IL30410 - BUSINESS INFORMATION

Module Identifier

IL30410

Module Title

BUSINESS INFORMATION

Academic Year

2007/2008

Co-ordinator

Mr Michael A Lowe

Semester

Intended for use in future years

Next year offered

N/A

Next semester offered

N/A

Pre-Requisite

IL11020 , IL10920

Course delivery

Lecture

One hour lecture per week

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Essay: 1,500 words	40%
Semester Assessment	Company Profile max 15 A4 sides	60%
Supplementary Assessment	Resubmission of failed coursework

Learning outcomes

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 relevant non-business factors.
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 aspects of the commercial environment including on companies, markets, the city, and products . Through lectures, practical work and seminars, 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

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** Essential Reading
M A Lowe (1999) Business Information at Work London : Taylor & Francis

Books
** Recommended Text
Lowe, Michael Business Information at Work Taylor & Francis 0851424031

Journals
** Recommended Consultation
Financial Times
Information World Review
Managing Information
Business Information Review http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/tpl/ejlib/businfrev.asp

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6