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| SYLLABUS |
| Business Intelligence and Information Science, basic course ,
15 ECTS Credits |
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COURSE CATEGORY Fristående kurs
MAIN FIELD OF STUDY Informatics/Information - and media science - IKO
SUBJECT AREA
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COURSE CODE |
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760G02 |
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| AIM OF THE COURSE |
The aim of the course is that the student acquires understanding and practical experiences of situation analysis. The student is expected to develop both theoretical knowledge and practical skills to be able to anticipate and identify possibilities and threats in an organisation's environment and supply the it with information as decision-making basis for adaptation and development.
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of role of business intelligence from an organisational perspective
- be familiar with basic concepts, theories, models and methods of competitive intelligence and business intelligence
- be familiar with the importance of information literacy for competitive intelligence and business intelligence on individual, organisation and community levels
- demonstrate knowledge of relevant information resources and efficient retrieval strategies
- account for and apply source-critical principles
- independently supervise and analyse an organisation's environment
- independently acquire and assess business information
- analyse, present and discuss/communicate competitive intelligence and business intelligence
- integrate and apply acquired knowledge and skills in an individual advanced study project
- strategically search and use information, i.e. demonstrate basic information literacy
- make assessments with a critical and scientific approach
- have ability to plan, implement, analyse, document and communicate the competitive intelligence from a critical, scientific and ethical perspective. |
| CONTENTS |
The course covers competitive intelligence and business intelligence from organisation and individual perspectives. Theory is combined with practical exercises including an individual in-depth assignment.
Central parts of the course: Information Literacy, organisational theory, problem solving and leadership in organisations, organisational learning - learning organisations, Business Intelligence, Information Management - Knowledge Management, communication theory, information retrieval - strategies and resources. |
| TEACHING |
| The teaching takes the form of lectures, seminars, group assignments based on realistic cases or scenarios, demonstrations and exercises. |
| EXAMINATION |
In-depth assignment documented in an essay/paper that is ventilated with seminar procedure at the final seminar.
Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course two times are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.
Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades. |
| ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS |
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| GRADING |
| A grade of Pass with Credit, Pass or Fail is given for the course |
| CERTIFICATE |
| Course certificate is issued by the Faculty Board on request. The Department provides a special form which should be submitted to the Student Affairs Division. |
| COURSE LITERATURE |
| The course literature is decided upon by the department
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| OTHER INFORMATION |
Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus.
The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed. |
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Business Intelligence and Information Science, basic course
Omvärldsanalys ur ett informationsvetenskapligt perspektiv, grundkurs |
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Department responsible
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the course or
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Bibl. - University Library |
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| Registrar No: 328/06-41 |
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Course Code: 760G02 |
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Exam codes: see Local Computer System |
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| Subject/Subject Area : Informatics/Information - and media science - IKO |
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Education level |
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Field of Education |
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Basic level |
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IKO |
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SA |
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The syllabus was approved by the Board of Faculty of Arts and Science 2007-11-12
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