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dc.contributor.authorAitken, Ashley
dc.contributor.authorHatt, Gillian
dc.contributor.editorJohn Lamp
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:35:41Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:35:41Z
dc.date.created2013-03-18T20:00:47Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationAitken, Ashley and Hatt, Gillian. 2012. Creating Value In An Introductory Business IS And IT Unit, in Lamp, J. (ed), Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS): Location, location, location, Dec 3-5 2012, pp. 1-10. Geelong, Victoria: Deakin University.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47795
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Given the downturn in student enrolments in Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT) units, and the poor performance of a first-year IS and IT common-core unit in a business school, a new unit was developed. Action and design science research methods were employed. The new unit has a unique focus on two key skills and on modern IT and information literacy. The first skill involves describing information systems, and the second, determining how to create business value with IT in specific business contexts. Modern IT tools like a Web-based productivity suite and professional networking services are introduced, together with advanced search techniques and services and an information quality evaluation framework. The evaluation of the utility and efficacy of the unit is based on the institutional standard student feedback survey and unsolicited feedback. The unit has achieved a significant improvement in evaluation results and feedback from students, as well as converting students who were previously averse to IS and IT to study further in these areas.

dc.publisherDeakin University; Geelong; Victoria; Australia
dc.subjectdesign science
dc.subjectaction research
dc.subjectcommon core
dc.subjectfirst year students
dc.subjectunit skills
dc.subjectInformation systems
dc.titleCreating Value In An Introductory Business IS And IT Unit
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage10
dcterms.source.titleProceedings Of The 23rd Australasian Conference on Information Systems
dcterms.source.seriesProceedings Of The 23rd Australasian Conference on Information Systems
dcterms.source.isbn9781741561722
dcterms.source.conferenceACIS
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateDec 3 2012
dcterms.source.conferencelocationDeakin University; Geelong; Victoria
dcterms.source.placeVictoria Australia
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