1. Catalogue description

Introduces the use of the information resources through which a business can achieve competitive advantage. Topics covered include systems development, end-user computing approaches, computer-based information systems, and enterprise computing, both domestic and global. Prerequisite: MIST 595 or demonstrated proficiency using Excel, Access and Internet.by Applegate, Austin and McFarlan, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 8th Edition, 2009.

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2. Expected outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

1.    Have a solid understanding of current and emergent issues and best practices of using and managing IT, and will learn the key aspects of infrastructure, design, information assets and managing information.

2.    Be able to critically analyze and assess strategic relevance of Information Technologies in diverse organizational contexts and industries.

3.    Be able to apply conceptual frameworks discussed in class to real-life cases involving managerial decisions on how to leverage IT-enabled business opportunities in a networked global economy.

4.    Learn best practices of developing and sustaining high quality working relationships between the IT and business functions, and will learn the ways that organizational data and information is managed to support decision making.

5.    Improve their oral and written communication skills, and also presentation skills.

6.    Enhance their collaborative and team-building skills. 

1. Catalogue description

Introduces the use of the information resources through which a business can achieve competitive advantage. Topics covered include systems development, end-user computing approaches, computer-based information systems, and enterprise computing, both domestic and global. Prerequisite: MIST 595 or demonstrated proficiency using Excel, Access and Internet.

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2. Expected outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

1.    Have a solid understanding of current and emergent issues and best practices of using and managing IT, and will learn the key aspects of

infrastructure, design, information assets and managing information.

2.    Be able to critically analyze and assess strategic relevance of Information Technologies in diverse organizational contexts and industries.

3.    Be able to apply conceptual frameworks discussed in class to real-life cases involving managerial decisions on how to leverage IT-enabled business opportunities in a networked global economy.

4.    Learn best practices of developing and sustaining high quality working relationships between the IT and business functions, and will learn the ways that organizational data and information is managed to support decision making.

5.    Improve their oral and written communication skills, and also presentation skills.

6.    Enhance their collaborative and team-building skills.

 

3. Text and references

Recommended:

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Corporate Information Systems Strategy and Management: Text and Cases by Applegate, Austin and McFarlan, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 8th Edition, 2009.

ISBN Number: 0073402931.

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073402931/information_center_view0/

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Others:

Additional class materials will be distributed in class throughout the term

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4: Course expectationch

Each student will be expected to prepare 4 case summaries and participate in all case discussions. The case summaries are to be submitted on the day the cases will be discussed. Furthermore, each group of students (2 or 3 students) will complete 2 case analyses. A written report with a detailed case analysis and recommendations will be submitted to the instructor on the day the assignment is due.

 

5. Each student is expected to have a working campus email account.

6. Special or unique student materials:

 

 Students should have access to a computer with Microsoft Office and with access to the Internet.

 

7. Special or unique university facilities

 

 Classroom projection facilities for lectures and demonstrating applications. University-supported computer laboratories in which students can work with the application software are very helpful.

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8. Expanded description of the course and instructional methods

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a. Instructional methods used in this course include lectures, case study discussions, in-class demonstrations

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1. Lectures are used to clarify and supplement text readings.

2. Case study discussions and in-class demonstrations are used to facilitate student understanding and provide integration of course material within the business domain.

3. Case study assignments reinforce students’ understanding of information technology and its management

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b. Students are expected to assimilate a significant portion of course content through self-study of the textbook and instructor-provided materials.

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c. Case studies allow the students to put into practice what they have learned and assignments exercise the students’ understanding of information systems and technologies.

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