AF 302
Information Systems
COURSE OUTLINE
1. SEMESTER/YEAR: Semester 1 2023
2. MODE OF DELIVERY/LOCATION: Blended at all Campuses
3. PRE-REQUISITES: Any 200-level course and AF 121 or IS 121
4. COURSE CO-ORDINATOR: Arvind Patel
5. TEACHING TEAM
Name: Arvind Patel
Office: Postgraduate Lecture Theatre
Phone: +679 3232704
Email: patel_a@usp.ac.fj
Consultation Hours: TBA
6. LECTURE TIMES & VENUE
N/A
7. EMERGENCY CONTACT
Ms Gloria Yam
Ph: 3222517
Yam_g@usp.ac.fj
8. COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course examines information systems incorporating accounting systems; systems
analysis including the design, evaluation, and implementation of business systems in general
and accounting systems in particular; internal control and control systems; IT
entrepreneurship; and potential uses of information systems in services industry, including
the public sector.
9. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Describe the basic tactical and strategic principles of management Information
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Systems (MIS) in optimizing performance in today’s ever-changing business world.
2. Explain how IT provides enterprises with strategic advantages by facilitating
organizational process solutions, increasing productivity and quality, improving
customer service, enhancing collaboration and communication and enabling business
process restructuring.
3. Explain why the business value of IT is determined by people, business processes, and
organizational culture. Understand the strategic planning process, SWOT analysis, and
competitive models.
4. Apply the various data structures within business environments and understand the
types of information systems and how they process data and the types of information
systems used to support business operations and decision makers.
5. Discuss the types of information resources, technologies, and IT-related
infrastructures and the critical success factors in enterprise operations, that are
essential to their survival.
6. Describe how the innovative use of IT throughout the organization in conjunction with
the foundational information systems is the key to achieving IT-related benefits in
organizations. Understand the attributes, benefits, and risks of service- based and
cloud computing infrastructures.
7. Explain the concepts surrounding the different types of information systems used in
organizations and prepare you with knowledge of e-commerce fundamentals. Identify
and describe ethical and legal issues of e-business.
8. Explain the various components in an information system.
9. Explain the objectives, functions and financial value of IT security and be able to
recognize IS vulnerabilities, threats, attack methods and cybercrime symptoms explain
and understand key methods of defending information systems, networks and
wireless devices and describe internal control and fraud and the related legislation.
Understand business continuity and disaster recovery planning methods.
10. Describe the growing role of mobile computing in shopping, entertainment, gaming,
hospitality and travel, and advertising. Describe the growth of location-based services
and commerce. Identify the expansion of enterprise handhelds that make use of
mobile computing technology.
11. Describe how businesses are using Web 2.0 applications to carry out a variety of
business functions more effectively and understand how businesses evaluate the
effectiveness of their social media strategies and tactics.
12. Describe how functional systems support managers and workers at the operational
level and understand the support provided by accounting and finance systems.
13. Explain the major types of outsourcing, reasons for outsourcing, and service-oriented
architecture (SOA) and their role in business agility and process optimization.
14. Recognize the impacts of constant connectivity and distractions on quality of life,
business, safety and interpersonal relationships. Understand the key trends and
forecasts for IT.
15. Describe how IT and users can reduce carbon emissions and hence global warming,
which harms the planet through green business practices and data center designs that
conserve natural resources.
16. Evaluate the unique challenges that exist with outsourcing and IS implementation in
the Pacific.
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10. PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLO)
On successful completion of the program graduates will be able to:
P1
P2
Evaluate/Judge/Test arguments, ideas and theories
Demonstrate a disposition and capacity to undertake career long independent
learning in the field of accounting.
P3 Discriminate between relevant and irrelevant information in framing decisions.
P4 Address real world problems irrespective of whether they can be resolved by
reductionism or not.
P5 Apply knowledge, principles and skills embodied in the curriculum of the
accounting major appropriately and accurately.
P6 Efficiently formulate and effectively communicate accounting information to
users of such information.
P7 Apply the regulatory framework for financial reporting.
P8 Exercise professional judgment in applying accounting policies in the framing of
financial reports.
P9 Critically appraise financial social and environmental accounting practices
employed by entities.
P10 Assess the relevance and capacity for practical application of current and
evolving global accounting practices in South Pacific Island economies.
P11 Articulate the role the law does and can play in facilitating good commercial
practice.
