Enterprise Systems G (11518.1)

Enterprise systems are large-scale application software packages that support business processes, information flows, reporting, and data analytics in complex organisations. This unit is designed to give students a foundation of enterprise systems.
This unit explores the selection, design, implementation and management of enterprise IT solutions and their fit with the business. The focus is on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resource Management (HRM) and Business Analytics.
Students learn frameworks and strategies for infrastructure management, system administration, data/information architecture, content management, legacy system integration, system consolidation and IT investment analysis. These topics are addressed both within and beyond the organisation, with attention paid to managing risk and security within audit and compliance standards.
The unit utilises a combination of practical sessions with an Enterprise System, such as Technology One, and analyses based on readings of case studies to explore the long-term effects of strategic implementation decisions. The unit explores the emergence and implications of cloud-based Enterprise Systems, and the part that Enterprise Systems play in an organisation's broader information infrastructure. This course is therefore viewed as a combination of business management practice and technology.

This unit will be co-taught with 11366 Enterprise Systems (UG).

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Define concepts, theories and processes in enterprise systems;
2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of enterprise systems;
3. Identify the factors that lead to the development and implementation of ERP systems;
4. Analyse internal and external dimensions of enterprise systems by using an enterprise system; and
5. Communicate effectively in oral and written forms about enterprise systems and processes principles.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures

Skills development

Accreditation -  Australian Computer Society (ACS) 

Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) v9

This unit aligns with the following SFIA professional skills:

Governance GOVN
Technology service management ITMG 
Knowledge management KNOW 
Enterprise and business architecture STPL 
Project management PRMG 

SFIA skills are defined by levels of responsibility, based on autonomy, influence, complexity, business skills, and knowledge. Although this unit may cover knowledge and skills at higher levels, it is expected that graduates of postgraduate degrees will be capable of operating at Level 4 overall.

Seoul Accord 

The UC generic attributes address graduate attributes 1, 6, 7, 9, and 10 of the Seoul Accord. The remaining graduate attributes that are covered in this unit are: 

1. Range of conflicting requirements

2. Problem Analysis 

3. Design/Development of Solutions 

 

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

11366 Enterprise Systems (UG)

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.