MSc Enterprise Systems Develpment and Management (Full Time/ Part Time) E560 1. Intrductin Available in bth full and part-time mde, the MSc Enterprise Systems Develpment and Management prgramme will prvide graduates frm IT and related fields with the necessary skills t manage enterprise-wide systems. This prgramme is a respnse t the increasing need f business centres fr leaders wh can manage peple and prcesses, wh cmmunicate well, and wh are knwledgeable abut the issues and best practices in integrating and managing enterprise data and prcesses. The curse has been designed t permit a high degree f flexibility in that students may take varying cmbinatins f mdules. 2. Aims and Objectives The prgramme aims at develping skills in managing enterprise-wide infrmatin systems that crdinate all the resurces, infrmatin, and activities needed t cmplete business prcesses such as rder fulfilment r billing. The successful graduate will becme a cmpetent manager wh can cmmunicate well, train and lead thers in selecting, installing, integrating, prtecting, and maintaining integrated systems fr business functins such as business intelligence, manufacturing, supply chain management, financials, prjects, human resurces and custmer relatinship management. Mdules will include class presentatins by students.. General Entry Requirements Successful cmpletin f an undergraduate degree with at least a Secnd Class r 50%, whichever is applicable, r a GPA nt less than 2.5 ut f 4 r equivalent, frm a recgnised Higher Educatin Institutin, r alternative qualificatins acceptable t the University f Mauritius. 4. Prgramme Requirements Any undergraduate degree in Cmputer Science r ther related areas, OR business/management degree with IT-based mdules acceptable t the department. Familiarity with accunting cncepts is advantageus. 5. Prgramme Duratin The nrmal duratin f the prgramme will be as detailed belw. Full time (yrs) Part Time (yrs) Minimum 1 2 Maximum 2 4 Hwever students wishing t exit earlier, with a Pstgraduate Diplma, can d s subject t their meeting the requirements specified in item 6. The prgramme will be run n a semester system, where an academic year cnsists f tw semesters. A semester is f 15 weeks duratin (excluding Exam Perid). 6. Minimum Credits Required fr Award f: Master s Degree : 6 Pstgraduate Diplma : 24
Breakdwn as fllws: Minimum Dissertatin Electives Cre Taught Optinal Mdules Mdules Master s Award 18 credits 12 credits 6 credits Pstgraduate Diplma 18 credits 6 credits 7. Assessment All mdules are f 45 hurs duratin and carry equal weightage [i.e f credits]. All mdules will carry 100 marks and will be assessed as fllws (unless therwise specified). A written examinatin f hurs and Cntinuus assessment carrying a range f 0% t 40% f ttal marks. Cntinuus assessment may be based n labratry wrks, and/r assignments and tests but shuld include at least 2 assignments/tests per mdule. An verall ttal f 40% fr cmbined cntinuus assessment and written examinatin cmpnents wuld be required t pass the mdule, withut minimum threshlds within the individual cntinuus assessment and written examinatin. Students are required t register fr mdules which they intend t fllw in a given semester n date(s) specified by the Faculty. Submissin Deadlines fr Prject as per university regulatin: 8. List f Mdules CORE MODULES Full time Part Time Start January Level 1 January Level 2 Submissin Last wrking day f Last wrking day f August Pst Level 1 August Pst Level 2 CSE 6209 - Sftware Prject Management CSE 6027 - Enterprise Applicatins Develpment CSE 6080 - ERP & Change Management CSE 6081 - Enterprise Data Management ENGG 6101 - Principles f Prject Management MGT 5212 - Human Resurces and Quality Management CSE 6000 - Prject ELECTIVE MODULES Grup A CSE 6082 - Cmputer and Netwrk Security (L) CSE 608 - E-Business Technlgy (2L + 2P) CSE 6084 - Enterprise Netwrking (L) CSE 6085 - Enterprise Architecture and Integratin (L)
