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Obsolete Reasons for Introduction
The School of Business Systems focuses its teaching and research activities on the application of management science techniques and information technologies to Business. In particular it explores ways in which a synthesis of these techniques and technologies, into business systems, can solve existing businessproblems and exploit new business opportunities. Businesses that embrace this synthesis gain a competitive edge.One objective of the Bachelor of Business Systems, Graduate Diploma in Business Systems and Masters of Business Systems (coursework) is to familiarise students with existing dominant management science techniques and information technologies. Such familiarity boosts the immediate productivity of students entering the work place and is particularly critical for Industry Based Learning students who enter the workplace before graduation.To maximise their competitive edge businesses have long sought to integrate all their individual business systems. In such an integrated system the simple placing of a customer order in an order processing system, for instance, has an immediate effect on all other relevant systems such as inventory and general ledger. Until recently integration has been achieved by the ad hoc interfacing of existing systems. Lately a few genuine monolithic, off-the-shelf integrated systems have become available. These systems are very large and complex and employ unique terminology, procedures and models. Many of the larger corporations (including most of our IBL partners) have implemented a particular system called SAP R/3 to the extent that it has become the dominant integrated business system technology. These corporations employ many of our graduate and post graduate students on completion of their studies. The demand for SAP skills in the corporate community is high and shows no sign of abating.SAP has recently established a partnering network of university departments. The partnering involves both training, software installation and technical support. The School of Business Systems has been selected as a partner.
