1. BUSINESS INFORMATICS descriptors presentation Vladimir Radevski, PhD Associated Professor Faculty of Contemporary Sciences and Technologies (CST) Linkoping 18.05.2011.

2. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Descriptor types 1.Knowledge and understanding 2.Applying knowledge and understanding 3.Making judgment 4.Communication skills 5.Learning skills

3. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Knowledge and understanding 1 st cycle  Have demonstrated KU of the fundamental fields of study in both Business and Informatics. The knowledge corpus integrates specialized business, management and informatics courses and creates competent business information managers ready to apply technical solutions and develop information system architectures to solve business problems of organizations within the networked economy.  Able to use adequately the appropriate methodologies and techniques for acquiring knowledge and understanding in the field. This includes elements of data acquisition, analysis, processing with emphasis of economics data and business specific data (for marketing, management and finance), in the framework of adequate information systems and applications settings.  Can list and discuss current research issues and new sources of knowledge in the field of business informatics, enabled by the set of skills (language, IT, research, career) and practice in organizations.

4. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Knowledge and understanding 2 nd cycle -Have demonstrated knowledge and understanding of business and informatics fields (economy, management, marketing, finances and, respectively, programming, databases, computer and information systems, networking and data engineering) extending the one typically associated with First cycle degree. -Able to develop and apply original and creative ideas within the environment which requires knowledge in overlapping and cross-linked areas of business and informatics. -Able to deploy interdisciplinary knowledge and demonstrate specialist competence in the field of business informatics.

5. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Applying knowledge and understanding 1 st cycle -Can apply the interdisciplinary knowledge in real-world settings and with real world data. A variety of educational settings (practical works, team work, projects and presentations) supports their professional approach for deploying informatics solutions in the business context. -Have been exposed to situations to identify and analyze real world, mainly business settings parameters and scenarios and to provide argument devising and sustaining and a solution in the main fields of business with computing support in terms of programming, databases, web programming, and networking. On the basis of practical examples demonstrate competences in applying technical computing tools to the managerial and business problems in general.

6. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Applying knowledge and understanding 2 nd cycle -Able to critically, independently and creatively solve problems in new, unseen or unfamiliar environments within the multidisciplinary context of real business or organizational environment. To plan, perform and evaluate independent research in the domains of the business implementing correspondent computing tools, environments and technologies. -Are creative and original in interpretation of knowledge of business processes and with appropriate usage of computing tools and environments based of well defined techniques of research and enquiry.

7. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Making Judgment 1 st cycle  Able to appropriately gather, analyze using common computing tools and environments, and evaluate, and present information in appropriate manner using the contemporary tools and computing environments for a given field of business setting. Usually from the perspective of management, marketing, accounting, finances or related field and using computing tools as spreadsheet manipulation software, databases or simple on purpose programs and web scripts.  Argument ideas, concepts and qualitative and quantitative data from the business environment with the assistance of, in terms of, and within common computing environment including corporate databases, information systems, data engineering and business decision support tools.  Exercise appropriate judgment for real world business situations and data taking into account personal, social, scientific, ethical aspects set up in appropriate computing setting.

8. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Making Judgment 2 nd cycle  Able to creatively integrate and synthesize knowledge across several areas related to business processes and using appropriate computing tools and techniques.  Able to deal with complex issues related to business processes, to address appropriate specialized instances both in business and informatics domains, make sound judgments in situations of lack of complete information or data, and based on personal, social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and understanding.

9. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Communication Skills 1 st cycle  Show personal responsibility, initiative and decision making in communication and providing arguments for the ideas, problems and solutions in the main fields of business administration supported with computing facilities and tools and by appropriating the communication towards the audience. Balancing the business and technical arguments for the solutions with wider, personalized approach and exercising high standing for open and guided interaction with the audience.  Can argument a team work as a result of the experience in practical projects in a variety of business and computing fields and showing ability to support and argument on both business and informatics aspects of the outcomes.

10. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Communication Skills 2 nd cycle  Able to clearly and unambiguously communicate conclusions, results, study outcomes and knowledge to both specialist audiences form the business and informatics fields along with the ability to appropriate the style and form of expression to non-specialist audience.  Have competency for critically independent and creatively argued research, to evaluate methodologies and develop critiques and where appropriate to propose and defend new hypotheses.  Demonstrate ability for both initiating and leading and taking responsibility for a work of individuals and groups where business and informatics competences are crucial for the type of the position.

11. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Learning skills 1 st cycle  Able to detect learning component in organizations based upon learned elements of the knowledge based society and corporate knowledge management issues.  Can take initiative and responsibility to identify and address learning needs in the main business and technical (computing) areas with proposals for extensions in informatics fields and contemporary business components.

12. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Learning skills 2 nd cycle  Able to identify personal needs and directions for individual and autonomous study and to perform it in self-directed and autonomous manner of common business and informatics areas.  Able to take responsibility for ongoing individual learning in specialized business and informatics fields within the networked economy.

13. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Dissemination activities  Meeting on 12.05.2011  Eight representatives from SEEU Deans’ offices (vice- deans, deans)  Description of the process and presentation of the pilot results

14. 18.-19.05.2011 Linkoping Recommendations (as of 12.05.2011)  Well understanding of the meaning, need and the importance of the overall process  Well understanding of Dublin and National descriptors  Study of each academic program based on official elaborates  Team work on course content (syllabi) with meetings by group of courses (by area of teaching)  Well management of the process is needed, especially on Dean’s level  Differentiation (1) from other (ex. BI) programs and (2) from other academic programs

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