IS 600
Management Information Systems
Spring 2003


 

Tom Hankins, instructor                                       Phones:  800-642-9842, x2044 or 304-746-2044 (w)

E-mail: thankins@marshall.edu                                          304-562-0321 (h)    Fax: 304-746-2063



I. Purpose and objectives

 

This course is an introduction to the use and design of information systems in organizations. The course will:

            ■   Demonstrate how technology can facilitate management and improve decision-making

            ■   Show how technology is used to integrate the business disciplines

            ■   Introduce business cases, and techniques for solving business problems with information technology

            ■   Examine strategic applications of technology.

            ■   Introduce issues and problems involved in building complex systems and organizing information resources.

            ■   Explore aspects of the social implications of information technology.


II. Course requirements and grades

 

Attend class. Complete homework and project assignments. Read assigned material before coming to class. Class sessions offer you opportunities to discuss what you have read, apply your ideas to problem situations, and learn from others in the class.

 

Prerequisites: You are expected to know how to use and have access to a spreadsheet program (123, Excel, Quattro Pro, or something similar) and a database program, preferably Access.

 

Your grade for the class will be based on homework, a group project assignment, and my evaluation of your class participation.

 

Grading will necessarily be somewhat subjective. The quality and professionalism of your written material will be major factors in your grades.

 

My general guide in assigning grades is that an 'A' indicates achievement of distinction at the graduate level, a 'B' indicates meeting acceptable standards of achievement, and a grade of 'C' indicates work below the expected standards for graduate students.


III. Texts

 

 

Management Information Systems (3rdedition)

Gerald V. Post and David L. Anderson

McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2003

 

 


 

IV. Tentative course outline and reading assignments

  

 Date

Topics

Readings

15 Jan

Introduction to the class

Introduction of participants

Introduction to Business Operations

Ch 1

22 Jan

Information Technology foundations

Ch 2

29 Jan

Networks and Telecommunications

Security, Privacy, and Anonymity

Ch 3

Ch 4

5 Feb

Transactions and Electronic Commerce

Ch 5

12 Feb

Database Management 

Ch 6

19 Feb

Integration of Information

Ch 7

26 Feb

Models and Decision Support

Ch 8

5 Mar

Complex Decisions and Expert Systems

Ch 9

12 Mar

Strategic Analysis

Ch 10

19 Mar

☆ ☆ ☆ NO CLASS: Spring Break ☆ ☆ ☆

 

26 Mar

 Electronic Business and Entrepreneurship 

Ch 11

2 Apr

Systems Development

Ch 12

9 Apr

Organizing Information System Resources

Ch 13

16 Apr

Information Management and Society

Ch 14

23 Apr

Group presentations

 

30 Apr

Group presentations

 

 

 

V. Class assignments

 

These are in addition to weekly homework assignments, you will receive more information on these projects as they are assigned. This listing is to give you an idea of the work required over the semester.

 

1.     Create a web page that will help the rest of the class learn about you and your interests. Post it on WebCT. (If you already have such a site accessible on the Internet, you may put a link to it on WebCT.) This will not be graded for design, only checked for your having prepared and posted the web page. The web page must include a clear photo of yourself. We will discuss how to post the material to WebCT at the 2nd or 3rd class sessions.

 

2.     Two exams (via WebCT)

 

3.     Group project. This assignment will give you the opportunity to apply ideas and techniques you have studied in the course.