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Information Management and Business Technology

 
 
 Information Management and Business Technology
MSc

The Postgraduate Programme in Information Management and Business Technology provides students with practical and theoretical knowledge in the diverse areas of business, information science, and IT. Increasingly, senior business managers are requiring employees with significant skills in both of these areas, with the ability to effectively liaise between these departments within a company. This programme educates students in a wide variety of disciplines within business and information science and is designed by industry for industry. It serves to build on prior experience in these areas and educates them on cutting edge technologies, information systems, business practices, and management styles currently being implemented within the corporate environment. The skills gained in this postgraduate programme will provide graduates with a competitive advantage in a fast-paced and evolving career field.

Academic and professional objectives

The programme aims to produce graduates who have acquired:

  • An awareness of the role and significance of both being an information technology specialist and a business generalist;
  • The learning and leadership skills needed for further professional development;
  • An understanding of the professional, managerial and technical dimensions of information management and business technology;
  • The core skills required to obtain a first professional post in the sector and;
  • The learning skills needed to attain further professional development.

 

Core Modules - Semester 1

Management of IT systems
Essential Skills for Computing
Supporting Collaborative Work through Technology
Research Management

Core modules - Semester 2

Information and Social Network Analysis
Information Management and Semantic Technology
Project Management and Leadership

Information Systems and Modelling

Dissertation

  

 

 

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