Swinburne University of Technology - Melbourne Australia
Future Students - Courses
Duration
Contact Hours
Campus
Prerequisite
Corequisite
12 weeks or equivalent
Minimum of 2 hours per week or equivalent for online students using discussion forum
Lilydale, Off-Campus
Nil
Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points
This unit is for continuing students only and has no new intakes. This is a postgraduate unit at the Graduate Certificate level in the Master of Business (eBusiness and Communication) and Master of Management
This unit provides you with the framework on which to build your understanding of issues surrounding technology as an enabler, driver and/or blocker to developing sustainable business in a globalised business environment. Specifically it will focus on the impact of technology in the process of value creation. You will grapple with the impact of technology on business models and associated management challenges as you consider the impact of technology on business systems including supply chain, value chain, and selling chain. After completing this unit students will be able to: View technology in geographical and historical perspectives with connected and similar technologies and economyUnderstand and discuss the positive and negative impacts of technology on business development at a global and at a workplace levelDiscuss operational efficiencies of technologically facilitated global integrationApply a systematic approach to analysis and research on matters of technology, economy and business sustainabilityBe cognisant of social and political issues impacted by global integration and innovationDescribe the implications of technology trends for marketing, management and infrastructureDefine values, cultures, technologies, threats and opportunities of global integration
Online delivery is supported by a unit outline with CDROM, a unit website with a variety of resources which may include lessons, learning objects (documents and presentations), virtual lectures, threaded discussions and interactive chat rooms. Face-to-face workshops may be conducted in a variety of configurations (weekly or 2 day blocks) subject to demand. International students will attend weekly workshops taking a work-related approach
Case study background research assignment at 30%Syndicate report 30%Individual innovative managing information systems project 40%
Swinburne University of Technology works to produce higher education graduates who are capable in their chosen profession. Learners bring to Swinburne University of Technology a diverse wealth of experiences and graduate with individual understandings, abilities and attitudes. Within this context it is the intent of this unit that students work towards developing and enhancing the following graduate attributes: Are entrepreneurial by having an appreciation and a respect for multiple points of view concerning technology as an enabler, driver and blocker for business sustainability and integration in an evolving global environmentAre capable in their chosen professional areas by being informed and knowledgeable concerning the impact of technology on business models, development and capability in their chosen professional areaAre capable in their chosen professional areas by having pertinent skills and abilities concerning their effective and efficient application of technologyOperate effectively in work and community situations be having the ability to negotiate concerning technology as a business driver and enabler locally and internationallyAware of environments by having a broad understanding of the technical, socio-cultural and economic environments and their interconnectedness
Within this context it is the intent of this unit that students work towards developing and enhancing the following graduate attributes:
The nature of technological impact on economical environment from historical, current and futuristic perspectivesThe defining technologies of globalisationDefining technology as an enabler, driver, blocker or inhibitor in a global business environmentInteraction of drivers of technologyTechnology and operational efficiencies including impact on inputs, outputs and processesRemoving communication barriers both within organisations and the external local, regional and global environments
Friedman, T. 2000, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, HarperCollins Publishers, London Friedman, T. 2005, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, Allen Lane, London Van Slyke, C., Belanger, F., 2003, E-Business Technologies, Supporting the Net-Enhanced Organization, John Wiley & Sons, USA Volti, R., 2005, Society and Technological Change, 5th Ed. Worth Publishers, USA During the study of this unit students will be directed to journals, academic papers and articles as appropriate and will be encouraged to research own resources.
