This unit present a coherent understanding of informational practices within organisations. It explores the structural and functional aspects that constitute organisational informatics and how these aspects combine to support diverse activities undertaken by organisations. The emphasis is to explore how information, and the ability to exploit it, contributes to corporate memory, enterprise knowledge and innovation in products, services and processes. Particular attention is given to diverse organisational setting to address private and public enterprises as well as third sector organisations.
Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:
(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:
(b.) Study schedule for off-campus students:
(c.) Additional requirements (all students):
See also Unit timetable information
The workload commitments for 8 hours of independent study per week during the semester, comprising:
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| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | Introduction and Frameworks for Organisational Informatics | |
| 2 | Context: Organisational design | |
| 3 | Context: Information infrastructure | Assignment 1: Journal paper approval |
| 4 | Context: Technology | Assignment 3: Case study approval |
| 5 | Reflective practice: Sense-making | |
| 6 | Reflective practice: Remembering | Assignment 3: Part 1 due |
| 7 | Reflective practice: Learning | Assignment 1: Critical Review due |
| 8 | Organisational informatics case study | Assignment 3: Part 2 due |
| 9 | Implementing organisational informatics | |
| 10 | Constructing a viable organisation | Assignment 3: Part 3 due |
| 11 | The value proposition of Organisational Informatics | Assignment 2: Evaluation Essay due |
| 12 | Reflection on Organisational Informatics | Assignment 3: Case Study Report due |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken in SWOT VAC. | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
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In-semester assessment: 100%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1: Critical Review | 30% | Week 7 |
| Assignment 2: Evaluation Essay | 20% | Week 11 |
| Assignment 3: Case Study Assignment | 50% | Part 1 due week 6; Part 2 due week 8; Part 3 due week 10; Final case study report is due in week 12. |
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A Marking Guide for this assignment will be made available on the unit Moodle website.
Detailed specifications will be provided on the Assignment sheet.
A Marking Guide for this assignment will be made available on the unit Moodle website.
Detailed specifications will be provided on the Assignment sheet.
A Marking Guide for this assignment will be made available on the unit Moodle website.
Lectures and seminars will be supported with relevant articles, papers and other materials that will be detailed on the unit Moodle website.
The following books provide a good overview of the current thinking (despite their publication dates) on the topic but approach Organisational Informatics from a knowledge perspective:
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