This is a Further IT core unit in the BBIS

This unit has been updated as part of a 2009 review and comparison of data with current Handbook, Syllabus + and Callista data.

30/11/2017 - Unit disestablished at FEC 5/17 Item 7.3.

This is second year level core unit in the Bachelor of Business Information Systems (BBIS). It is part of the DSS stream. Together with FIT2017, FIT3003, and FIT3022, this unit aims to provide students with sufficient DSS related knowledge required for a junior business analyst, as well as for undertaking advanced study/research in the area of DSS.

Decision making spans all the areas of a modern business enterprise. The Business IT graduate is very likely to encounter the need for effective decision support as they enter the workforce. This unit equips BBIS graduates with the skills that will prove to be immediately useful.

At the completion of this unit students will have:

A knowledge and understanding of:

• the major approaches to using IT to support management decision making;
• the nature of managerial work to a level required for DSS systems analysis;
• how managers make decisions and what processes can be followed to improve managerial decision making;
• a systems development methodology for personal DSS;
• data warehousing and business intelligence;
• the principles of DSS strategy and governance.

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FIT2011 is the foundation unit for the Decision Making/Decision Support sequence of units. The unit will introduce the history of decision support systems (DSS), the types of decision support systems, the ideas of normative and descriptive models for decision making and management. Descriptive models of decision making will be based on behavioural decision theory and cognitive biases. Evolutionary systems development methods for DSS will be discussed in detail. Current practice in personal DSS, data warehousing, and business intelligence will be the underlying focus of the unit.

On-campus

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

FIT

Completion of 12 points at level 1 from FIT or BusEco.

David Arnott