Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Online
Module Offerings
4510COMECA-SEP-PAR
Aims
To introduce the concepts of information systems
To examine the various hardware and software components of information systems
To develop skills in designing and building information systems
To understand the planning and management of information systems
To explore the uses and impact of information systems.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Identify the need and use of information systems.
2.
Describe the components of an information system.
3.
Describe the development processes of building an information system.
4.
Describe the basic concepts of information system management.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Fundamentals
- Need for information in decision making
- Basic concepts: data, information, knowledge and metadata
- Categories of information based on source, nature and level
- Organising data and information: structured, semi-structured and unstructured
information
Information Systems
- Components: people, hardware, software, communication and data - Types of information systems: data processing systems, management information systems, decision support systems, executive information systems - Functions of information systems: gathering, storing and processing data and outputting information
Building Information Systems
- Information systems development: analysis, design, implementation, testing and
maintenance
- Databases and data warehouses
- Methodologies: structured, data flow, object-oriented
- Telecommunications and networks
Uses
- Business systems
- Planning, strategy and management
- Decision making
- Impact of information systems
Additional Information:This module is intended to provide basic knowledge in relation to computer systems development, which students will need as support knowledge for subsequent modules at FHEQ 5 and 6.