School Plan
School of Business Information Technology
March 2004
SECTION A: OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN
SECTION B: 2004-2006 PROFILE SUMMARY
Information from Profiles process in 2003 – refer to template attached
SECTION C: 2004 OPERATING BUDGET
Refer to template attached, from Business Warehouse Management Report)
SECTION D: SCHOOL’S 2004 WORKPLAN
(Refer to template attached)
1.2 Programs
(Please attach template provided by Planning Group that lists
Programs and provides a summary of performance – this will
be circulated to all HOS by Friday, 12 March 2004)
SECTION E: WORKFORCE PLAN
Drawn from 2004 Budget preparation documentation, refer to outline attached
SECTION F: MAIN PRIORITIES FOR THE SCHOOL (Extract from workplan)
(For the coming year, list THREE TO FOUR key strategic priorities for the School and associated targets – using the headings below).
Priority / Target(s)Teaching and Learning / Implement Quality processes including Re-accreditation of the BBIS & MBIT
Renew industry links including implementation of ACS WIL scholarships / End 2004 re-accreditation achieved
End 2004 processes in place for activation 2005
Research and Innovation / Increase submission of grant applications including industry linkage grants / 3 linkage grants submitted to next ARC round.
Organisation and Management / Finalise new School structure including roles for senior academic staff / End 2004
Submitted by …………………………………… Authorised by: …………………………………..
HOS PVC
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SECTION B: PROFILE BY FUND SOURCE 2004-2006 (From Profile Process, 2003)
VET PROFILE
P Profile / L Profile2003 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2003 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006
Enrolled* / Perf Agt / Profile / Target / Target / Enrolled* / Perf Agt / Profile / Target / Target
VET Programs (SCH)
Foundation Studies (EFTSU)
Fee for Service ($)
Australian Fee Paying / International Onshore
2003 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2003 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006
Enrolled* / Perf Agt / Profile / Target / Target / Enrolled* / Perf Agt / Profile / Target / Target
VET Programs (SCH)
Foundation Studies (EFTSU)
Fee for Service ($)
VET PROFILE (cont’d)
2003 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2003 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006
Enrolled* / Perf Agt / Profile / Target / Target / Enrolled* / Perf Agt / Profile / Target / Target
VET Programs (SCH) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Foundation Studies (EFTSU) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Fee for Service ($) / $0 / $0 / $0 / $0 / $0
* Enrolment figure as at
HIGHER EDUCATION PROFILE
Commonwealth Operating Grant / Australian Fee Paying / International Onshore2003 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2003 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2003 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006
Actual / Profile Target / Profile Target / Profile Target / Profile Target / Actual / Profile Target / Profile Target / Profile Target / Profile Target / Actual / Profile Target / Profile Target / Profile Target / Profile Target
PG Res / 14.7 / 15.7 / 7.7 / 4.0 / 2.1 / 1.0 / 2.1 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 3.7 / 2.0 / 2.3 / 1.6 / 2.1 / 2.2
PG CWK / 8.9 / 7.6 / 3.0 / 1.1 / 0.5 / 157.4 / 177.5 / 148.4 / 160.4 / 160.7 / 74.6 / 127.7 / 90.0 / 100.8 / 97.5
UG / 265.3 / 291.0 / 282.2 / 302.5 / 317.1 / 38.0 / 25.4 / 17.7 / 16.6 / 18.0 / 319.7 / 303.6 / 297.6 / 289.0 / 281.3
Total / 288.9 / 314.3 / 292.8 / 307.6 / 319.7 / 196.4 / 205.0 / 166.7 / 179.4 / 182.5 / 396.3 / 433.6 / 389.2 / 391.9 / 380.9
International Offshore / Other / Total
2003 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2003 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2003 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006
Actual / Profile Target / Profile Target / Profile Target / Profile Target / Actual / Profile Target / Profile Target / Profile Target / Profile Target / Actual / Profile Target / Profile Target / Profile Target / Profile Target
PG Res / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 5.0 / 0.0 / 4.1 / 1.9 / 0.9 / 22.7 / 20.1 / 13.9 / 10.5 / 8.9
PG CWK / 76.6 / 55.7 / 70.9 / 69.2 / 67.5 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 317.5 / 368.5 / 312.3 / 331.5 / 326.2
UG / 20.0 / 20.0 / 16.4 / 19.6 / 21.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 643.0 / 640.0 / 613.9 / 627.8 / 637.5
Total / 96.6 / 75.7 / 87.3 / 88.8 / 88.6 / 5.0 / 0.0 / 4.1 / 1.9 / 0.9 / 983.2 / 1028.6 / 940.1 / 969.8 / 972.6
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SECTION C: OPERATING BUDGET 2004-2006(From Business Warehouse Management Report)
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1 LEARNING AND TEACHING
Key Result Area(Dot points provide example issues for consideration) / 2004 Target (Outcome)
* Mandatory to complete / Strategies (What)
(Broad actions to achieve the outcomes) / Timeframe
(By When) / Overall Responsibility (Who)
(note where others involved) /
