The course introduces students to the management process and develops a critical awareness of current management issues relevant to IS professionals. The unit examines managerial decision-making techniques and provides an understanding of planning, finance, marketing and human resource decision-making techniques and supporting information systems. It builds on this understanding of managerial processes and functions to show how organizations can be analysed, interpreted and modeled as systems.
Knowledge and understanding. On successful completion of the course, the student is expected to: