BBA
284 - Information Systems for Management
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This is
an introductory Management Information Systems course designed to prepare students
for their future career roles as professional accountants or managers involved
with the planning, designing, controlling, and auditing of information systems.
Managers need to understand computer and
communication technologies, the opportunities they provide to business, the
problems and pitfalls they present, and the resources these technologies
require. This need has become more evident as markets become global, as our
economy is being transformed into a full-fledged information economy, and as powerful
desktop computers and communications networks are reshaping business
information architectures.
Accountants
and general managers need to be informed and intelligent systems users, rather
than systems professionals, and thus the course provides a broad, conceptual,
management-oriented introduction to the subject, by focusing on the role of
information systems in decision making and control in organizations.
Learning
Objectives:
1. Become aware of the
strategic and competitive implications of information systems for most
businesses.
2. Know how to use the
Systems Approach to study organizations and design effective information
systems.
3.
Become
familiar with the building blocks required in creating an organizational
information architecture
4.
Know how
to manage procurement and development of an information system.
5. Become aware of the
importance of system controls.
6. Understand the
business and system requirements of a global environment.
7.
Become
aware of the impact of systems on employees.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
Management
Information Systems for the Information
Age, by
Haag et al, 2nd Canadian edition,
McGraw-Hill
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS on Reserve at UCCB
Library:
Cash, J.I. Jr., et al., Corporate Information Systems Management,
Second edition, Irwin
Cushing, B.E. and Romney, M.B., Accounting Information Systems and
Business Organizations
Computer Control Guidelines, CICA Publications, 1986
Gaston, S.J., Controlling and Auditing Small Computer Systems,
CICA Publications, 1986
O'Brien, J., Managerial Information Systems, Irwin, 1993 OB
EVALUATION: Participation,
exercises 10
%
E-Portfolio 10
%
Group
project 10
%
Individual
Business System case 10
%
Mid-term
exam 30
%
Final
exam 30
%
GROUP PROJECT: Throughout the semester, in
groups of 2-3, you are required to complete one Real HOT Group Project. There are fourteen HOT
Group Projects on the CD ROM accompanying the textbook, and their project files
are found on: http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/haag/student_index.htm. Only two groups can cover a specific
project, so you must sign-up on a first-come, first-serve basis.
POLICY: o Students are expected to read the
assigned chapters and analyze the assigned exercises and cases
before class and be prepare to discuss readings, cases, and exercises in
class.
o Students are expected to plan
ahead their workload and lab time so that assignments are
completed
and handed-in at the announced due dates.
o There will be no make-up Mid-term
exam and there will be no supplementary final exam.
o To pass the course, the student
must obtain an average of 50% or better for the course
and
obtain a minimum of 50% on the weighted average of the mid-term and the final
exam.
o Students are expected to attend
all sessions to take part in class discussion.
o The University policy with respect
to plagiarism will be strictly adhered to.
TENTATIVE
COURSE SCHEDULE (Fall 2004):
Date Topic Text Exercises
Sep 15 The
Information Age Ch.
1 I Want It ! (p. 8)
CASE: You and your information (p. 31)
22 Strategic and Competitive Opportunities Ch. 2 Helping
the little guy compete (p. 62)
CASE: GM tries to lure customers with Onstar
29 Databases
and Data Warehouses Ch. 3 How up-to-date should data
warehouse info. be?
ELM A, Designing Databases and E-R Diagramming CASE: Mining
Dining data (p. 107)
Oct 6 Business Information Systems OB - Ch. 12 and handout
13 Decision
Support and Artificial Intelligence Ch.
4 How would you
classify people ? (p. 154)
CASE: Decision Support and AI in health care
20 Electronic
Commerce Ch.
5 B2C Services (p.
183)
Network
Basics (pp. 425-450, ELM D) CASE: Making Toyota’s vision a reality
27 Systems
Development Ch. 6 An RFP and the SDLC (p. 241)
CASE: The Stampede Barbeque Restaurant
Nov 3 MID-TERM EXAM
10
IT Infrastructures Ch.
7 IT components and
factors (p. 267)
CASE: University
Infrastructures
17
Protecting People
and Information Ch 8 What would you do ? (p.
307)
ELM B, Computer
Crime and Forensics CASE: Protecting more than health
E-PORTFOLIO DUE
24 Control
of IS and Auditor's role in IS Readings
GROUP PROJECT
DUE
Dec 1 Emerging Trends and
Technology Ch. 9 Finding applications of
virtual reality
INDIVIDUAL
SYSTEMS CASE DUE CASE: Airtexting – Wave your cell …
