Technology Management Program
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Subject descriptions
MTB110 Information Methods and Management
The significant content of the unit relates to the concept Information including abstract and contextual material, skills for searching and processing material located, and aspects of quality, timeliness, and cultural context. This unit will highlight how action learning is an ongoing, iterative process while distinguishing between data information and corporate knowledge. An exploration into the cultural, ethical and security issues relevant to business environments will be undertaken.
Back to the top ▲MTB120 Business Support Systems and Project Management
Provide students with an understanding of the essential nature of accurate, relevant and timely information for decision making by all levels of management, and how best to produce and present such information. Developing meaningful systems on time and within budget requires an understanding of many organisational and technological factors, sufficient skills to identify and manage change agents, and the skills to coordinate resources. Students examine the relationship between information technology and its organisational context, and how it can be used for competition advantage. Students will consider issues of systems production using various lifecycle models and the issues of end-user computing and information operation. Project management approaches are discussed and students will investigate one or more computer-based tools used to aid the resource management and implementation strategies for information technology and information system development and implementation.
Back to the top ▲MTB130 H-CI and Web Design for Competitive Advantage
At the end of the unit, the successful student will have acquired an understanding of key H-CI and Web design concepts and their application to modern computing and business. Attaining competitive advantage is an integral component of any business and to promote this advantage students will gain an understanding of the significance of user interfaces in web applications. The student should be able to communicate to others the true role of H-CI in the modern business environment, and explain the concepts and practices typically used by Web designers/developers to influence and guide the actions of others. The student should be able to relate the H-CI and Web design theories to practice, and discuss sensibly the implications of these theories within a business context.
Back to the top ▲MTB140 Managing the Transition to eBusiness
This unit will take a theoretical and practical approach to introducing workplace professionals to the issues arising during the transition to eBusiness. It will focus in particular on strategic planning, team and self-management in eBusiness workplace situations.
Back to the top ▲MTB210 Electronic Communications
This unit reviews contemporary data communications applications, including Internet-based communications. Students investigate the application and technical contents of the data communications field including the seven-layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model, local area networks and on wide area networks. The unit explores the Internet as a data communications system, and also reviews some of the latest high speed network technologies.
Back to the top ▲MTB220 Database Design and Management
This unit provides an understanding of the development and management of relational databases with emphasis on data modelling and conceptual database knowledge. The student acquires the foundation knowledge necessary to evaluating database management systems. Within this framework data information and corporate knowledge are distinguished. Highlighted are the importance of database security and recovery and the integral role of the Database Administrator (DBA). Advanced database concepts are explored, covering Distributed Database Management Systems (DDBMS), Object-Oriented DBMS and databases in electronic commerce.
Back to the top ▲MTB230 eBusiness Design for Competitive Advantage
The aim of this unit is to enable you to design effective eBusiness models built on a strong foundation of business concepts and wisdom, together with knowledge of the eBusiness environment and the influence of the Internet on business stakeholders; customers, suppliers, manufacturers, service makers, regulators, managers and employees. Students will undertake value analysis and learn to describe value propositions, for all aspects of their business models. Students will design models that enable the enterprise (whether a single legal entity or cluster of alliance partners) to establish and sustain competitive advantage in the networked economy. Students will apply systems thinking in their design work. Business architecture and infrastructure will become familiar concepts.
Back to the top ▲MTB240 ICT Strategies in Business
This unit provides students with a series of workshops and assignments designed to give opportunities to explore various approaches for developing and managing information systems from a variety of practically oriented perspectives. Developing meaningful systems on time and within budget requires an understanding of many organisational and technological factors, sufficient skills to identify and manage change agents, and the skills to coordinate resources. Students examine the relationship between information technology and its organisational context, and how it can be used for strategic competition advantage. Implementation strategies for information technology and information system development and implementation are also discussed. Implementing initiatives in eCommerce has emerged as a significant business strategy in the information age. Technical developments have made possible the convergence of the computing and telecommunications industries. This has opened a door to a world of new and exciting applications that are changing the way business is conducted.
Back to the top ▲MTB310 Research Methods for Business and Communication Project
This unit will enable students to bring together their theoretical and practical understanding of a problem or issue related to business and electronic communications in the context of a specific workplace. Each student will prepare a customised project proposal in consultation with staff and then implement their proposal. The learning focus for this unit is on developing business research skills to underpin the taken approach to a work integrated project. Learning will be demonstrated by applying these skills to a selected project to the extent possible, within the unit workload plus any work time committed to the project.
Back to the top ▲MTB320 Strategic Transformation and Entrepreneurial eBusiness
Given the transformational change required to operate as a global eBusiness and the ongoing necessity for rapid incremental change, entrepreneurial activity is increasing with both high rewards and disasters being widely reported. Earlier studies have addressed the challenges of making the transition to eBusiness. This unit provides the challenge of being entrepreneurial and creative in relation to the emerging patterns of change and generation of opportunities.
Many of the spectacular cases of emergence, exponential growth and rapid demise will be studied in order to apply your understanding of the nature of eBusiness development and the drivers of success and financial benefits in the context of eBusiness. Currently managers are exploring and seeking answers to the requirements and success factors for managing new business ventures in the eBusiness environment.
Back to the top ▲MTB330 Building an Integrated eBusiness Infrastructure
This unit bridges the gap between IT infrastructure, eCommerce and knowledge-based frameworks to build an eBusiness. The unit extends earlier studies in eBusiness modelling and design, and strategic transformation and entrepreneurial eBusiness to the next stage. It goes beyond the theory to implementation in the broadest sense, by engaging the student as the decision maker offering advice for designing interrelated strategies focussed on customer relationships, resource planning, order management, supply chains, and on evaluating investments needed to make them a reality. The purpose is to answer the many questions posed by management during the process from idea to investment and implementation decision. The approach taken in the unit is for participants to build an eBusiness to the stage where it is ready to go to the Board for decision purposes.
Back to the top ▲MTB340 Research Proposal and Research Practice
The purpose of this project based unit is to provide an opportunity for each participant to integrate their learning by planning, researching, designing, building and implementing (as appropriate) a workplace project relating to community, sustainability and multimedia. It is intended to be a creative skills and design unit and the approach taken will be soundly research based and appropriately contextualised to the specific environment within which the project resides. Preparation for this project will have occurred in many of the earlier units studied and in the holistic lifelong learning experienced and reflected upon by the learner.
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