1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Introduction to business support systems; spreadsheets,
report generators etc. Computer based data conversion:
graphics, business presentation tools, Integrated packages.
Case study presentations.
Recommended Reading
Gelinas, U.J., Jr., Oram, A.E., & Wiggins, W.P., Accounting
Information Systems 2nd edn, South-Western Publishing Co.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1993.
Stern, N., & Stern, R.A., Computing in the Information Age, John
Wiley & Sons, 1993.
Laudon, K.C., & Laudon, J.P., Business Information Systems, 3rd
edn Dryden Press, 1995
IT1 05
Behaviour and Communications in
Organisations
10 credit points 4 hours per week @ Hawthorn
Assessment: oral presentations, research project, journak class
participation
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Information
Technology.
0 bjedives
To provide students with:
an understanding of the nature and importance of
communication, interpersonal skills and group
development to organisational management;
to develop students' interpersonal skills and skills as
team members;
to allow students to experiment with various
techniques, theories and approaches to communications
and management through the use of experiential
teaching techniques;
to prepare students to appreciate the context of work
and their own roles as organisation members;
to provide a foundation for subsequent studies.
Content
Interpersonal and group communication, report writing,
oral presentations, team work, percpeption, conflict
management and research skills.
Recommended Reading
To be advised.
IT201
Decision Analysis
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
0-
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Prerequisite: None Assessment: examination/
assignment
2 A first year year subject in the Bachelor of Information
Technology.
Objectives
To familiarise students with a range of statistical,
financial and modelling methods commonly used in the
decision support area.
The application of techniques to solve business
problems and to present the results using software
packages such as LOTUS, Excel, SAS-JMP, is
emphasised.
Content
Exploratory Data Analysis.
Basic statistical ideas such as probability and the
combination of probabilities, probability distributions and
their applications, statistical measures (mean, variance),
linear regression, introduction to simulation. Estimation and
hypothesis testing.
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Statistical applications through the use of sources of data,
data collection and manipulation with packages such as
EXECEL. Forecasting and time series.
Financial analysis, the concept of interest, present value
methods, discounted cash flow, internal rates of return.
Throughout the course, analysis and graphical presentations
by using packages such as LOTUS is emphasised.
Recommended Reading
To be advised.
IT202 COBOL Programming
10 credit points 3% hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisite: IT102 Introductory Programming
Assessment: assignments, test, examination
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Information
Technology.
0 b jedives
To train students to be able to:
read, understand, modify and debug COBOL programs;
design, write, test and document attractive wellstructured
programs in COBOL, using the main features
of 1985 ANSI COBOL.
Content
Algorithm design using pseudocode, structure charts,
decison tables.
Cobol fundamental syntax and structure.
Sequential file processing.
Multiple sequential files.
Indexed file processing.
Group control reporting.
Editing.
Arithmetic.
Validation including If, Inspect, Unstring, String, Evaluate.
Tables
Testing.
Modular programming
Recommended Reading
Stern, N. & Stern, R., Structured COBOL Programming, 7th edn,
John Wiley &Sons, Inc., 1994
Grauer, R.T., Structured COBOL Programming, Prentice-Hall,
1985 [or later]
Juliff, P., Program Design, Prentice-Hall, 1986 [or later]