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Opleiding: Business Information Systems Management, MSc
Learning purpose
The Business Information Systems Management Masters examines how Information Systems can be used strategically by organisations, especially web-based information systems and knowledge management systems. The course is focused on strategy, quality management and legal and regulatory implications of information systems. The Business Information systems Management masters is ideal for students with a business or computing degree who want to move into careers like information systems auditing, quality management, e-commerce, systems development, or strategic management of IS-IT.
Programme
The course is focused on strategy, quality management and the legal and regulatory implications of information systems. It is ideal for studnets with a business or computing degree who want to move into careers such as information systems auditing, quality management, e-commerce, systems development, or startegic management of IS-IT.
As a full-time student you take two modules each term and as a part-time student you take one module each term. Each term involves 24 weeks of teaching. You will follow the taught modules with a project module-dissertation.
- Information Systems Quality Management (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- This module is at the heart of Software Engineering Quality Management and aims to impart the knowledge and skills for the Engineering, monitoring, and improving information systems. Engineering good quality software products benefits from a controlled and managed development process. Managing the complexity of organisations and the complexity and proliferation of information systems and their many failures demand specialised knowledge and skills. In particular, quality assurance engineers, project and systems managers and auditors need the knowledge and skills to monitor and assess both the software process and software artefacts in order to provide guidance and leadership for their improvement. The quality manager also needs to have the knowledge and skills for evaluation and selection of appropriate process models, methods, tools and human resources.
- Knowledge Management Strategies (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- To maintain competitive advantage in the knowledge economy, organisations need a knowledge management strategy. The aim of this module is to enable participants to draw upon the latest theory and praxis in knowledge management to be able to assist organisations in developing knowledge management systems that nurture and exploit business, social and technological aspects of the organization.
- Regulation of Electronic Commerce and Information Technology (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- This module focuses on the regulation of electronic commerce activities and associated technologies. It gives students an understanding of regulatory frameworks for electronic technologies and the underlying legal principles which govern electronic commerce. The module critically examines the role of regulation in the commercial context of electronic transactions and how such regulation applies to these transactions. Legal and regulatory issues related to intellectual property, conducting business online, privacy, jurisdiction are among topics covered. In addition to the above, the module covers regulation in the broader context of professional and ethical issues relevant to the use of information technology.
- Web-based Information Systems Management (30 Credits) - Compulsory
- The business strategy of an organisation should be supported by Information Systems IS and Information Technology IT strategy. In order to achieve this, developing IS should be part of an organisation s strategic planning. The module will explore major concepts, methods and technologies needed to develop business strategies for an organisation focusing on the Internet as the medium. Data management systems are now the central software of enterprise systems and the driving force behind E-Commerce. The module will cover the fundamentals of managing industrial data. This module aims to integrate theory and practice in a holistic manner. This module aims to give students the knowledge how to use and manage information systems to bring value to the organisation.
Entry Requirements
We welcome applications from graduates with a good honours degree, or equivalent qualification, in an appropriate subject. We also consider candidates with other relevant qualifications and individuals with a minimum of three years' work experience. Those without formal qualifications need to demonstrate relevant work experience and the ability to study at postgraduate level.
English language requirements
You must have competence in English language and we normally require Grade C GCSE or an equivalent qualification. The most common English Language requirements for international students are IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL (paper based) 575 or TOEFL (internet based) 90 with specified minimum scores for each component.
Professional perspective and employment market
What can you do with a Business Information Sytems degree?
Our Business Information Systems courses prepare graduates for a wide range of varied careers. As a graduate you will have excellent career prospects and the range of potential employers will be vast across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. There is also the potential to work as a self employed director of your own business.
Where do our graduates go?
Based on data from the respondents of the 2007 Destination of Leavers in Higher Education survey, six months after graduating
- 69% of Middlesex BIS graduates were in employment
- 25% went on to do further study
- 3% were assumed unemployed
- 3% were doing something else, such as travelling
Middlesex graduates from this group have been successful at gaining employment in the following roles
- Data Analyst, JP Morgan
- Software Engineer, Visa Europe
- QA, Platform Software
- Database Admin, Livingstone Partners
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