COURSE SYLLABUS

IE 312   MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS  (3-0) 3

URL: http://ie.atilim.edu.tr/~ie312

Catalog data:

Role of information and information systems in organizations. Basics information concepts, data processing technologies and their applications. Analysis and design of information systems. Database management.

Textbook:

O’Brein, J. A., Management Information Systems: Managing Information Technology in the Internetworked Enterprise, International Edition, Irwin/Mc GrawHill, 1999.

References:

• Kroenke, D. M., Business Computer Systems: An Introduction, 4^th Edition, McGrawHill, 1990.

• Laudon , K. C., and J.P. Laudon, Essentials of Management Information Systems: Organization and Technology, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1995.

• Zwass, V., Management Information Systems., Brown Publishers, 1992.

• Hicks, J. O., Information Systems in Business: An Introduction, West Publishing Company, 1986.

Prerequisites by Topic:

Fundamental knowledge on computer software.

Method for Assessing Student Knowledge of Prerequisite Topics:

Face to face interviewing.

Goals:

The course aims to present the organizational foundations of systems and to equip the student with the technical foundations for understanding and designing such systems within the perspective of  Information Technologies (IT). The student, having taken the course, will have a basic knowledge on the following topics: data communications and networking, database management systems,  software engineering, object-oriented programming, e-commerce, ethics of computers, information systems project management, system analysis and design, managerial processes.

Objectives:

• To introduce the organizational foundations of systems and their emerging strategic role.

• To provide the technical foundational for understanding information systems describing hardware, software storage and telecommunications technologies.

• To focus on the process of designing organizations using information systems.

• To describe the role of information systems in capturing and distributing organizational knowledge and in enhancing management decision-making.

Topics:

1.      The strategic role of information systems (3 hrs)

2.      Information, management and decision making (3 hrs)

3.      Technical foundations of information systems-computers and information processing  (6 hrs)

4.      Information systems software (3 hrs)

5.      Managing data resources, designing databases and database management (6 hrs)

6.      Telecommunications, The Internet and enterprise networking (6 hrs)

7.      Analysis and design of information systems (6 hrs)

8.      Redesigning organizations using information systems (6 hrs)

9.      Ensuring quality with information systems (3 hrs)

Computer Usage and Laboratory Projects:

Students are required to choose a DBMS (e. g. Oracle) and use it in their case studies which are based an real world applications.

Contribution to Professional Component:

1.      Mathematics or basic science                 0 credits

2.      Engineering science or design                3 credits

3.      General education                                 0 credits