Economics of Information 2100-CB-M-D1EKIN
Lecture with elements of a seminar
1. Information as an economic category.
2. The subject of interest in information economics.
3. Information system as an economic system.
4. Information market and its regulations.
5. Information asymmetry.
6. Information management.
7. General introduction to the methods and measures developed by information economics to assess the economic situation of economic entities.
8. Elements of information economics in information management.
9. Information and its impact on economic and social processes.
10. Cost and value of information.
Prerequisites (description)
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Type of course
Mode
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student will gain basic knowledge of the theory of information economics from a global and local perspective, i.e.:
- the concept and importance of information in historical and contemporary terms in relation to the social and political area as an economic value (K_W01)
- review of methods of analysis and description of processes and information systems as economic phenomena (K_W02)
- contemporary approaches and policy models in the field of the information market as an element of state economies, functioning in the global economy, including in the aspect of security (K_W06)
Skills
Student is able to:
- analytically determine, classify and find information necessary for further use in decision-making and project planning processes. (K_U01)
- determine the validity (cost) of using appropriate tools necessary to analyze information (quantitative and qualitative data) taking into account available techniques and information technologies with a holistic approach to the environment of the analyzed phenomenon or process (K_U03)
- use the acquired knowledge when creating interdisciplinary projects related to access to acquired information and dividing projects into problem areas and tasks (K_U11)
Competencies
The student should be able to independently:
- recognize and define the impact of the information economy and information itself on aspects of economic and social activity in your professional environment (K_K02)
- use the acquired knowledge in the field of information as an economic value in building a sustainable approach to its use in the information society (K_K03)
- develop your knowledge and skills regarding obtaining and using information as a prosumer (K_K05)
Assessment criteria
Preparing a project for a hypothetical task related to obtaining information, taking into account the analysis of the problem and a proposal for its solution, taking into account costs.
The project is theoretical in nature, but must refer to a problem that is important from the point of view of security.
Practical placement
Not applicable
Bibliography
Mandatory reading list
- Żelazny R., Economics of information - subject and research scope, "Studia Ekonomiczne" 2014, no. 176, University of Economics in Katowice.
- Oleński J., Economics of information. Methods. PWE Warsaw 2003.
Supplementary reading list
- Dziuba T.D., Methods of economics of the information sector. Difin, Warsaw 2007.
- Hetmański M., Epistemology of information, Copernicus Center Press, Cracow 2013.
- Gawrysiuk P., Digital revolution. The development of information civilization, PWN Scientific Publishing House, Warsaw 2008.
- Flakiewicz W., Information systems in management. Conditions, technologies, types, C.H. Beck, Warsaw 2002.
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