COIT20255 - ERP Systems Management

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become part of many businesses since the early 1990s. These systems encapsulate and support core business processes and decision making. Many organisations have acquired ERP technology. However, there are considerable risks associated with ERP implementation, maintenance and on-going use. In this unit, you will be provided an overview of enterprise systems and equipped with knowledge required to make informed decisions relating to the selection, adoption and implementation of ERP systems. You will be provided with several examples and case studies to illustrate the benefits ERP systems offer.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites: COIT20250, COIT20252 and COIT20246

Anti-requisite: COIT20230

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Portfolio 20%
2. Written Assessment 20%
3. Presentation 20%
4. Written Assessment 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 50% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Self-reflection
Feedback
While the written case studies provide practical examples, videos or presentations from industry practitioners would help students connect what they learn with industry practice.
Recommendation
To enhance learning resources with videos of stories from vendors of ERP systems, industry practitioners and the ERP user community.
Action Taken
Students were provided information about ERP vendors and links to their websites to browse success stories and videos. More resources including videos from ERP vendors and industry practitioners will be provided in the next offering.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Inconvenient to lookup each tutorial question in the textbook
Recommendation
Revise tutorial questions to allow students to complete tasks without the textbook.
Action Taken
Questions were provided during tutorials.
Source: Student evaluations
Feedback
Students enjoyed the practical nature of the unit with Odoo and SAGE ERP and would like even more ERP tool activities.
Recommendation
Creating additional tutorials on ERP modules would improve students' understanding of how they can capitalise on an ERP system investment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Self-reflection
Feedback
While the written case studies provide practical examples, videos or presentations from industry practitioners would help students connect what they learn with industry practice.
Recommendation
To enhance learning resources with videos of stories from vendors of ERP systems, industry practitioners and the ERP user community.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Self-reflection
Feedback
It is inconvenient to look up each tutorial question in the textbook.
Recommendation
Revise tutorial questions to allow students to complete tasks without the textbook.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Examine the role of ERP Systems in organisations, their adoption and use characteristics
  2. Critically analyse organisational environment to develop arguments for ERP selection and implementation
  3. Critically assess risk factors associated with an ERP implementation project, and the alternatives for managing risks
  4. Assess the importance of training and change management during an ERP implementation
  5. Report relevant critical success factors and best practices in an ERP adoption and implementation
  6. Justify ways in which an organisation can capitalise on, and maximise its ERP investment.

Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is in use in over 100 countries and provides a widely used and consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when developing job descriptions and role profiles.

ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a skills profile at https://www.acs.org.au/professionalrecognition/mysfia-b2c.html

This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA. The SFIA code is included:

  • Emerging Technology Monitoring (EMRG)
  • Systems Integration (SINT)
  • Change Management (CHMG)
  • Problem Management (PBMG)
  • Technical Specialism (TECH)
  • Requirements Definition and Management (REQM)
  • Analytics (INAN)
  • Business Analysis (BUAN)
  • Database/Repository Design (DBDS)
  • Systems Installation/Decommissioning (HSIN)

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