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Part Three – Postgraduate Units of StudyECON891 Economies in Transition4 pg cpThis unit examines issues of structural reform and macroeconomicstabilisation programs in economies in transitionfrom central planning to a market economy. Thefocus is primarily on the experiences of Central andEastern European economies but case studies may alsobe drawn from Asia, including China and Vietnam.GSE822 Environmental Context of ModernBusiness4 pg cpThis unit, while introducing the consideration of the corporationin society in relation to the environment, surveyscurrent environmental trends both nationally and globally.Consideration of the concept of ecologically sustainabledevelopment leads into approaches to environmentaldecision-making and the quantitative evaluation of environmentalanalysis. Ethics and belief systems in environmentaleducation provide the context for examination ofthe roles and responsibilities of government, the communityand business.GSE823 Environmental Management withinthe Corporation4 pg cpThis unit looks specifically at the role and responsibilitieswithin a corporation in terms of environmental management.Detailed consideration is given to practical aspectsof establishing and maintaining an environmental managementsystem (ISO 14000)—planning, implementation,training and resourcing, measurement, evaluation,review and improvement. Also covered is an overview ofmethods for cleaner production and waste minimisation,life cycle analysis and interacting with neighbours andactivists.ICHM801 Management and Organisations4 pg cpThe unit reviews the ideas and processes that haveevolved to make organisational management such animportant part of global commerce. The cultural implicationsfor organisational managers, practical problemsand opportunities will be examined in a contemporaryinternational setting. Diagnostic models and data collectionmethods highlight the tools necessary for contemporaryethical decision making.ICHM802 Managing Service Relationships4 pg cpThis unit begins with an overview of an “ideal” relationshipbetween service providers and their customers,comparing customers’ evaluations of service withproviders’ benchmarks. It includes a discussion of culturaldifferences in ethical values and the relative focuson quality versus quantity and a discussion of contemporarychallenges facing managers in the internationalservice industry.ICHM811 Foundations of OrganisationalPerformance4 pg cpThis unit aims to provide a basis for the critical appraisalof contrasting perspectives of structure, operation andmanagement of organisations. It is designed to encouragea greater level of awareness of, and sensitivity to, theorganisational factors and management processes influencingbehaviour and performance of people at work.ICHM812 Entrepreneurial Leadership4 pg cpThe aim of this unit is to encourage students to movefrom a skills-based focus towards a general managementemphasis, with managerial leadership at the core. Theunit will explore different theories about motivation, theworkings of groups and teams and the importance ofentrepreneurial management.ICHM821 Media Management4 pg cpThe overall aim of this unit is to examine strategic marketingso as to fit the media to the market. The topics ofplanning, analysing and implementing the marketingcommunications process add depth to the drive for integratedmarketing communications, encompassing theaudience and environment, measurement and the media.ICHM822 Strategic Intelligence4 pg cpThis unit aims to evaluate the different ways firms obtain,store and use their intelligence resources. The unit examinesthe factors that precipitate change and the capabilitiesof managers to rethink their business processes. Itwill examine the barriers to sharing and using strategicintelligence, and identify ways to shape the future of abusiness.ICOM811 Communication and Social,Economic and Political Development4 pg cpThis unit examines the process of international communicationin the context of social, political and economicdevelopment. It includes a study of the literature on communicationand development and focuses on ways policiesare developed to facilitate change. In addition to thetheoretical basis for communication, particular attentionis given to the role of the media and its effect on publicopinion.ICOM818 Research Seminar inInternational Communication4 pg cpIn this unit students will be intensively exposed to internationalcommunication research projects through examinationof published research studies and unpublisheddissertations. Students will be required to write critiquesof selected research projects. Students will learn andimprove analytical and critical skills through discussionsof conceptual frameworks and theories used in conduct-251
Handbook of Postgraduate Studies – 2004ing research in international communication; analysis ofdifferent research designs and their methodological logic;and presentation skills.ICOM828 Special Project4 pg cpThe Special Project provides candidates with an opportunityto engage in practical work in their chosen field aswell as produce a research document showing evidenceof critical thinking. Students may either take an internshipof a total of 100 hours and a critical commentary of4,000 words or create a media product and a critical commentaryof 4,000 words.ICOM891 Communication ResearchMethodologies4 pg cpThe purpose of this unit is to prepare students for theirfinal research projects in ICOM 818. Students will beinstructed in the principal research methodologies used inthe field of international communication. These includeethnographic research, case studies, content analysis, delphimethod, discourse analysis, documentary research,focus groups, in-depth interviews, projective technique,semiotics studies and survey method.ITEC830 XML Technologies4 pg cpA thorough introduction to the technological fundamentalsof web based e-commerce, emphasising the applicationof XML (eXtensible Markup Language) as a tool forstructuring transactions and organising complex dynamicinformation. Topics include document computing (webservers,XML, XSLT), web services (application servers,SOAP), XML data formats and standards, meta-data andXML databases.ITEC832 Application Integration4 pg cpThis unit covers a range of topics in business processmanagement, including workflow and integration of distributedsystems. With reference to a current case study,we map the information flows in a B2B integration scenarioand assess the available technologies. In doing so,factors such as cost, performance, security and scalabilityare analysed, recommend a design and construct a prototype.ITEC841 Project and Risk Management4 pg cpTopics include project definition, scheduling and milestones,organisation of development and quality assuranceteams, resource allocation, cost estimation,cost/benefit analysis, risk analysis and management, factorsthat affect costs, version and change control, qualityand process improvement methods, the use of quantitativemethods, distributed and concurrent engineering, andthe management of composite hardware/software systemsdevelopment.252ITEC871 Information Systems Design andManagement4 pg cpThis unit focuses on enterprise management informationsystems and the technologies used in their design, implementationand maintenance. The alignment of informationsystems with business strategy, socio-technicalaspects of system development and e-commerce systemsare all explored. A case study analysing business processesfor an enterprise systems project is conducted.MIST800 Computer Applications inBusiness4 pg cpThis unit introduces students to data analysis usingEXCEL and database management using ACCESS.Software applications include MYOB and Powerpointfor the presentation of decision making information.There is also an introduction to Web page design usingHTML.MIST811 Information Management4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with the use of state-of-the-artinformation technology for the systematic managementof information. The complete flow of information fromrecording instrument to statistical report, using graphical,database, and statistical expert system concepts. Itincludes Access database multitable queries and introductionto Visual Basic programming.MIST812 Decision Support Systems4 pg cpDecision support systems provide information to supportsemi-structured and unstructured decisions in modernorganisations. The decision support systems studied inthis unit are computer based and provide for user manipulationof source data extracted from databases bothinternal and external to the organisation. Students willstudy decision support systems involving: DataWarehousing and Data Marts, Online AnalyticProcessing, Data Mining (using SPSS Clementine), andGeographic Information Systems. The unit will be taughtusing modern software.MIST822 Web-database Engineering4 pg cpThis unit is designed to give broader and more advancedcoverage of the material on website design and managementintroduced in MIST812 Decision Support Systems,emphasising database queries using SQL. This unit coverswebsite design and management. Students will begiven the opportunity to learn in hands-on mode, usingweb servers available in a dedicated laboratory, whichwill simulate the environment used by companies todevelop their websites for commercial use.
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