T1 2018 MIS171 Unit Guide PDF

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Unit guide for T1 2018...

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Faculty of Business and

MIS171 Business Ana

Deakin University Unit G

Trimester 1,

CONTENTS

WELCOME ..........................................................................................................................................................................

WHO IS THE UNIT TEAM? .................................................................................................................................................. Unit Chair: leads the teaching team and is responsible for overall delivery of this unit ............................................ Unit chair details ........................................................................................................................................................ Other members of the team and how to contact them ............................................................................................. Administrative queries ............................................................................................................................................... ABOUT THIS UNIT .............................................................................................................................................................. Unit development in response to student feedback .................................................................................................. Your Course and Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes ........................................................................................... Your Unit Learning Outcomes .................................................................................................................................... ASSESSING YOUR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES .......................................................................... Overview .................................................................................................................................................................... Hurdle requirements .................................................................................................................................................. Summative assessment .............................................................................................................................................. - Summative assessment task 1 ................................................................................................................................. - Summative assessment task 2 ................................................................................................................................. - Summative assessment task 3 ................................................................................................................................. Your learning experiences in this Unit - and your expected commitment .................................................................. Contact Hours ............................................................................................................................................................ Note ............................................................................................................................................................................ UNIT LEARNING RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................................. Essential learning resources ....................................................................................................................................... Recommended learning resources ............................................................................................................................. KEY DATES FOR THIS TRIMESTER ......................................................................................................................................

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WELCOME

Welcome to the unit MIS171 Business Analytics. This is a first year core unit in the Faculty of Business and Law’s Bache Commerce (BCom) and the Bachelor of Information Systems (BIS) degrees. Business Analytics is the process of transfor data into information that provides insight for making better decisions. In MIS171, we will examine various tools and techniques of Business Analytics.

I hope that you will find this unit both intellectually stimulating and relevant to your studies in your current course and future directions as a Deakin graduate. You may need to contact me at some stage during this trimester. Most communication will be via the discussion boards on CloudDeakin. But for personal matters or in an emergency, you ma to contact me directly; my contact details are below. If I am not in my office when you call, please leave a message on m voicemail or email me and I will respond as soon as possible.

This Unit Guide provides you with the key information about this Unit. For the best chance of success, you should read carefully and refer to it frequently throughout the trimester. Your Unit site (inside DeakinSync) also provides informati about your rights and responsibilities. We will assume you have read this before the Unit commences, and we expect refer to it throughout the trimester.

WHO IS THE UNIT TEAM? Unit Chair: leads the teaching team and is responsible for overall delivery of this unit TBC

Unit chair details Unit Chair Name

Dr Dilal Saundage

Department

Information Systems and Business Analytics

Faculty

Business and Law

Campus

Melbourne Campus (Room: lb4.328)

Email

[email protected]

Phone

+61 3 924 46480

Other members of the team and how to contact them Burwood Teaching Staff Name

Dr Reza Kachouie

Department

Information Systems and Business Analytics

Faculty

Business and Law

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Email

[email protected]

Phone

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+61 3 924 46681

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Burwood Teaching Staff Name

Mr Hilton Short

Department

Information Systems and Business Analytics

Faculty

Business and Law

Campus

Melbourne Campus

Email

[email protected]

Phone Tutors Department

Information Systems and Business Analytics

Faculty

Business and Law

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Email

Ms Neluka Devpura:[email protected]; Dr Dinithi Pallegedara:[email protected]; Dr Ishan Senarathna:[email protected] Dr David Stewart: [email protected]

Administrative queries If you need help with any aspect of your life at Deakin, you can: ● ● ● ● ●

Contact your Unit Chair or Lecturer Speak to a Student Adviser Drop in or contact Student Central Ask Watson in DeakinSync Visit the Division of Student Life

ABOUT THIS UNIT

The digital revolution has changed the practice of business. Data to support business decisions (data collected by busin systems as well as through the Internet and Social Media such as Facebook and Twitter) are growing exponentially and becoming increasingly difficult to understand and use. Business Analytics is the broad use of quantitative reasoning skills in business decision making. Business Analytics helps managers to solve complex business problems, improve business performance, anticipate and plan for change while managing and balancing risks. This unit will provide students with the analytical knowledge and skills to explore data to patterns and relationships in data; assess uncertainty and risk of business decisions; evaluate decisions; and forecast an predict trends.

Unit development in response to student feedback

Every trimester, we ask students to tell us, through eVALUate, what helped and hindered their learning in each Unit. Yo strongly encouraged to provide constructive feedback for this Unit when eVALUate opens (you will be emailed a link).

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We take your feedback and evaluation very seriously and at the end of this unit you are strongly encouraged to comple Student Evaluation form.

The following aspects of the unit have been introduced, enhanced or retained in response to feedback from students w have undertaken this unit in previous trimesters: ● ● ● ● ● ●

The unit has been redeveloped with a strong business focus. Increased the length of weekly lab classes (tutorials) throughout the trimester Record lecture classes for release on Cloud Deakin Present after hours weekly 'live' on-line seminar sessions for our cloud (online) students Live stream on campus lectures Presentation of 'support' seminars at crucial times throughout the term

If you have any concerns about the Unit during the trimester, please contact the unit teaching team - preferably early i trimester - so we can discuss your concerns, and make adjustments, if appropriate.

Your Course and Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes GLO1 Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities:

appropriate to the level of study related to a discipline or profession

GLO2 Communication:

using oral, written and interpersonal communication to inform, motivate and effect c

GLO3 Digital literacy:

using technologies to find, use and disseminate information

GLO4 Critical thinking:

evaluating information using critical and analytical thinking and judgment

GLO5 Problem solving:

creating solutions to authentic (real world and ill-defined) problems

GLO6 Self-management:

working and learning independently, and taking responsibility for personal actions

GLO7 Teamwork:

working and learning with others from different disciplines and backgrounds

GLO8 Global citizenship:

engaging ethically and productively in the professional context and with diverse communities and cultures in a global context

Each Deakin course has Course Learning Outcomes which explain what the Deakin Learning Outcomes mean in your discipline. Learning in each unit builds towards the Course Learning Outcomes.

Your Unit Learning Outcomes

Each Unit in your course is a building block towards these Graduate Learning Outcomes - not all Units develop and asse every Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO).

These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit At the completion of this Unit, successful students can:

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1 Explain why data driven / fact based approach to solving business problem is important.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2 Apply quantitative reasoning skills to analyse business performance.

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3 Create data-driven / fact based solutions to complex business scenarios.

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4 Use contemporary data analysis tools to analyse business performance.

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