IL30410 - BUSINESS INFORMATION

Module Identifier	IL30410
Module Title	BUSINESS INFORMATION
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Mr Michael Lowe
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-Requisite	IL10510 Normally, IL10610
Course delivery	Lecture	One hour lecture per week
	Seminars / Tutorials	6 Hours One hour seminar or practical session per week
	Practical	4 Hours 4 x 1 hour
Assessment	Exam	1.5 Hours	50%
	Project work		50%

Objectives

At the end of the module students should be able to:

Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between a business and its commercial environment.
Describe and explain the nature, role, and bibliographical control, of sources of information on that environment.
Describe and explain the nature and role of sources of information on: companies; the City; markets; products; and the economy.
Translate information needs into solutions; applying the skills acquired in the module to exploit effectively the above sources.

Brief description

Taking as its starting point the nature of business itself, the course first explores how and why business needs and uses information. The aim is then to develop a critical awareness of those sources which report on the commercial environment including knowledge of their origin, content, and role. Through practical work and seminars between the lectures, using a range of mainly electronimc resources, participants gain practical business information retrieval and interpretation skills.

Aims

To gain the knowledge and skills necessary to provide a business with the information it needs on its external commercial environment.

Reading Lists

Books
M A Lowe. (1999) Business Information at Work. Aslib, London