Monash Handbook Entry for DSS Lab Research Internship

This unit will expose high-performing coursework students to major DSS research projects by joining existing research projects for one semester. They will be exposed to mainstream information systems research methods and will take part in the "life" of a research lab. After completing FIT5182 students may be inspired to undertake a higher degree by research.

Each intern will be supervised by an experienced DSS researcher. Interns will be required to attend DSS Lab seminars, workshops, and meetings.

The prerequisite units for FIT5182 are FIT5094 IT for management decision making, FIT5093 Business intelligence applications, and FIT5095 Data warehousing. Students must achieve a high distinction grade in each of these units. FIT5182 selection for students who meet this requirement is based on a final interview. Students are strongly encouraged to also study FIT4005/5185 IT Research Methods and FIT4007/5181 Advanced Topics in Information Systems.

Projects for Semester 1, 2012

1. Evolution patterns in BI case studies

Part of the DSS development project.
Supervisor: David Arnott
Needs two interns
A continuation of a 2011 internship project. Last year the interns focused on analyzing functional and enterprise BI cases. This year the focus will be personal DSS.

2. Agile BI development approaches

Part of the DSS development project
Supervisor: David Arnott
Needs one intern (although could be expanded to two)
Involves academic literature analysis of agile BI and, if two interns are involved, content analysis of industry “papers” and websites. Either NVIVO or IBM Cognos content analysis software will be used.

3. Web 2.0 and BI

Part of the DSS development project
Supervisor: Rob Meredith and Peter O’Donnell
Needs two interns
A follow on from the 2011 Web 2.0 internship project. Will apply the protocol from the current project to the features/affordances of actual BI tools.

4. Stakeholder theory

Part of the DSS development project
Supervisor: Rob Meredith
Needs one intern
Involves academic literature analysis of stakeholder theory.

5. Industry claims for business analytics

Part of the DSS development project
Supervisor: Peter O’Donnell & David Arnott
Needs two interns
Involves content analysis of industry “papers” and websites to critically assess what industry sources claim about business analytics. Either NVIVO or IBM Cognos content analysis software will be used.

6. IS research on mobile devices

Part of the mobile BI project
Supervisor: Caddie Gao
Needs one intern
Involves academic literature analysis of the current state of IS research on mobile devices.

7. Industry claims for mobile BI Part of the mobile BI project

Supervisor: Caddie Gao
Needs two interns
Involves content analysis of industry “papers” and websites to critically assess what industry sources claim about the use and impact of mobile BI. Either NVIVO or IBM Cognos content analysis software will be used.