Overview

This unit provides students with contemporary views of Cloud-based Enterprise Systems and their strategic contributions to the organisation. Cloud-based Enterprise Systems enable flexible organisational-wide integration of processes, workflows, and data. These systems are more adaptable to change and enable organisations to be more agile and streamline their activities to improved efficiencies. The inherent features of Cloud-based Enterprise Systems in the overall management of data and data analytics allows for a more informed, data-driven, decision-making activities within the. This unit also explores the key challenges surrounding the management of the Cloud-based Enterprise Systems and the best practices in maximising the delivery of organisational values, particularly through process integration and data analytics enabled by these systems.

Requisites

Prerequisites
INF60007 Business Information Systems

Rule

Admission into Master of Information Technology

OR

Admission into Master of Information Technology (Professional Computing)

OR

INF60007 Business Information Systems

OR
INF60005 Information, Organisations and Society

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Critically analyse the complexities and business opportunities related to the implementation and use of cloud-based enterprise systems
  • Apply problem solving, design, and decision making techniques in approaching organisational issues and provide innovative solutions using cloud-based enterprise systems capabilities
  • Apply coherent and advanced knowledge of the strategic role of cloud-based enterprise systems in multiple areas of business operations
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and apply knowledge to address strategic issues by using data and data analytics feature of cloud-based enterprise systems
  • Apply skills to function as an effective member or leader of a team

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Class
2.00 12 weeks 24
Online
Lecture
1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Applied ProjectIndividual 30 - 40% 1,2,3,4 
Project ReportGroup 30 - 50% 1,2,3,5 
TestIndividual 20 - 30% 1,2,3,4 

Content

•    The strategic and economic context in which modern organisations and their systems operate


•    Data security, privacy regulations and data sovereignty


•    Ethical considerations in the use of Enterprise Systems and Enterprise Systems data


•    Fundamentals of data management and data/business analytics 


•    The integration of individual organisations into supply chains and supply chain systems


•    The role of e-commerce, the Cloud, and associated strategic and managerial imperatives


•    The needs of contemporary organisations and the markets they serve


•    Supporting organisation and social needs with enterprise systems and systems theories


•    Enterprise Architecture and Data Architecture
 

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.