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General information

Subject type: Basic

Coordinator: Enric Camón Luis

Trimester: First term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff: 

Marina Garcia Rosco

Teaching languages

  • English

Classes are taught in Catalan.

The presentations and teaching resources provided in the subject, as well as the recommended work materials, can be in any of the following languages: Catalan, Spanish and English.

Skills

Basic skills

  • B1_Students have demonstrated and understood knowledge in a field of study that is based on general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, while supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects involving knowledge from the forefront of their field of study

     

  • B5_That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Specific skills

  • E10_Recognize and understand the mechanisms of innovation and entrepreneurship and develop entrepreneurial initiative through theoretical models that fit a business idea.

  • E11_Analyze and properly assess the scientific-technological and economic environment, both to seek innovative opportunities and to establish the necessary processes to adapt the organization to this environment.

     

  • E12_Generate strategic skills by considering the operating environment as a project and establishing long-term, large-scale guidelines

     

General competencies

  • G1_Be able to work in a team, actively participating in tasks and negotiating dissenting opinions until reaching consensus positions, thus acquiring the ability to learn together with other team members and create new knowledge

  • G2_Be able to innovate by developing an open attitude to change and be willing to re-evaluate old mental models that limit thinking

Transversal competences

  • T1_Communicate properly orally and in writing in the official languages ​​of Catalonia

  • T2_Show willingness to learn about new cultures, experiment with new methodologies and encourage international exchange

     

  • T4_Domain the computer tools and their main applications for the ordinary academic and professional activity

Description

ICT tools is a transversal, basic and compulsory first-year subject that introduces the student to the digital field from a business perspective. This subject has a teaching load of 6 ECTS distributed over one term, combining the teaching work in class with independent learning outside the classroom. Based on the certainty that digital skills are necessary to learn, work and participate in today's society, the ICT Tools subject expands this approach to address specific digital skills in the study area of ​​social sciences and company

The main objective is to initiate the student, progressively during the term, in the acquisition of the competence to use and apply information and communication technologies (ICT) in the academic, personal and professional fields, while developing the knowledge, skills and attitudes in the digital field to get the most out of it. This subject belongs to the area of ​​study of Innovation Management in a digital context, and it also focuses on raising and understanding what the historical and current trends are, as well as their evolution and impact on the business sector.

The subject promotes reflection on the effect of technology in the world of work and also in the personal sphere. In this sense, it helps to develop rational and critical thinking about the use of ICT to study and work in the information and knowledge society. To take this subject, you must have a minimum of prior knowledge of ICT at the user level achieved in the pre-university stage.

Contents

The contents of the subject are approached from a double approach: on the one hand, the impact on the person and on society is examined; on the other hand, it is from an economic and business perspective. In addition, the subject includes methodological content, such as network project management and teamwork, as well as instrumental content that promotes the mastery of different ICT tools, emphasizing the critical and appropriate application of these tools in specific situations, beyond simple practice with them.

  • Basic notions of technology and ICT
  • ICT, social media and evolution of the Web. From 1.0 to 3.0
  • ICT, digitization and digital transformation
  • Personal Learning Environments (PLE)
  • Search, management, analysis, treatment and presentation of information
  • Communication and collaboration in the network
  • Management of projects and network teams
  • Creation of multimedia content and User Generated Content (UGC)
  • Digital identity, online reputation and personal branding
  • Omnichannel (Big Data and comprehensive management and information systems)
  • Trends (Artificial Intelligence; Blockchain; Internet of Things; Cybersecurity and Privacy).

Evaluation system

The subject combines activities and continuous assessment work, both individual and group, as well as the completion of assessment tests. 

Summary of the evaluation system:
- Continuous Assessment (CA) 60%
- Exam (EX) 40%

Other specifications:

  • To pass the subject, it is obligatory carry out all assessment activities and you must pass one final exam validation of the fundamental contents of the subject.
  • To pass the subject you need to get one average grade equal to or higher than 5 in the final note.
  • To be able to make an average, it is mandatory to pass the final exam with an A minimum grade of 5.
  • there is one recovery exam in case of failing the final exam. A student who has not appeared for the first examination call cannot appear for the retake.
  • Marks for continuous assessment tasks cannot be recovered, i.e. only the final exam can be recovered.
  • Exam recovery it does not help to raise a grade.
  • It will be susceptible to suspense that work or exam in which any irregularity is detected in terms of the authenticity of the authorship, which contains a textual copy of an information source or in which the content has been misused without the corresponding citation .
  • To opt for Honors registration you need to get one final grade within the range between 9 and 10, and that the student has had a proactive attitude in class and in his studies, through constant work and attendance and participation in the activities and tasks proposed during the term.

REFERENCES

Basic

Cabezas, J. d. (2015). The great opportunity: Keys to leading the digital transformation in business and the economy. Barcelona: Grupo Planeta.

Pisani, f. (2016). Creators of the future. Telefónica Foundation http://www.fundaciontelefonica.com/arte_cultura/publicaciones-listado/pagina-item-publicaciones/itempubli/502/

 

Laudon, KC, & Laudon, JP (2021). Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm. Pearson.

Turban, E., Pollard, C., Woord, G. (2021). Information Technology for Management: Driving Digital Transformation to Increase Local and Global Performance, Growth and Sustainability, 12th Edition, International Adaptation. Wiley. ISBN: 978-1-119-80253-2

Complementary

World Wide Web Consortium. W3C. https://www.w3.org

Eurostat. Digital economy and society. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/digital-economy-and-society/

Spanish Data Protection Agency. AEPD. https://www.aepd.es/es

National Institute of Cybersecurity. INITIATE https://www.incibe.es

Cybersecurity Agency of Catalonia. https://ciberseguretat.gencat.cat/ca/inici

DigComp 2.2: The Digital Competence Framework for Citizens - With new examples of knowledge, skills and attitudes, EUR 31006 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022, ISBN 978-92-76-48882-8, doi:10.2760/115376, JRC128415.

Chaffey, D., & White, G. (2019). Digital Business and E-Commerce Management. Pearson.