technologies and applications;
• analyse business opportunities and challenges of collective intelligence and social networks;
• examine legal, ethical and social issues related to collective intelligence and social networks;
• develop and align appropriate collective intelligence and social network technologies with business activities.

Prerequisites:	MINIMUM OF 24 CP
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	CP5635

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 24-Aug-2017
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Trina Myers.
Contact hours:	50 hours - Combined Lectures; Practicals; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	practicals (30%); assignment 1 (25%); assignment 2 (30%); presentation (15%).
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 24-Aug-2017
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Trina Myers
Lecturer:	Ms Melinda Kingsun.
Contact hours:	0 hours
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	practicals (30%); assignment 1 (25%); assignment 2 (30%); presentation (15%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 24-Aug-2017
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Trina Myers
Lecturer:	Dr Joanne Lee.
Contact hours:	50 hours - Combined Lectures; Practicals; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	practicals (30%); assignment 1 (25%); assignment 2 (30%); presentation (15%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51
Census Date 06-Apr-2017
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Trina Myers
Contact hours:	50 hours - Combined Lectures; Practicals; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	practicals (30%); assignment 1 (25%); assignment 2 (30%); presentation (15%).

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