Business Informatics
Cross-cultural differences between Germany and Australia
- Art: Diplomarbeit
- Autor: Silke Retzer
- Abgabedatum: April 2003
- Umfang: 172 Seiten
- Dateigröße: 3,4 MB
- Note: 1,0
- Institution / Hochschule: Universität Regensburg Deutschland
- ISBN (eBook): 978-3-8324-6820-0
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ISBN (Paperback) :
978-3-8324-6820-0 P - ISBN (CD) :978-3-8324-6820-0 CD
- Sprache: Englisch
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- Arbeit zitieren: Retzer, Silke April 2003: Business Informatics, Hamburg: Diplomica Verlag
- Schlagworte: Studieren, Australien, Informationssysteme, Studiengang, Universitäten
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Diplomarbeit von Silke Retzer
Abstract:
This study gives an overview about the Business Informatics discipline in Australia with a strong focus on Business Informatics aspects at Australian universities.
Therefore the different terms Business Informatics and Information Systems (IS) are defined first in chapter 2.
The approach taken to exploring Business Informatics at Australian universities was to conduct intensive interviews with eleven Australian university IS academics within the following states and territories of the country: Queensland, New South Wales, The Australian National Capital and Victoria.
Questions were asked relating to the specific universitiy, the educational Business Informatics courses on offer, the organisational structure and cultural aspects within the Business Informatics discipline. The results of the interviews are then supported by a strong web and literature review and are shown summarized in chapter 3.
Additional information was obtained by the 13th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) – from 4th to 6th of December 2002 at the Victoria University Building in Melbourne. The conference gave an insight into topics as Online Learning, the IS discipline at universities and Approaches for Problem-Based Learning in Information Systems. These conference papers are summarized presented in chapter 4.
This detailed overview of IS in Australian universities can then be compared to the Business Informatics discipline in German universities. Several aspects are considered for this in chapter 5 like the educational offers within this discipline area, the organisational structure of Business Informatics/IS within universities and cultural aspects in dependence to the structure of the interview guideline.
Differences and similarities within the Business Informatics/IS discipline in higher education between Germany and Australia are explored, which is the aim of this study. Additional recommendations from the author should be seen as a thought-provoking-impulse and support further development in higher education.
Table of Contents:
| Abstract | i | |
| Declaration | ii | |
| Acknowledgements | iii | |
| List of Tables | iv | |
| List of Figures | vi | |
| Glossary of Acronyms | viii | |
| 1 | INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| 1.1 | MOTIVATION | 5 |
| 1.2 | OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY | 10 |
| 1.3 | RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND DELIMITATIONS | 11 |
| 1.4 | STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS | 13 |
| 2 | BUSINESS INFORMATICS IN AUSTRALIA: A DEFINITION FROM A GERMAN PERSPECTIVE | 15 |
| 3 | INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND RELATEDSTUDIES AT AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES | 22 |
| 3.1 | IS STRUCTURES AT AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES | 22 |
| 3.2 | STUDYING INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES | 29 |
| 3.2.1 | IS Degrees | 29 |
| 3.2.2 | Requirements for Studying IS | 33 |
| 3.2.3 | Fees for Studying IS | 36 |
| 3.2.4 | Examples of two IS degree description | 37 |
| 3.3 | TEACHING METHODS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE IS DISCIPLINE | 41 |
| 3.3.1 | Teaching Methods | 41 |
| 3.3.2 | Quality Assurance | 43 |
| 3.4 | VISITED UNIVERSITIES | 46 |
| 3.4.1 | Central Queensland University (CQU) | 47 |
| 3.4.2 | Deakin University (Deakin) | 50 |
| 3.4.3 | Queensland University of Technology (QUT) | 53 |
| 3.4.4 | University of Queensland (UQ) | 56 |
| 3.4.5 | University of New South Wales (UNSW) | 58 |
| 3.4.6 | University of Sydney (Sydney) | 60 |
| 3.4.7 | University of Technology Sydney (UTS) | 62 |
| 3.4.8 | Australian National University (ANU) | 65 |
| 3.4.9 | University of Canberra (UC) | 67 |
| 3.4.10 | Monash University (Monash) | 70 |
| 3.4.11 | University of Melbourne (UniMelb) | 72 |
| 3.4.12 | Summary and Conclusion | 75 |
| 4 | STATE-OF-THE-ART OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES REFERED TO THE 13TH AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 2002, MELBOURNE | 83 |
| 4.1 | DISCUSSING THE IS DISCIPLINE | 83 |
| 4.2 | A PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING APPROACH FOR IS | 85 |
| 4.3 | TEACHING ONLINE | 87 |
| 4.4 | CONCLUSION | 90 |
| 5 | FINDINGS | 91 |
| 5.1 | EDUCATIONAL BUSINESS INFORMATICS/IS OFFERS AT UNIVERSITIES | 92 |
| 5.1.1 | Business Informatics/IS Degrees | 92 |
| 5.1.2 | Business Informatics/IS Discipline Curriculum And Single Subjects | 95 |
| 5.1.3 | Business Informatics/IS Teaching Methods And Quality Assurance | 99 |
| 5.2 | ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF BUSINESS INFORMATICS/IS IN UNIVERSITIES | 102 |
| 5.2.1 | Location Of Schools/Departments And Chairs Within Faculties | 102 |
| 5.2.2 | Organisational Structure Of Business Informatics/IS Departments/Schools And Chairs | 104 |
| 5.2.3 | The Academic Career Path | 106 |
| 5.2.4 | Financial Aspects And The Contribution Of Study Fees | 109 |
| 5.3 | CULTURAL ASPECTS | 111 |
| 5.3.1 | The Level Of Internationality And Its Influence On Higher Education | 111 |
| 5.3.2 | Women In Business Informatics/IS (Students And Academics) | 113 |
| 5.3.3 | Organisational Culture | 115 |
| 5.3.4 | Alumni tradition | 116 |
| 5.3.5 | The Relationship Between Student And Academic | 117 |
| 5.3.6 | Study Fees | 118 |
| 5.4 | CONCLUSION | 119 |
| 6 | CONCLUSION | 120 |
| 6.1 | RECAPITULATION | 120 |
| 6.2 | OUTLOOK | 121 |
| REFERENCES | 122 | |
| APPENDIX A | 128 | |
| APPENDIX B | 130 | |
| APPENDIX C | 132 | |
| APPENDIX D | 135 | |
| APPENDIX E | 138 | |
| APPENDIX F | 139 |
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Link zur Arbeit:
http://www.diplom.de/ean/9783832468200
Arbeit zitieren:
Retzer, Silke April 2003: Business Informatics, Hamburg: Diplomica Verlag
Schlagworte:
Studieren, Australien, Informationssysteme, Studiengang, Universitäten
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