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Business Intelligence Tools and Techniques (ICT208)

Points: 

4

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
APMISIN: T2A-internal
KDUPJ: S1-internal
SMANUFED: T1B-internal

[see Teaching Periods and Census Dates] 

Description: 

Increasingly, organisations are relying upon the ability to make strategic use of the vast amounts of data generated from their operations. This unit explores the tools and methods used to support organisational decision making through business intelligence (BI) tools and techniques. Students are exposed to practical aspects of BI through a series of cases using commercially available BI tools. Topics include decision making and support, modelling and analysis, data mining, business performance management, and intelligent systems.

Contact time: 

Lectures and practice sessions: up to 4 hours per week.

Prerequisites: 

Nil. Some basic familiarity with spreadsheets and the Internet is assumed.

Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Exclusions: 

Students who have successfully completed ICT208 Commercial Computing may not enrol in this unit for credit.

Used in these Courses: 

Business Informatics (BBusInformatics)
Business Information Systems (BSc)
Graduate Diploma in Information Technology

Used in these Minors: 

Digital Marketing
Information Management