Resources Required
(Note whether Additional or Within existing Budget and Staff resources)Change Activities
Program Development· New programs to be implemented in 2004
· Programs to be phased out
· Program renewals
· Recommencement of programs rested or renewed in 2003
· Flexible delivery initiatives
· Graduate Capabilities
· Research led teaching
· Proposed cross-disciplinary initiatives (double degrees, dual awards, service teaching, course sharing) / 40% of HE programs implementing capability driven / New Programs Implemented 2004 Reviewed MC094 Master of Bus. Information Technology (Business Information Systems) by Coursework
Programs to be Phased Out 2004
B. Bus (Information Management
GD084 Graduate Diploma of Applied Information Systems
CRICOS = 002667G
GC097 Graduate Certificate in Business Systems
GD083 Graduate Diploma of Business Systems
CRICOS = 002666G
MC099 Master of Business Information Technology
MC100 Master of Business Information Innovation
Program Renewals/Review/Reaccrediatation/Audit
BP138 B. Bus (Business Information Systems)
Recommencement of programs rested 2003 due to renewal 2002
BP140 B. Bus (Information & Knowledge Management)
Flexibility Initiatives & Graduate Capabilities
Production of online stream of courses to support the school(MBIT) & portfolio in the knowledge management area – re-packaged, modified and re-focussed to support the capability framework - components of MC100 Master of Bus. Information Innovation by Coursework (no new student intake)
Graduate Capabilities
BP138 B. Bus (Business Information Systems)
Postgrad Mini-Projects
Common Core – Business Computing 1
Research Led Teaching
Knowledge Management - Post Graduate
Cross-disciplinary initatives –
MIT – Masters in Information Communications Technology – Engineering, Computer Science, BIT / 2004
No new student intakes
Discontinued when existing students = 0
2004
2004
2004
(40% programs)
2004
2004
2004 / Mohini Singh
Postgraduate program team
Bonna Jones
Henric Beiers
Mohini Singh
Mohini Singh
Mohini Singh
John Kerrisk
Barry McIntrye
Joan Richardson
Program Team
Bonna Jones
Henric Beiers
Program Team
Mohini Singh
John Kerrisk
David Richards
Joan Richardson
Barry McIntrye
Joan Richardson
UG Program Team
Bill Martin
Engineering (Paul Becket)
Computer Science
BIT (Joan Richardson) /
Staff Time
Commercial Activity· Contract Consultancies / Anaesthetists training / 2004 / Dave Kelly /
Key Result Area
(Dot points provide example issues for consideration) / 2004 Target (Outcome)
* Mandatory to complete / Strategies (What)
(Broad actions to achieve the outcomes) / Timeframe
(By When) / Overall Responsibility (Who)
(note where others involved) /
Resources Required
(Note whether Additional or Within existing Budget and Staff resources)Regional & International Activity
· Offshore initiatives
· Online initiatives
· Industry Consultation (input to program design, improvement and renewal)
· Implementation of WIL/ACS Scholarships / Study Tours - Canada & Korea
Knowledge Management postgrad elective cluster
IBM Industry Partnership– Knowledge management
Exec Lecture series UG & PG
Industry Training / 2004
2004
2004
2004
2004/5 / Barry McIntyre
Paul Cerotti
Vic Kamay
Joan Richardson (T&L)
John Kerrisk
David Richards
Joan Richardson (T&L)
Bill Martin
Hepu Deng
Kathy Henschke
Stas Lukaitis
Patrick Poppins
Core Operational Activities
Dissolving the Boundaries· TAFE articulation pathways
· HE articulation pathways
· Improvement of UG service teaching / RMIT TAFE - Advanced Diploma in Information Technology/ Diploma of Information Technology (E-Business Development)
Hong Kong City University - Associate of Business Administration in Electronic Commerce and web Technology
Hong Kong Caritas Francis Hsu College - Associate of Science in Business Information Systems
Malaysia Binary College - BA in Business Administration (Computer Information Management) – UK degree program, BSc (Hons) in Business Information System – Us degree program
Malaysia Nilai College - BSc (Hons) in Business Information Technology,
BSc (Hons) in Business Information Technology - UK degree program
Singapore Temasek Polytechnic - Diploma in Business Information Technology
Singapore Ngee Ann Polytechnic - Diploma of Business IT
Singapore Informatics & Others - ADCS (Advanced Dip Computer Studies)
Honours
Advanced standing to Masters programs
ACS scholarship scheme / 2004
2004
2004
2004 / Carolyn Dowling
Barry McIntyre
Dave Kelly
Joan Richardson
France Cheong
Barry McIntyre
Mohini Singh
Bill Martin
UG Program Team /
Student Support
· Learning skills support
· Student experience
· International students’ support
· Student advocacy, complaints system / Notify staff & students of workshops & services available from the LSU
Link to academic progress
Complaints system in conjunction with portfolio
Student Feedback –course evaluation process & compliance
Cultural Awareness & globalisation professional development training
Year level student advocacy process UG degree / 2004
2004
2004
2004
2004 / LSU
T&L
All Staff
Glenys Grob
Carolyn Dowling
Joan Richardson
Dale Sneddon
Barry McIntyre
Paul Ceotti
