BSc Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB)

1. BSc Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) Dr Oscar De Bruijn Programme Director for BSc Information Technology Management for Business o.de-bruijn@mbs.ac.uk

2. Agenda • Welcome by the programme director • Programme administrator talk • Getting to know each other • E-skills talk • Placement students talk • Group activity • ITMB Society talk • Closing comments

3. A bit of background Research from CA in 2007, conducted by independent research company Loudhouse of 100 IT Directors across the UK and Ireland, reveals that poor visibility of IT project status and a lack of management control over them is costing the UK over a quarter of a billion pounds each year. A third of all projects implemented each year end up over budget with the typical over-spend between 10% and 20% of the original budget. The survey also highlighted the increased complexity of IT projects, with a typical company running 29 projects at any one time and an average IT budget of between £1m and £5m.

4. Use of Technology in Context Innovate Technology Implement People ITMB learning outcomes Promote Organisations Predict Business

5. BUSINESS At the end of the Programme students should: • Have demonstrated that they have mastered basic business disciplines and courtesies, demonstrating timeliness, focus when faced with distractions, and ability to complete tasks to a deadline with high quality. • Have demonstrated a mastery of basic business functions and organisational structures, including a sound understanding of modern business working practices, covering work in the office, at home and on the move. • Be able to take apart non-obvious business problems, structure the problem, collect relevant information, consider options and make recommendations. • Be able to use basic predictive modelling techniques and system thinking to predict future performance and propose system improvements. • Be able to construct a basic investment case for a multi-year initiative of uncertain outcome. • Be able to sell a moderately complex technology-oriented solution demonstrating understanding of business need, using open questions and summarising skills, and demonstrating basic negotiating skills. • Have gained and demonstrated competence in business and data analysis.

6. TECHNOLOGY At the end of the Programme students should: • Have demonstrated a good understanding of system architecture. • Gain and be able to demonstrate competence up to Level 3 (APPLY) of the SFIA framework in Database design (DBDS) • Gain and be able to demonstrate competence up to Level 3 (APPLY) of the SFIA framework in Programming/Software Development (PROG) • Have demonstrated the ability to collaborate with other people through the use of groupware systems • Gain understanding of Management and Operations (COPS). • Be aware of how to roll out a system in a customer friendly way. • Be aware of HCI and ergonomic issues in system design. • Have acquired technology competence in two chosen fields up to Level 4 (ENABLE) of the seven level SFIA framework.

7. PERSONAL AND INTER-PERSONAL At the end of the Programme students should: • Be able to make concise, engaging and well-structured presentations, arguments and explanations of varying lengths by using various media • Understand their personal preferences, styles, strengths and weaknesses and be able to demonstrate how they use this knowledge to more effectively complete challenging business assignments. • Understand how to gain insight into the preferences, motivations, strengths and weaknesses of other people and demonstrate how they use these insights to work more effectively with others in team situations; motivate others to work more effectively in group situations. • Be competent in influencing and persuading others constructively, understanding the implications of defensive behaviour and personal strategies to overcome it; demonstrating knowledge of the taught techniques and the ability to use them effectively in realistic situations.

8. PERSONAL AND INTER-PERSONAL CONTINUED At the end of the Programme students should: • Have learnt how to deal with setbacks, misfortunes and hiatuses in ways that strengthen their positive attitude, and develop their self-reliance and ability to self-start on their own initiative. • Be able to give and receive direct feedback constructively; demonstrate how they incorporate it into learning and future action. • Be fluent written and verbal communicators, able to articulate complex issues, taking into account the audience viewpoint and have demonstrated competence in this. • Be able to manage their own course and life long learning.

9. BSc ITMB Learning Outcomes PROJECT At the end of the Programme students should: • Be able to construct a project plan for a multi-threaded project, and demonstrate that they can manage a risk register and lead a project review meeting. • Be able to manage a risk register. • Be able to manage a small project, including the rescheduling for deviations and handling review meetings. • Understand those quality issues concerned with project implementation. https://ughandbook.portals.mbs.ac.uk/Myprogramme/Coursechoicesprogrammestructures/Programmespecifications.aspx

10. Your ProgrammeBSc ITMB 1 year = 120 credits Semester 1 – 4 x 10 credit compulsory courses • BMAN10641 Human Computer Interaction • BMAN10701 Business Database Design and Development • BMAN10671 Business Application Design and Development 1 • BMAN10621M Fundamentals of Financial Reporting Semester 2 - 4 x 10 credit compulsory courses • BMAN10632M Fundamentals of Management Accounting • BMAN10652 The Nature of Information Systems • COMP19512 Introduction to Computer Systems • COMP19612 Business Application Design and Development 2

11. Your ProgrammeBSc ITMB Semester 1 and 2 – 3 x full year compulsory courses • BMAN10680 Guru Lectures and Professional Development (10 credits) • BMAN10690 Integrative Team Project (20 credits) • BMAN10780 Business & Management Skills (10 credits) https://ughandbook.portals.mbs.ac.uk/Myprogramme/Coursechoicesprogrammestructures/Programmestructures.aspx. http://courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/#mbs

12. Progression • Pass everything (40%+ in 120 credits) = PROGRESS • Pass 40%+ in 100 or 110 credits and a “compensatable fail” (30-39%) in 10 or 20 credits = PROGRESS • If you fail 30 credits or more (<40%) = RESITS • If you fail any course below 30% = RESITS • IE students need an average above 55% to stay on the IE programme • Resits take place in August. They are not a ‘second chance’ to gain better grades, only the chance to gain credits lost • There are several programme prizes for high achieving students at the end of each year.

13. How to avoid resits • Attend all lectures, tutorials and seminars • Engage with your study by preparing for lectures and seminars and interacting in tutorials and seminars • Make use of Office Hours if you are facing problems with specific modules • Complete exercises, quizzes, homework etc. – particularly for BMAN10621 and BMAN10632 • Actively contribute to group work assignments such as the team project

14. Academic Advisors • You will meet your AA every other week as part of the Business & Management Skills module • AAs can help with any aspect of academic life • If it is a problem with a module approach the module coordinator/seminar leader first • They can refer you to the Assessment & Student Support Centre for non-academic issues

15. Feedback • Feedback from us to you – on assessment, presentations etc; • Feedback from you to us – via questionnaires, focus groups and surveys, through student representatives; • Further information: https://ughandbook.portals.mbs.ac.uk/Myassessment/Feedback.aspx

16. Student Representatives • Student representatives are the voice of students on MBS committees • Staff-student liaison committee • ITMB Programme committee • Nomination forms available from D20 (including self-nominations) • Deadline 1st October 2012

17. Contacts for the BSc Management Programmes • Undergraduate Office (D20, MBS East) Email: undergraduate@mbs.ac.uk • Assessment and Student Support Centre (D14, MBS East) Email: studentsupport@mbs.ac.uk • Dr Oscar De Bruijn, ITMB Programme Director (F38, MBS East) Email:O.De-bruijn@manchester.ac.uk • Kathryn Nicholls, ITMB programme administrator (D20, MBS East) Email: kathryn.nicholls@mbs.ac.uk

18. Good luck for the forthcoming year!Manchester Business School