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BUS3720 Corporate Groupware

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Unit Code, Name, Abbreviation

BUS3720 Corporate Groupware [Corporate Groupware]

Reasons for Introduction

Obsolete Reasons for Introduction

Minor changes to unit objectives and assessment (previously 3 assignments worth 15% each, now 2 assignments, assignment 1 worth 10%, assignment 2 worth 20%).The Bachelor of Business Systems Curriculum Committee and the degree's IBL (Industry Based Learning) sponsors have identified Groupware skills as a significant omission from the skill set of the degree's current graduates. Most of these graduates enter the corporate IT environment. Their lack of Groupware skills disadvantages them on two counts.Most modern corporations have a sophisticated Groupware environment that is both used and extended in-house. Many of the corporation's important documents such as, news bulletins, proformas, business and documentation procedures, proposal and presentation templates etc, are stored in a Groupware database. In short much of the corporate intelligence is only available to Groupware users. A graduate without Groupware user skills will need to negotiate a steep learning curve just to perform many of the tasks assigned to her/his business role.The first tasks of many graduates in the corporate IT environment is to develop some small localised IT application. Increasingly the highest profile applications are proving to be Groupware applications. A graduate without Groupware developer skills cannot be considered for such high profile tasks.Finally the Groupware juggernaut has long since passed the high point of its hype cycle and has, for several years, been employed in stable, productive, real world use. De facto patterns of usage and development methods have emerged and the Groupware product marketplace has stabilised. It is therefore possible to construct appropriate, long-lived aims, objectives and a syllabus for a unit about corporate Groupware.

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Stephen Huxford

Approvals

School: 10 Dec 2007 (Julianna Dawidowicz)
Faculty Education Committee: 10 Dec 2007 (Julianna Dawidowicz)
Faculty Board: 10 Dec 2007 (Julianna Dawidowicz)
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Version History

27 Feb 2003 Caitlin Slattery Minor changes to unit objectives and assessment (assignment weightings). Approved SEC 24/2/03.
27 Feb 2003 John Betts Minor changes to unit objective and assessment approved School of Business Systems Education Committee 23/02/2003
10 Dec 2007 Julianna Dawidowicz BUS3720 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
10 Dec 2007 Julianna Dawidowicz FEC Approval
10 Dec 2007 Julianna Dawidowicz FacultyBoard Approval - Faculty Board approved the disestablishment of this unit at 05/07 meeting

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