MIS30070 Digital Innovation: Managing and working in the Information Age

Academic Year 2023/2024

Despite a widespread acceptance that modern digital technologies have transformed contemporary social and organisational life, popular understandings of the nature of such transformations, their social and economic implications, and approaches to managing them are not well developed. This module attempts to address this problem by exploring the relationship between information technology and organisation, with a view to better understanding a range of important contemporary social and management issues. In so doing, it will draw on bodies of social and organisation theory to develop insightful perspectives for understanding and managing processes of technology-enabled organisational innovation.
The ideas developed in this module are intended to provide an enduring perspective that can help managers make sense of an increasingly globalised and technology-intensive business environment. Armed with a more sophisticated understanding of such issues, the student will be better equipped for the challenges of living, working and managing in a digital age.

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Curricular information is subject to change

What will I learn?

Learning Outcomes:

- Demonstrate a critical appreciation for the role of information, knowledge and digital technologies in contemporary organisational life.
- Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the complexity of processes of ICT-enabled organisational innovation and the challenges associated with managing them.
- Demonstrate a good appreciation for the circumstances under which digital innovation processes are likely to lead to 'successful' outcomes, and for promising approaches to managing such initiatives.
- Demonstrate critical thinking and communication skills in relation to contemporary discourses on digital innovation and its management.

Indicative Module Content:

Topics covered are likely to include: 'knowledge' and its production, organisation and management; artificial 'intelligence' and its limits; emergent modes of distributed collaboration; 'big data' and decision-making; and, the implications for privacy, surveillance and control in information-intensive digital environments.

How will I learn?

Student Effort Type	Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)	24
Specified Learning Activities	100
Total	124

Am I eligible to take this module?

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Incompatibles:
MIS40650 - Knowledge, Power, Agency & AI

How will I be assessed?

Assessment Strategy

Description	Timing	Open Book Exam	Component Scale	Must Pass Component	% of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Student contribution throughout the term: based on short written reflections submitted each week and on contributions to discussions in class.	Throughout the Trimester	n/a	Graded	No	25
Examination: Written examination.	2 hour End of Trimester Exam	No	Graded	No	60
Presentation: Short oral presentation in class, based upon students' critical assessment of prescribed reading. Each student will only be required to contribute to one presentation over the course of the term.	Varies over the Trimester	n/a	Graded	No	15

Carry forward of passed components
Yes

What happens if I fail?

Resit In	Terminal Exam
Autumn	Yes - 2 Hour

Assessment feedback

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Individual feedback will be provided on student presentations. General group/class feedback will be provided regularly on the weekly reflections submitted.

When is this module offered?


Spring
Lecture	Offering 1	Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33	Wed 11:00 - 12:50