All staff
Barry McIntyre
UG program team /
Regional and International Activity
· Offshore activities, including partnership contracts
· Online activities / SIM, Informatics, Service, Study Tours, Student & staff exchanges
Provide support to staff to augment face-to-face delivery using a selection of online delivery modes – eg.lecture videos
Online courseware – Knowledge management PG elective cluster & UG service / 2004
2004
2004 / Barry Mcintyre
Vass Karpathiou
Carolyn Dowling
Peter Viola
Paul Cerotti
Course Leaders
All staff
John Kerrisk
David Richards
Course Leaders /
Program Performance
· External accreditation reviews
· Internal quality cycle reviews
· Work integrated learning initiatives
· Processes and systems to ensure compliance with AQTF standards
· Contract QA initiatives (reviews, audits)
· Program quality offshore
· Student Feedback processes / 5% improvement with CEQ good teaching across all programs / BBIS & MBIT – ACS re-accreditation
Audit BBIS & MBIT
ACS scholarship scheme
Compliance Course Evaluations, criteria stocktake & program reports
E-Portal
BBIS & MBIT
Improved monitoring of contract renewal – Informatics
Compliance course evaluations, criteria stocktake & program reporting / 2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004 / Carolyn Dowling
Barry McIntyre
Mohini Singh
Stas Lukaitis
Joan Richardson
Barry McIntyre
Mohini Singh
Joan Richardson
Program Teams
Carolyn Dowling
Stas Lukaitis
Barry McIntyre
Patrick Poppins
Program Coordinators/leaders
Course Leaders
Joan Richardson
Herwin Sularko
Dale Sneddon
Carolyn Dowling
Barry McIntyre
Mohini Singh
Stas Lukaitis
Joan Richardson
Ian Fraser
Rhys Williams
Informatics Steering Committee
Program Coordinators/leaders
Course Leaders /
2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Key Result Area(Dot points provide example issues for consideration) / 2004 Target (Outcome)
* Mandatory to complete / Strategies (What)
(Broad actions to achieve the outcomes) / Timeframe
(By When) / Overall Responsibility (Who)
(note where others involved) /
Resources Required
(Note whether Additional or Within existing Budget and Staff resources)Change Activities
Research Growth· New Grants (domestic, international) / · 4 ARC Discovery submissions
· 3 ARC Linkage submissions
· 2 Telematics Course Development Grant Submissions
· 1 RMIT VRI Small Grant Submission / · Continuation of current strategy of maintaining a stream of submissions, involving more ‘critical’ readers before submission.
· Partnering with previously successful applicants
· Leveraging off our industry contacts to enhance the prospects for Linkage grants
· Maintaining and increasing output of refereed papers / Set by ARC / Professor Martin, Associate Professor Singh, Dr Deng, Dr Byrne, Dr Cheong, Dr McKay
Dr McKay
Dr McKay /
Conference attendance (travel and subsistence) to support essential networking with both academia and industry and to deliver DEST compliant conference papers. Meeting this requirement will necessitate funding outside budget, due to cuts made to our budget estimates as submitted.
Core Operational Activities
Research Management· Timely research student completions.
· Supervisor training
· HDR support
· Progress
· Internal reviews / · 90%
· 40% School staff trained/registered as research supervisors
· 100% of HDR students satisfied with the level of support they receive within the School according to RAGS satisfaction criteria.
· Ensuring that all students meet attendance requirements for progress meetings.
Enforcement of regulations in cases where students fail to attend meetings. / · Continuance of research seminars
· Introduction of research clinics, and
· More effective mobilisation of available research expertise
· Counselling for people who are falling behind
· Step up the number of internal reviews and ensure continuity of process / End 2005
End 2004
End 2004
End 2004
End 2004 / Professor Martin
Professor Martin
Professor Martin and the other supervisors
Professor Martin and the other supervisors
Professor Martin and the other supervisors /
Research Income
· Grants Management
· Publications Income generation / A$50,000
As allocated by Faculty funding formula / · To focus entirely on DEST weighted publications for core researchers
· To target the ARC funding
· To submit relevant tenders for commercial research projects / Currently operative
End 2005 / Professor Martin, Associate Professor Singh, Dr Deng, Dr Cheong, Dr McKay
Professor Martin and other research active staff of the School /
Teaching/Research Nexus
· Research into teaching and learning / · Research findings incorporated into postgraduate programs and courses in line with the Boyer Scholarship model
· Formation of research groups at School
· Participation of honour students in research activities. / · To foster a small group of people within the School with interest or potential interest in this area
· To explore the opportunities for incorporating the honour program activities into the school research profile / End 2004 / Professor Martin
Professor Martin, Dr Cheong and Dr McKay
3. ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT