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.
Athena Title
MGT INFO SYSTEMS
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 6090
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
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