Grup B ACT 5112 - Prject Ecnmics and Finance (L) ENGG 605 - Prcurement Management (L) LAW 5401 - Legal Aspects f Prject Management (L) MGT 6011Y - Marketing Management (L) Nte: Students will take six cre mdules and tw electives (ne elective frm grup A, ne frm grup B). 9. Prgramme Plan MSc Enterprise Systems Develpment and Management (Full time) Mdule Cde Mdule Hrs/WK Credits L + P Semester I CSE 6027 Enterprise Applicatins Develpment 2+2 CSE 6080 ERP & Change Management 2+2 CSE 6081 Enterprise Data Management 2+2 ENGG 6101 Principles f Prject management +0 Elective 1 (See sectin 8) Semester II CSE6209 MGT5212 +0 +0 (Part time) CSE 6000 Sftware Prject management Human Resurces and Quality Management Elective 2 Prject (See sectin 8) 12 Mdule Cde Mdule Hrs/WK Credits L + P Semester I CSE 6080 ERP & Change Management 2+2 CSE 6081 Enterprise Data Management 2+2 ENGG 6101 Principles f Prject Management +0 Semester II CSE 6209 Sftware Prject Management +0 MGT 5212 Human Resurces and Quality +0 Management Elective1 (See sectin 8) Semester CSE 6027 Enterprise Applicatins Develpment +0 III Elective 2 (See sectin 8) Semester CSE 6000 Prject 12 IV Nte 1: An elective will be prvided nly if sufficient number f students have pted fr it and depending n availability f resurces. Nte 2: Sme curses may be run during/after ffice hurs depending n availability f resurces.
10. Outline Syllabus CSE 6209 - SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Features f Sftware Prjects, Prject-Life Cycle, Team Organisatin and Peple Management, Sftware Prcesses, Evaluatin and Estimatin Techniques, Scheduling Principles, Budgeting, Prcurement and Cntract Management, Resurce Allcatin, Risk Management, Testing Gals and Plan, Defects, Hyptheses, Testing Strategies and Methds, Quality Management, Capability Maturity Mdel, Cnfiguratin Management, Prject Management Sftware Tls. CSE 6027 - ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT Design Patterns and Abstractin Layers in Enterprise Applicatins, rganizing Dmain Lgic, Inversin f Cntrl, Crss-Cutting Cncerns, Mapping t Relatinal Databases, Transactin Management, Web Presentatin Layer, Remting and Web Services, Cncurrency, Scripting, Testing, Using an Enterprise Framewrk, Tl Supprt, Latest Research in Enterprise Applicatins Develpment. CSE 6080 - ERP & CHANGE MANAGEMENT ERP Systems, Cre Business Prcesses, System Thinking, Transitin frm MRP t ERP, Basic ERP mdel, Benefits and Challenges f ERP, BPR, ERP System Selectin, ERP Design, ERP Implementatin, ERP Standards, ERP Blt-ns, ERP System Maintenance, General Ledger in ERP, Technlgy and Internatinal Cnsideratins, Change Management, ERP and Supply Chain, ERP and Custmer Relatinship Management. CSE 6081 - ENTERPRISE DATA MANAGEMENT Business intelligence (BI), business cntinuity planning, perfrmance, security, legal, interfacing (integratin f systems), netwrk planning, data warehusing, data mining, custmer relatinship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM), data center architecture and management. ENGG 6101 - PRINCIPLES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT Intrductin t Principles f Prject Management. Planning and Prgramming. Prcurement Budgeting and Estimating. Prject Cntrl. Quality Management. Risk Management. Strategic Management. Prject Appraisal. Prject Cmpletin Reprt. Case Studies. MGT 5212 - HUMAN RESOURCES AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT Managing and the Envirnment: the Management Challenge, the Evlutin f Management Envirnment, Scial Respnsibility, and Ethics, the Glbal Management Envirnment. Planning: Decisin Making, Planning, Strategy. Organising: Organisatinal Structure and Design, Jb Analysis, Design, and Redesign Human Resurce Management. Leading: Grup Dynamics and Team Building, Mtivatin, Leadership, Interpersnal and Organisatinal Cmmunicatin. Cntrlling: Cntrl Systems, Managing Prductin and Operatins, Managing Services, Managing Organisatinal Change. Grwth, Technlgy and Innvatin: Entrepreneurship and Grwth, Technlgy and Innvatin. Behaviural Issues in Quality Management: The rle f management in sustaining cntinuus quality imprvement, Culture Change & Quality, Building Cmmitment fr Quality, Teamwrk & Ttal Quality, Emplyee Invlvement & Empwerment fr Quality, Cmmunicatin fr Ttal Quality, Quality Training. CSE 6082 - COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY Secure system design, access cntrl, and prtectin - Buffer verflws and ther cmmn bugs - Malware - Fuzzing and tls fr writing rbust applicatin cde - sandbxing and islatin - User authenticatin - Security prblems in netwrk prtcls - Denial f service attacks and spam email - Netwrk defense tls Netwrk wrms and bt-nets - Web security - Secure web site design - Wireless netwrk security - Privacy issues CSE 608 - E-BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY Architecture - Cnsumer riented applicatins - Electrnic payment systems EDI Intra and Interrganizatinal structure Advertising search and resurce discvery, technlgy fr nline marketing, tracking and managing site visitr behavir, targeted e-mail and respnse management, technlgy analyses, business plans and system designs, inter- and intra-firm data exchange, custmer relatinship management, dcument management systems.
