MIS30150 Strategic Decision Making in the Digital World

Academic Year 2024/2025

Managers are faced with the challenge of crafting and implementing timely and accurate strategic decisions helping organisations to gain competitive advantage in the marketplace. In doing so, it is essential to make optimal use Digital Business applications for data collection, analysis, and decision making.

This applied, project-based module utilising Bloomberg terminals, will allow students to gain important insights into several industry sectors in order to draft strategic investment ideas and recommendations.

Students will participate and compete in the annual Bloomberg global trading challenge and play an online business simulation developed by Harvard Business Publishing.

NOTE: NO textbook purchase is required, however, students need to purchase a license (US16.25) to complete the Harvard Business simulation (Data Analytics: Strategic Decision Making) and assignment.

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Learning Outcomes:

On successfully completion of the module, students should be able to

(i) Demonstrate a deep understanding of key issues surrounding strategic management decision making.

(iii) Evaluate and discuss organisations’ market performance utilising Bloomberg’s infrastructure.

(iv) Understand the manager's role in data interpretation and business recommendation formulation utilising an online business simulation.

Indicative Module Content:

Strategic Decision Making in the context of implementing an organisation's Digital Business strategy
Virtual Team Management
Bloomberg Infrastructure
Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge Competition
Big Data Online Business Simulation (Harvard Business Publishing)

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

36
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Seminar (or Webinar)

7
Computer Aided Lab

5
Online Learning

5
Total

113
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Mixture of synchronous online and Face-to-face lectures, Bloomberg lab sessions, and online business simulation administration. Students will be able to follow an interactive study guide utilising Augmented Reality-driven study and learning content.

Referencing: Harvard Style Referencing is required for all assignment submissions. (https://libguides.ucd.ie/harvardstyle)

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI): Allowed for in-class and async student activities set by the module coordinator. However, GenAI is not permitted for assignment preparation activities. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Group Work Assignment: Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge Presentation n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

20
Reflective Assignment: Personal Learning Reflection n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

10
Individual Project: Business Simulation Reflection (Poster) n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

30
Group Work Assignment: Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge Report n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

40

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

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