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Managing Information Technology (BISY90009)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online and On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Summer Term
Stuart Black: stuart.black@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Overview
Availability | Summer Term - Online Semester 2 - On Campus |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Decision making in accounting and finance is enabled by information technology. This subject examines the concepts, tools and application of information technology in organisations by and for accounting and finance professionals. The focus is on enabling effective and efficient decisions, and enhancing productivity in accounting and finance practice. This subject seeks to empower accounting and finance professionals to advance from user to strategic owner of a firm’s IT resources.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Apply conceptual frameworks for the effective management and development of a firm's IT resources in accounting and finance contexts
- Critically examine business data management in accounting and finance contexts from multiple perspectives (e.g. data quality, decision quality, security, privacy)
- Critically evaluate, from the perspective of an accounting and finance professional, the application and impact of trends in information technology and technology management
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- Oral and written communication particularly in relation to cross-boundary communications between technical and managerial work domains
- Collaborative learning and team work
- Interpretation and analysis of real-world contexts
- Problem solving and critical thinking in ambiguous and dynamic contexts
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Semester 2
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Group project (includes scope proposal, report and presentation) (normally in groups of 4-5 students); scope due mid semester, report and presentation due week 12
| Second half of the teaching period | 50% |
Two individual reports; due mid-semester and due latter half of the semester
| Second half of the teaching period | 30% |
Four individual mini-exercises
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
Summer Term
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Individual Essays. Essay 1 (15%) and Essay 2 (15%)
| From Week 3 to Week 4 | 30% |
Group Assignment (Groups of 4 or 5). Deliverable 1 (Charter) 10%, Deliverable 2 & 3 (Content and Contribution) 30% and Deliverable 4 (Class Presentation) 10%
| During the teaching period | 50% |
Class contributions and submissions | Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term - Online
Principal coordinator Stuart Black Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours, comprised of two 3 hour seminars per week for 6 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 January 2023 to 10 February 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 January 2023 Census date 20 January 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 February 2023 Assessment period ends 25 February 2023 Summer Term contact information
Stuart Black: stuart.black@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2 - On Campus
Principal coordinator Stuart Black Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising of one 3 hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023 Semester 2 contact information
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
You will be advised of prescribed texts by your seminar leader.
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024