MIS4016S Management Support Systems

Academic Year 2024/2025

This course studies the range of information systems needed to provide support for management in decision-making, planning and control. The starting point, therefore, is the set of potential managerial problems and opportunities, and the associated information requirements. Organisational diagnostics are considered for problem/opportunity identification. Solution approaches are developed and used as the basis for describing the structure, characteristics and management of generic categories of systems such as Decision Support Systems (DSS), Executive Information Systems (EIS) and Expert Systems (ES). The management implications of knowledge-based systems will be covered, and students will be asked to develop an application through an Expert System shell.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completing this module, students will be expected to be able toUnderstand the purposes for which decision support systems may existDistinguish decision support systems from other kinds of computer-based systems such as data processing and management systems.Identify the kinds of characteristics you would expect a DSS to exhibit.Recognize the potential benefits DSSs can offer, plus limitations on DSS abilitiesDesign and develop selected types of DSS

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

80
Autonomous Student Learning

150
Lectures

20
Total

250
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Students will attend classes for this module and have the opportunity to engage in active learning during these sessions. There will be in-class discussion and group work to analyse module concepts. Where appropriate, the module will incorporate case based learning 
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
Exam (In-person): Examination n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

60
Assignment(Including Essay): Assignment n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

40

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat Within Two Trimesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

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