CSE 6084 - ENTERPRISE NETWORKING Enterprise netwrking cncepts; understanding enterprise netwrk architecture; plan, design, implement, administer, maintain, and trublesht enterprise netwrks; enterprise netwrk management; issues related t enterprise netwrks; applicatins using enterprise netwrks; security in enterprise netwrks. CSE 6085 - ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE AND INTEGRATION Applicatin integratin - Business prcess integratin - Business prcess mdeling - Develpment f integrative business applicatins - Disslving rganizatinal and technlgical sils - Enterprise applicatin integratin - Perfrmance indicatrs Prcess integratin thrugh hierarchical decmpsitin - Realizing the prmise f RFID - Scial matters - Success factrs - Standards-based integratin ACT 5112 - PROJECT ECONOMICS AND FINANCE Intrductin t the Mauritian Ecnmy - Majr Prjects in the Ecnmy - Ecnmics f Prjects - Csting - Prjects and Prductivity - Estimating and Cmpetitive Tendering - Investment Appraisal - Cash Flw and Financing Prjects. ENGG 605 - PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT Basic steps in prcurement, purchase planning, partners in a supply chain. Supplier audit and ethics in prcurement. Public Prcurement, Transparency and Equity. Risks and Relatinships in Prcurement Management. Cst reductin techniques including tendering prcedures and negtiatin. Supply cntracts and cmmn supply chain prblems. Market infrmatin and surcing fr gds and services. Quality cntrl and relevant regulatins fr ensuring safety in prcurement. Envirnmentalism and greenpurchasing. Prduct cycles and extended prduct respnsibility. LAW 5401 - LEGAL ASPECTS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT Intrductin t Law. Brief Overview f Surces f Law and the Mauritian Legal System. Envirnmental and Safety Law. Cntract. Frmatin and Cnditins f Validity f a Cntract. Effects f a Cntract. Inexecutin f a Cntract. Alternative Dispute Reslutin. Arbitratin. Le Cntrat d Entreprise. Les Obligatins de l Entrepreneur. La Sus-Traitance. La C-Traitance. Les Obligatins du Maître de l Ouvrage. Terms and Cnditins f a Few Standard Cntracts. Brief Overview f Labur Law. Types f Cntract. Rights and Duties f Emplyers and Emplyees. Disciplinary Measures including Dismissal. MGT 6011Y - MARKETING MANAGEMENT The mdule intrduces the fundatin f marketing management and its key cncepts: the Marketing Cncept, Custmer Satisfactin and Custmer Value. Tpics cvered will include: evlutin in Marketing Management philsphy; the marketing envirnment (Internal and External envirnment); the marketing research prcess; Cnsumer and Business buying behaviur; Market segmentatin, psitining and targeting; The Marketing mix: prduct, price, prmtin and distributin strategy f firms; Scial Respnsibility and green marketing. CSE 6000 - PROJECT Student research prject. Includes apprpriate research methds training. February 2010