SYLLABUS OF OPERATIONSANDINFORMATIONSYSTEMSMANAGEMENT
Instructor: Wumeng
Office Phone: 021-51278249
Email:19708884@qq.com
Office: Room 827
REQUIRED TEXT
1. ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Kenneth C.Laudon, Jane P.Laudon, CHINA RENMIN UNIVERSITY PRESS
2. INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT METHOD, Chen Jia,Tsinghua University Publisher
DESCRIPTION
This course introduces the student to the basic concepts, theories, and areas of study that comprise the field ofmanagement information system. This course aims at helping the students to use information systems and technologies for achieving bottom-line business results. This course will enable to helpstudent master theories and the problem-solving approaches, strengthen their ability to analyze and design information systems solutions to business problems.
OBJECTIVES
This course allows students to learn how to identify a business problem, design alternative solutions, choose the correct solution, and implement the solution. The course provides an array of hands-on projects that promote higher-order thinking and encourage students to apply information from the course to real-world business problems.
On completion of the course, students should be able to:
Identify and evaluate the role of information systems in business today
Describe the information systems supporting the major business functions.
Demonstrate how Porter’s competitive forces models helps companies develop competitive strategies using information systems.
Understanding information systems by examining hardware, software, databases, networking technologies, and tools and techniques for security and control.
Use the knowledge acquired in earlier chapters to analyze and design information system solutions to business problems.
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Class Attendance: 10%. Responsible attendance is expected of each individual enrolled in this course. Iwill circulate a sign-up sheet every day that we are scheduled to meet and you will forfeit one full percentagepoint for every unexcused absence beyond three. If you miss a lecture you are responsible for obtaining anymissed notes and/or handouts on your own unless you are officially excused.
You may be officially excused from a class meeting for one of three reasons: (1) You have an illness that prevents you from attending class and a doctor's note to that effect; (2) You have a personal emergency like a death in the family and are either excused before class or can document the emergency afterwards; (3) You have a university sponsored obligation (participation in a sporting event or student organization sponsored project)and are excused before the examination or case presentation.
Course Project: 20%. The project shouldhave: 1) the core problem-solving steps for developing new information systems; 2) models for assessing the business value information systems; 3) the requirements for successfully managing change created by new systems; 4) alternative methods for building information systems; 5) compare alternative methodologies for modeling and designing systems.
Examinations: 70%.The Final Exam (please note specific days and dates listed in the calendar) will be worth 70%.The questions will come from the assigned reading material, the lecture notes, as well as classdiscussions and exercises. Test questions will be presented as filling in the blanks, multiplechoice, true/false, and short answer.
COURSE CONTENTS
Topics | Class Hours | |
Week 1-3 | TOPIC ONE Business Information Systems in Your Career
| 6 |
Week 4-5 | TOPIC TWO E-Business: How Businesses Use Information System
| 4 |
Week 6-7 | TOPIC THREE Achieving Competitive Advantage with Information Systems
| 4 |
Week 8-9 | TOPIC FOUR IT Infrastructure: Hardware and Software
| 4 |
Week 10-11 | TOPIC FIVE Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and Information Management
| 4 |
Week 12-13 | TOPIC SIX Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology
| 4 |
Week 14-15 | TOPIC SEVEN Securing Information Systems
| 4 |
Week 16-18 | TOPIC EIGHT Building Information Systems
| 6 |
Total Hours | 36 |