Week 1 Lecture 1

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Introduction

• Week 1 Lecture 1

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Course Staff

• Lecturers
• A/Prof. Joseph Davis
• Dr. Ying Zhou (zhouy_at_it.usyd.edu.au)
• Consultation Thursday, 5-6 pm
• Tutors
• Rohit Dhawan
• Andrea Stern
• Various guest lecturers
• Library, SOT, Industry

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Objectives

• Learn formal methods of information collection
  and analysis
• Critical skills for future IS career and IS
  project
• Identify and articulate the project problem and
  its context,
• Find, understand, analyse and evaluate literature
  related to the project
• Write a project proposal
• Collect data using both qualitative and
  quantitative investigative methods
• Analyze and interpret that data
• Present and communicate your results verbally and
  in writing.

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Course Outline

• Four major parts
• Research basics (4 weeks)
• Identify topic and scope
• Find and review literature
• Design
• Data collection (3.5 weeks)
• Various data sources
• Data analysis (2.5 weeks)
• Dealing with qualitative and quantitative data
• Advanced topics (3 weeks)
• Current IS issues in industry research
• Popular theories and models used in IS project
  and research

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Assessment Package

• Assignments
• Project proposal ( 20 )
• due on week 5 (Apr 14th before 1200pm )
• Small survey project ( 15)
• due on week 11 (May 26th before 1200pm )
• Small group presentation (5)
• Held on week 12 13s tutorial
• Written exam (60)
• Closed book
• You need to pass 40 of the exam to pass the
  course

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Assessment package

• Late work
• In the interests of fairness to all students, the
  School of Information Technologies policy states
  that late work cannot be accepted.
• In exceptional cases late work must be submitted
  directly to the unit coordinator accompanied by
  an application for Special Consideration as
  outlined in the School of Information
  Technologies Undergraduate Handbook.
• The coordinator will assess the application
  immediately and either accept or reject it.

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Assessment package

• Marks of assignments will be published through
  WebCT, usually two weeks after the due date
• You are required to check the correctness of your
  mark regularly
• Errors or omissions should be reported to the
  unit coordinator, with appropriate evidence,
  within ten days of being published
• Ten days after being published, marks are
  considered to have been confirmed and will not
  subsequently be altered.

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Timetable
Time Thursday Friday
9 Tutorial F09A Eastern Avenue Sem 403
10 Tutorial F10A Carslaw Tutorial room 830
11 Tutorial R11A Eastern Avenue Sem 120
12 Tutorial R12 A Carslaw Tutorial room 830
13 Lecture 1 Carslaw Lecture Theatre 175 Lecture 2 Carslaw Lecture Theatre 175
14 Tutorial R14 A Transient Tut Room 246
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Tutorials

• We will discuss one business or IS case each week
  till week 11. You should read the case before the
  tutorial.
• Detailed tutorial attendance and participation
  will be recorded.
• Tutorial (2 -11) will not be assessed
• If you need to change your tutorial time
• Discuss this with your tutor with appropriate
  evidence.
• Priorities
• Tutorial is not full
• You have timetable clash
• Other reasons

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Our Textbook

• Research Methods for Business Students (3rd
  Edition ) by Mark N.K. Saunders, Philip Lewis,
  Adrian Thornhill
• Organized according to research process
• With emphasis on data collection and analysis
• Sample project writings
• Self check questions and answers
• One business case for each topic