Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Practice problem solving skills.
- Read UML sequence and class diagrams.
- Apply basic concepts of Object Orientation to a given scenario/context.
- Apply good programming practices and design concepts to develop software.
- Appreciate the role of algorithms and in problem solving.
This course contributes to the development of the following learning goals:
- Our students can recognize, develop, measure, record, validate and communicate financial and other related information.
- Our students can analyze, synthesize and evaluate financial and other related information for decision making in a management context.
- Our students understand and can apply concepts relating to business processes, audit and assurance.
- Our students can communicate effectively in a business context.
- Our students understand the principles of leadership and team building in a business context.
- Our students understand and can apply the ethical principles relevant to accounting professionals.
Students are expected to demonstrate the following technical accounting competencies upon successful completion of this course:
1. Identify the relevant flows of transactions (processes) and the relevant IT environments.
2. Understanding IT Environment, IT controls and testing the IT controls.
3. Testing General IT Controls ("GITC") and testing approach of such controls.
4. Understanding concept of segregation of duties and functioning of interfaces between application systems.
5. Documentation of reports and process/procedure on handling exceptions.
6. Technology Regulations and its assessment procedures.
Upon completion of the course, student will be able to:
- Showcase expertise in executing a project using knowledge acquired from the courses taken from the IS curriculum.
- Experience developing of some technology deliverable for an IT system or proof of concept.
- Experience working in a team environment with a sponsored project (internal, external or self-proposed) using project management skills experience throughout the courses taken in IS.
- Learn about an industry or technology that is related to his selected track not otherwise available in the course curriculum.
- Work on complex and real project used by the project sponsor.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the science behind the power of story.
- Explain core storytelling concepts, principles and frameworks.
- Create engaging, influential and memorable stories (and characters) for various audiences and media.
- Leverage the power of AI to create novel and compelling stories.
- Apply their their storytelling knowledge and skills to real-world projects.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the main forces determining the relationships between business, government, and society.
- Identify the main forces determining the relationships between business, governments, and society in Singapore.
- Illustrate and evaluate major trade-offs between the shareholder view and the stakeholder view of the firm.
- Articulate principles governing corporate social responsibility.
- Discuss the Singapore style of corporate social responsibility.
- Analyze a number of topical fields surrounding today businesses, including the environment, and technological change.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the key concepts and frameworks used in brand management decisions
- Understand the elements that comprise brand equity and how brand equity is built and managed
- Describe the key stages of the brand management process
- Apply the use of brand audits to evaluate brands
- Understand the behavioural dimensions of brand relationships with customers
- Analyze and evaluate brand strategies used in different contexts covering consumer, business-to-business, services and non-profit organizations.
- Understand the challenges and opportunities of extending the brand in international marketing environments
Students will work closely together with their graduate mentor on their commentaries or articles, crafting their work and receiving feedback and comments on a pre-agreed schedule. Students can also build up their networking skills through these mentorships.
At the end of the course, students will have produced one case commentary or article of around 5,000 words. The students can submit their papers to SMU Lexicon or other forums.
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to gain:
- Practical industry experience working directly with Citibank.
- Project management experience on a real-world industry project.
- Software development experience on a real-world industry project.
By the end of this course, students will be able to do the following:
- Identify relevant theories in talent management with a focus on millennial engagement and recruitment
- Understand cultural principles and processes working in a cross-border (Indonesia vis-a-vis Singapore) setting
- Develop effective skills to present proposals to respond to the needs of the client organisation.
Leadership:
• Appreciate the value of experience and action-based learning that integrates understanding of major leadership paradigms and leadership theories from an inter-disciplinary perspective
• Engage analytical, problem-solving & reasoning skills to critically appraise various theories and perspectives of leadership
• Apply the various leadership traits and behavior as well as different leadership style such as charismatic & transformational leadership, principles of stewardship & servant leadership, collaborative, authentic leadership and other such recent leadership approaches in a VUCA world
• Appreciate being open-minded & sensitive to individual differences and embrace uncertainties
• Understand how leaders can set or influence the ethical tone by applying Kohlberg’s model of moral development
• Learn more about leadership through their group project work, class activities, readings, etc.
Teams and Groups:
• Understand major theories and perspectives of group dynamics and group leadership
• Learn more about teamwork processes through working on a real-life group project with an industry or community partner
• Throughout the group project students will learn to collaborate and employ innovative skills in using their
expertise, knowledge to contribute to the needs of the partnering industry or community based
organization
• Understand different methods of communication and appreciate how to effectively communicate and manage conflict, if any, and learn to overcome challenges within their respective group as well as with their respective external stakeholders
• Develop a detailed work schedule and strategies among teams, and understand how to form, lead and manage work teams
• Acquire some level of resilience through self-directed and group-directed learning that includes embracing uncertainties, overcoming challenges, etc.
Academic and Professional Capabilities:
• Understand and gain qualitative fieldwork skills such as how to conduct interviews and carry out a needs analysis or survey in an ethical manner
• Formalizing report writing with integrity and honesty
