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MSIS 501 |
Winter 2003 |
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Fundamentals of Information Systems Management |
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Tues 3-5 pm, Thur 7-9 pm via Windows Messenge |
« Office Hours » |
Wednesday 4:00-6:00 pm Eastside Facility |
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Course Objectives: This course is intended to provide you with an
understanding of the fundamentals and technologies associated with the use of
information systems to provide efficient and effective solutions to business
problems. Course
Goals: This course has been designed
with three goals in mind. First, we feel that a basic understanding of foundation
concepts is critical to using information systems to successfully apply them
within a business. These concepts include trends, components, and roles of
information systems and competitive advantage concepts and applications. The
second major goal is the understanding of information technologies and business
applications. Learning how the Internet, intranets, extranets, and other
information technologies work and are used in business enterprises to support
electronic business and commerce, team and enterprise collaboration, and
business decision making. Lastly,
understanding the development process is important. The process of developing
and implementing business strategies and systems using several strategic and
application development tools fulfills this goal. Requirements: You will be working in teams to complete 3 projects
(project details will be available as separate documents). Each project will
have a set of requirements defined for it. Grading will be based on how well
your team’s solution meets or exceeds the specific requirements. Projects that
meet these requirements will earn a 3.4. Projects that fail to meet these
requirements will receive a lower grade. It is possible to get a higher grade
by adding additional features. If you choose to provide additional features,
the specific choice of features is totally up to the team to determine. The
degree of difficulty of these additional features (as determined by the
instructor) will determine how much above 3.4 the project will earn. In
addition, there will be one examination (short-answer type) that will be used
to evaluate your understanding of the main topics covered during the course. Your
final grade will be computed with each project weighted at 25% and the exam
weighted at 25%. |