11. USP GRADUATE OUTCOMES
The USP graduate outcomes are as follows:
1. Communication: Graduates will be able to communicate ideas clearly and
persuasively in structured formats using language and other modes of communication
that are appropriate for context, audience and specific disciplinary conventions.
2. Creativity: Graduates will extend boundaries of current knowledge in a particular
discipline or profession.
3. Critical thinking and quantitative reasoning: Graduates will be able to evaluate
multiple perspectives and arrive at a reasonable independent judgement based on
evidence.
4. Ethics: Graduates will demonstrate a commitment to high ethical standards in
scholarly, professional and socio-cultural practices.
5. Pacific consciousness: Graduates will recognize the cultural heritage and diversity of
Pacific societies for sustainable development in a contemporary environment.
6. Professionalism: Graduates will demonstrate the ability to carry out tasks to
acceptable standards within their profession and occupations.
7. Teamwork: Graduates will work together in a respectful and collaborative manner to
complete tasks within teams to achieve an outcome.
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12. COURSE CONTENT
Date
th
1
2
13 Feb
20th Feb
3
4
27th Feb
6th Mar
5
6
7
13th Mar
20th Mar
27th Mar
3rd Apr
10th Apr
17th Apr
24th Apr
1st May
8th May
15th May
22nd May
29th May
5th Jun
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Focus for Each Week
Disruptive IT impacts companies, competition and careers
Information Systems, IT Architecture, Data Governance and
Cloud Computing
Data management, Data Analytics, and Business Intelligence
Networks, collaborative technology and the Internet of
things.
Cyber-security and Risk management technology
Search, semantic and recommendation technology
Web 2.0 and Social technology
MID SEMESTER BREAK
Retail, E-commerce and Mobile commerce technology
Functional business systems
Enterprise systems
Data visualization and geographic information systems
IT strategy, sourcing and strategy technology trends
Systems development and project management
IT ethics, privacy and sustainability
STUDY BREAK
EXAM ASSESSMENT WEEK
Exam timetable will be published
Reference
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
14
13. PRESCRIBED TEXT AND OTHER RESOURCES
Prescribe text
Title – Information Technology for Management- Driving Digital Transformation to increase
Locan and Global Performance, Growth and Sustainability
Author:
Efraim Turban, Carol Pollard & Gregory Wood
Edition:
12th Edition, John Wiley
Description: https://www.amazon.com/information-technology-Management-DemandSustainability/dp/1118890795
Other resources
Students are encouraged to refer to journals to increase their understanding of concepts and
issues relating to the course. The following is a list of journals specializing in accounting and
information systems which students may be interested in:
 Computerworld
 Byte;
 Information and Management
 Appropriate Technology;
 Australian PC World;
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 PC Magazine;
 MIS Quarterly;
 Information Systems Research;
 Journal of Management Information System; and
 International Journal of Accounting Information Systems
This is not an exhaustive list and students are encouraged to refer to other related journals
that they believe are relevant and helpful.
14. ALIGNMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES, ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENT
The following table demonstrates the alignment of the course learning outcomes to
appropriate activities and assessments and the links to programme and USP graduate
outcomes.
Course
Learning
Outcome
Associated Teaching and
Learning Activities
Assessment
Programme
Outcomes
USP
Graduate
Outcomes
1
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
P1, P4, P6, P14
1, 3
2
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
P1, P4, P6, P14
1, 3
3
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
P1, P4, P6, P14
1
4
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
P1, P4, P6, P14
1, 3
5
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
P1, P4, P6, P14
1, 3
6
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Mid
Semester Exam
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Mid
Semester Exam
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Mid
Semester Exam
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Mid
Semester Exam
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Mid
Semester Exam
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Mid
Semester Exam
P1, P4, P6, P14
1
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Assignment
7
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
8
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
9
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
10
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
11
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
12
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
13
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
14
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
15
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
16
Online Forum Participation,
Moodle Videos, Moodle
Readings
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Mid
Semester Exam
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Exam,
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Exam,
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Exam,
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Exam,
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Exam,
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Exam,
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Exam,
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Exam,
Assignment
Weekly Online
forum postings,
Quizzes, Exam,
Assignment
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P1, P4, P6, P14
1, 4
P1, P4, P6, P14
1
P1, P3, P4, P6, P14
1
P1, P4, P6, P14
1
P1, P3, P4, P6, P14
1, 3
P1, P4, P6, P14
1
P1, P4, P6, P14
1
P1, P4, P6, P14
1
P1, P4, P6, P14
1, 3
P1, P4, P6, P14
1, 3, 6
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15. ASSESSMENT
15.1
ASSESSMENT PORTFOLIO
TYPE OF ASSESSMENT
WEIGHT
Comments/Rationale
LEARNING
OUTCOME
Group Assignment. Groups
will be allocated and posted
on Moodle in week 2.
