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2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS3050 Information Management in Organisations

10 creditsClass Size: 100

Module manager: Dr David Allen
Email: da2@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

Pre-requisites

LUBS1150Information Technology and Communication Skills I

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

The co-requisite for this module is either LUBS3070 Strategic Management OR LUBS3080 Business Strategy.In modern organisations information is a critical resource. How this resource is managed, for better or for ill, is therefore a key strategic concern and will have a major impact on the success of the organisation. On this module students will be exposed to both the theory of information management and the practice, through the contributions of guest speakers from industry and other methods. Students will therefore acquire a critical appreciation of the issues involved in effective information management, whatever form the information may be in; financial, market intelligence, e-mails, etc.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

- critique the context, role and scope of information management in modern organization;
- analyse the current areas of research and practice in information management;
- distinguish between information management and knowledge or technology management;
- discuss the dilemmas that faced during the information life cycle;
- appraise information behavior and its relationship with strategy;
- critically evaluate key IM issues; and
- select and use techniques and tools for information strategy formation.

Syllabus

The following topics will be covered during this module:

Information Creation: How is internally created information organised

Information Acquisition: Competitive intelligence, market research, technological innovation, environmental scanning

Information Organisation: Electronic document management. The impact of not organising information ? legal and practice (overload) based. Intranets as organising mechanisms. Information mapping and audits.

Information Storage/Retrieval Systems: Document Management

Information Access: Security issues

Information Dissemination functions: The delivery of service to or the role of intermediaries in the discovery of information

Information Use: Information use behaviour and information seeking

Information strategy formation and the strategic management of information.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Lecture111.0011.00
Seminar51.005.00
Private study hours84.00
Total Contact hours16.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)100.00

Private study

44 hours: 4 hours reading per lecture
15 hours: 3 hours preparation per seminar
25 hours: Assessed Course Work preparation

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students receive feedback and their progress is monitored by themselves and tutor on an ongoing basis, e.g. class discussion and student presentations during seminars.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Assignment3,000 words. Resit by 2 hour written paper.100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 26/03/2009

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