This unit introduces the student to the field of social informatics explores our relationships and interactions with information systems and technology in our everyday life, at work and in organisations. Drawing on topical examples in management, marketing, business and everyday life, the unit considers the planned and unplanned outcomes that information systems and technology have on business, work and everyday life and examines how these outcomes may be improved or foreseen. The unit also introduces students to empirical inquiry and the critical review of the popular, trade and research literature. Furthermore, it explores the consequential impact on people as one of the important... -- Course Website
Instructor: D Coulthard
Prerequisites: Completion of 6 credit points
