MIS41030

Learning Outcomes:

This module will provide students with novel insights from contemporary research about IT in the global context and aims at stimulating critical and creative thinking by questioning established approaches.

Indicative Module Content:

Global information systems (digital infrastructures) pose new challenges to our understanding and managing businesses:
- Usual distinction between IT designers and users is becoming blurred as a) no designer is in full control of IT in use and b) users engage in production of information and technology increasingly
- Global distribution of activities through electronic networks spans widely diverse settings, and put different organizations and cultures in novel interplays
- The contemporary actual contexts of reference and consequences of IT in use require more careful consideration of ethics

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback on continuous assessment is provided in class after student presentations, after first reading their submissions, and on request for more specific matters. Feedback on the exam is provided upon request