Course ID: | MIST 6090. 1-3 hours. |
Course Title: | Management Information Systems |
Course Description: | Use of information systems technology by managers and professionals to improve organizational performance, group work, and personal productivity. Decision support software and database query systems are used to support a case-based approach to learning. For students in the two-year MBA program. |
Oasis Title: | MGT INFO SYSTEMS |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in MGMT 6090 |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course focuses on answers to the following questions: How can I manage
technology and lead people through technology-driven change to accomplish my
mission/outcomes? What is it that all managers and professionals need to know in
order to participate, in an active and meaningful fashion, in the management of the
rapidly evolving information management function of an organization?
In answering this question, students completing this course:
1. will be able to apply system concepts to the analysis and application of
technology to business problems/goals/strategies;
2. will have a broad understanding of IS technology and how it can be used by
managers and professionals to improve organizational performance, teamwork, and
personal productivity;
3. will be familiar with the design and implementation processes and best practices
for successfully managing an IS change effort;
4. will be familiar with common MIS concepts and technology and able to apply this
knowledge to the identification of opportunities for information systems;
5. will be familiar with what an organization should use to identify and acquire the
information technology capability that is needed to keep it efficient and effective;
6. will be able to use collaboration, decision support, database query, and Web
searching software to support classroom assignments and future work activities; and
7. will be familiar with current and future MIS management issues.
The over-arching outcome of the course is develop in you the skill, the perspectives,
and the confidence that will allow you be an active and effective participant in the
information management function/activities, from either the business or the
technology side of the fence. |
Topical Outline: | Introduction
Systems Thinking
- STS review with focus on Social and Social Support System
- People component
- Purposeful Systems: Outcome-Directed Thinking
- Managing the Choice process
Technology: Information Systems
- STS review & IS Overview
- Collaboration Technology
- Different types of Information Systems: Map or Model
- Fundamental building blocks: Computer hardware and software
Managing the Change Process
- Managing/Leading Change Process: An Overview
- Managing/Leading Change Process: IS Applications
Technology: Networks: e-everything
- Telecommunication fundamentals
- e-Business and e-Collaboration
- e & c commerce case discussions
Acquiring Information Systems
- Information Systems Development & Maintenance: STS view
- End-user development
- Implementing Purchased Software Systems
- Database Management, Data Warehouses and CRM
- An integrated look at Managing IS projects
Managing the Information Resource
- Managing IT/IS Infrastructure
- IS Planning and Managing the IS Department
Final Integration Exercises |