Weekly Discussion Forums
Questions to be posted in
Moodle from week 1 and
selected posts will be
marked for assessment
purposes.
1-16
25%
Topics from Ch1 – 7
Date TBA
1-7
50%
Date TBA by SAS
8 - 16
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT - 50%
Assignment
20%
Online Forum and quiz
Participation
5%
Mid Semester Exam
FINAL EXAMINATION - 50%
Final Examination
15.2
1 -16
PASSING THE UNIT
In order to be awarded a pass in this unit, students must:
 Achieve an overall mark of at least 50% in the course AND
 A minimum of 40% in the final examination
You must also complete all components of the assessment required in this course.
16. GRADE DISTRIBUTION
A+
85-100
A
78-84
B+
71-77
B
64-70
C+
57-63
C
50-56
D
40-49
E
0-39
17. ASSESSMENT POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
For detailed regulations, please refer to the USP Handbook and Calendar.
Plagiarism, copying materials from other sources without proper referencing and
acknowledge of the source is a serious offence and will be dealt with severely. In the
Regulations Governing Academic Misconduct section of the USP Handbook & Calendar
plagiarism is defined as “the copying of another person’s creative work and using it as one’s
own – without explicitly giving credit to the original creator. Work copied without
acknowledgement from a book, from another student’s work, from the internet or from
any other source”. If lecturer is satisfied that plagiarism has occurred, they will report the
matter to the Head of School. They can reduce marks appropriately. If the matter is seen
as serious enough it can be taken to the Student Disciplinary Committee by the Head of
School.
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18. IMPORTANT DATES
Activity
Moodle Discussion forum
MST
Assignment
Final Exam
Week
1-16
7-9
14
16
Weighting (%)
5%
25%
20%
50%
19. ADDITIONAL COURSE ATTENDANCE
There are no F2F lectures or tutorials for this course. The course will be administered through
Moodle. Course learning activities, notices, handouts (including tutorial discussion questions),
assignments and assessment marks will be posted on the course Moodle page. Therefore, you
should login daily.
If you have lost your USP password or do not see your course as a listed course after login,
please contact the ITS student helpdesk.
Any other queries regarding Moodle can be referred to us.
20. STUDENT SUPPORT
The Faculty of Business and Economics also provides SLS through the following staff, who
coordinate peer mentoring for many courses at Laucala Campus. SLS also conducts
workshops and provides assistance with general study skills such as listening, speaking,
writing and referencing. Please visit their website for more details
http://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=8434.
Name
Ms. Pauline Ryland
Office
091(CELT Building) Room 015
Email
Pauline.Ryland@usp.ac.fj
Phone
323 2146
Ms Joycelyn Devi
Joycelyn.devi@usp.ac.fj
21. EXPECTATIONS OF STUDENTS
21.1
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Students are expected to:
 Spend enough time on Moodle and other activities required in the course
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


Complete all assessment activities unless hampered by illness in which case you must
inform your course coordinator.
Arrange with the team members to work in their own times on the project.
Furnish the course coordinator with any proof if you miss an assessment to avoid
getting a zero mark for that assessment.
22. STUDENT WORKLOAD
TYPE
HOURS
Lecture participation
28
Tutorial participation
28
Lecture and tutorial
preparation
112
Moodle work
28
Others
14
TOTAL
210
COMMENTS
Each week students are expected to log onto the 1 x2hrs
lecture on Moodle every Friday 4-6pm Fiji time. Students who
miss out on the live sessions can upload recorded sessions
each week.
Each week students are expected to attend one 2 hour virtual
tutorial session.
Each week students are expected to prepare for the lectures
and tutorial by weekly reading. Students are expected to work
on tutorial questions before each tutorial. Selected solutions to
tutorial questions will be uploaded on Moodle.
Participate in Moodle discussions.
This may include personal online sessions teaching team or any
other activities.
Each student should be able to work out what works best for
them to ensure that they successfully pass this course.
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