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Title Enterprise Management System
Code KMGT704
Coordinator Dr M Tickle
Operations and Supply Chain Management
M.Tickle@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 7 FHEQ Whole Session 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):

KMGT689 PROJECT AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT IN ORGANISATIONS; KMGT699 Planning for Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity; KMGT700 Executing, Controlling and Closing Projects; KMGT702 Sustainable Programme and Portfolio Management 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:

 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:

 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:

 

Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           50

100

150
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 0
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
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CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Assessment 1 Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole Session  Weekly    35       
Assessment 2 Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole Session  Weekly    25       
Assessment 3 Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole Session  Weekly    30       
Assessment 4 Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :Whole Session  Week 4 and Week 8    10       

Aims

Understand a range of enterprise system architectures and their appropriate applications;

Understand ERP applications in e-business and supply chain management;

Be confident in use of commercially available enterprise information systems (e.g SAP, Oracle etc);

Understanding integration approaches and technologies for ERP systems;

Understand modelling and optimisation approaches for generic enterprise.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Be able to specify and demonstrate functions and applicability of enterprise systems incorporating enterprise business goals, processes and organisational structures;

(LO2) Be able to specify development approaches and architectures of enterprise systems in given business context;

(LO3) Be aware of evolution of enterprise systems and impacts on business innovation.

(S1) Students will develop their communication skills through the Participation element whereby students interact with their peers and the instructor around a given topic. Regular feedback from the instructor will also help students to improve their communication skills;

(S2) The Assignment for the module will challenge students’ problem solving and decision making techniques by asking them to think critically about the topic at hand;

(S3) For all assessment points students will need to develop strong ICT skills – students will be required to use the Internet for information searching as well as make use of various software packages such as word processors and spreadsheets;

(S4) For all assessment points, students will need to plan their work in order to submit their assessments on time.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Virtual classroom hours (for online modules)
Notes: Number of hours per week, per student expected in the virtual classroom in discussion, dedicated to group work and individual assessment is .

Teaching Method 2 - Non-classroom hours (for online modules)
Notes: Number of hours per week, per student expected for reading, research and other individual work to support engagement in the classroom is .


Syllabus

 

Evolution of enterprise systems: Analyse an enterprise management system; Evaluate an enterprise management system.

Reference architectures: Select suitable modules in an enterprise system; Analyse the use of enterprise systems in decision-making.

Design of enterprise systems: Analyse cloud-hosted versus traditionally hosted enterprise systems; Evaluate enterprise systems hosting environments; Review an academic paper on cloud enterprise systems.

Enterprise systems selection: Analyse ERP 'solutions' packages versus 'best-of-breed' systems; Analyse the use of open source software to develop enterprise systems; Analyse the criteria for ERP selection.

Implementation and deployment of enterprise systems: Analyse factors for successful implementation of an enterprise system; Evaluate one strategy for successful implementation of an enterprise system.

Enterprise systems risks: Analyse the challenges of upgrading or suspending a legacy syst em; Evaluate the challenges and risks of maintaining a company's data resources cloud versus on premise; Describe enterprise system implementation failures from the literature; Analyse how enterprise system implementation failures could have been better managed; Evaluate how the lessons learned should be applied.

Enterprise systems add-ons: Describe the use of add-ons in enterprise systems; Evaluate the effectiveness of an enterprise system add-on to add efficiency.

Business intelligence and analytics (BI&A): Analyse the use of business analytics and business intelligence functionality in combination with enterprise systems; Evaluate how data analysis can lead to competitive advantage; Apply professional development with regards to enterprise management systems.


Recommended Texts

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