BSc Information Technology Management for Business

Acting as consultants, students will be required to work in groups to deliver a comprehensive solution to a complex and live case study with support and guidance from their client. Starting with a ‘scenario’, student groups will interpret their own issues and questions and examine the resources they need to derive a solution. In this process they will acquire and apply the requisite knowledge from corequisite course units. Introducing students to Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL) through an industry set project will enable them to take on leading roles in their future working environments, direct change, ask important questions, solve problems and develop new knowledge.

Only available to students on BSc ITMB.

Pre-Requisites: N/A

Co-Requisites:

• Software Application Design and Development
• Database Design and Development
• Fundamentals of Information Systems
• Fundamentals of Data Analytics

Dependent courses: N/A

1. Knowledge and understanding of the principles of managing projects
2. Critical assessment and evaluation
3. Requirement analysis
4. Solution design
5. Practice in user engagement, systems modelling and user interface design
6. Practice in the development of a small-scale database driven software application
7. Practice in user evaluation techniques
8. Practice in presenting work to clients
9. Group facilitation skills
10. Report writing

 

1. Introduction to enquiry-based learning
2. Introduction to project planning and management
3. Investigative and analysis techniques
4. Capturing and designing requirements
5. Theory and practice of working in teams
6. Managing team/leadership and performance
7. Negotiation Strategy

• Lectures – 20 hrs
• Seminars/Labs – 20 hrs
• 4hrs showcase per semester for 2 semesters – 8 hrs total

 

Formative:

Team project report (1st semester) Individual reflective essay (1st semester)

Summative:

Team project report (40%)

Individual reflective essay (20%)

Two team presentations (20% each)

 

 

• Advice during weekly lab meetings
• Responses to student emails and questions from a member of staff
• Written and verbal comments on assessed and non-assessed coursework
• Written and verbal comments after students have delivered group presentation

 

Project Management for Information System, James Cadle and Donald Yeates, Prentice Hall, 2008.
 

Pre-Requisites: N/A

Co-Requisites:

• Software Application Design and Development
• Database Design and Development
• Fundamentals of Information Systems
• Fundamentals of Data Analytics

Dependent courses: N/A

Other staff involved: GTA support for laboratory sessions

Attendance: Attendance at all classes and ITMB showcases is compulsory and will be monitored.

• Failure to attend the ITMB showcase during each semester without a valid reason (supported by acceptable evidence) will result in the student being awarded a mark of 0 for the group presentation. 

• If a student is unable to attend a seminar, lab or workshop due to illness or another valid mitigating circumstance, then s/he may submit their case to the School’s Mitigating Circumstances panel for consideration. Details of how to submit a case to the mitigating circumstances panel are available in the Student Handbook. 
   

Programme restrictions: This course is only available to first year ITMB student

For Academic Year 2024/25

Updated: March 2024

Approved by: March UG Committee