Brief Description of Aims and Content
The aim of this module is to continue the project work undertaken in the previous semester with its application of to their specific project title. This project work will cover the initial parts of the project also and will be completed in the second semester. The student will have to produce a progress report as well as a final report of the project outcomes followed by a presentation.
The module provides the students with a knowledge of the context in which professionals work, the laws and how they are created, human aspects of running a company, software contracts & liability, intellectual property rights, and the legislation that affects the way in which computers are used or misused
Course Description
This course is designed to give you a foundation understanding of enterprise systems and how these systems fit into today’s business operations. Enterprise Systems are now essential infrastructure to both large corporate entities, as well as to small-to-medium (SME) organizations, as they remove the need to have a large number of separate individual computer-based applications.
Enterprise systems include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems, Supplier Relationship (SRM) systems, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, Business Analytics, and other business process applications, that integrate a range of various applications into a single package. Hence increasing the efficiency, and effectiveness, of the organization in performing the respective business processes required to run their operations and to deliver their goods or services to customers. This course is therefore viewed as a combination of business management practice and technology.
In addition, this course will also consider some of the new technologies, such as ’Cloud Computing’, ’Big Data’, ’Mobile Devices, etc., that are rapidly becoming part of everyday business technology infrastructure as part of new enterprise systems.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
On successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- Identify the factors that lead to the development and implementation of ERP systems
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of implementing an ERP system
- Describe how an integrated information system can support effective and efficient business processes
- Create process models that assist with process improvement and ERP implementation
Overview of Learning Activities
The learning activities will provide you with the opportunity to reflect and develop your creativity and critical thinking. In order to develop the stated course capabilities you are expected to actively participate in the following learning activities:
- Regular attendance and active participation in scheduled lectures and workshops
- Reading of course notes and other assigned reading materials
- Satisfactory completion of assessment tasks
Overview of Learning Resources
- Various learning resources are available online. In addition to topic notes; assessment details and a study schedule you may also be provided with links to relevant online information; readings; and communication tools to facilitate collaboration with your peers and to share information.
Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Course Content
1. Introduction to Enterprise Systems, Systems Integration
2. Business Processes
3. The architecture of Integrated Information Systems
4. Implementation Issues of Enterprise Systems
5. Global, ethics, and security management supply chain management
This module explores the issues and approaches in managing the information systems function in organizations and how the IS function integrates / supports / enables various types of organizational capabilities. It takes a senior management perspective in exploring the acquisition, development and implementation of plans and policies to achieve efficient and effective information systems. The course addresses issues relating to defining the high-level IS infrastructure and the systems that support the operational, administrative and strategic needs of the organization.
The purpose of this course is to introduce to you the art of maintenance and deployment of computer systems in production environments which requires you an significant effort. This course will help you to dive deep and enhance your experience into operational principles that apply across technologies. This course is intended for undergraduate students and will provide the fundamentals of system administration under Linux, with emphasis on principles that apply to all environments.
Objectives
- Understand the role and responsibilities of a system administrator
- Configure the Linux operating system
- Describe the system boot process
- Setup and manage user accounts and groups
- Manage the resources and security of a computer running Linux
- Make effective use of Unix utilities, and scripting languages
- Configure and manage simple network services on a Linux system
- Develop an appreciation of the documentation available as part of an installed Unix/Linux system
Expected Work: Homework and small projects.
Textbooks
Required: UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th Ed., by Nemeth, Snyder, Hein and Whaley (Prentice Hall, 2010) and The Practice of Cloud System Administration, by Limoncelli, Chalup, and Hogan (Addison-Wesley, 2015).
Optional: The Practice of System and Network Administration, 2nd Ed., by Limoncelli, Hogan, and Chalup (Addison Wesley, 2007).