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CIS - Computer Information Systems BIS - Business Information Systems MATH - Computing EET - Electrical Engineering/ Electronics Technology |
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CIS-311-002 Management Information Systems Fall 2001 - Dr. Kelley 3-4:15 pm Combs CB-312 Term: Aug 21 - Dec 5 2001 Final Exam: Friday Dec 14 3-5 pm Syllabus - Schedule |
SYLLABUS
CIS-311-002 Management Information Systems
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Catalog Course Description: |
CIS-311 Management Information Systems (3 cr): A study to prepare managers for the successful implementation and use of information technology for organizations. This course recognizes and covers the strategic role that information systems can play in gaining competitive advantages in the marketplace. |
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Course Prerequisites: |
CIS-101 Computers for Learning and ACCT-281 Principles of Financial Accounting. |
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Class Meets: |
CIS-311-002 meets on campus Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00 to 4:15 pm in Combs CB-312.. |
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Online Class Schedule: |
See CIS-311 Fall 2001 Online Class Schedule on the internet at http://www.onclick.com/cis311/2001/fall/schedule.htm |
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Final Exam: |
Final Exam: Friday Dec 14 3-5 pm in |
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Faculty: |
Dr. George Kelley Ph.D., Postdoctoral, California Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Texas A & M University; . e-Mail: g.kelley@morehead-st.edu, phone: +1-606-783-2163, e-Fax: +1-309-210-1666, office: Department of Computer Information Systems, CB-309, Combs Hall, Morehead Campus. |
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Required Textbook: |
Introduction to Information Systems: Essentials for the Internetworked e-Business Enterprise by James A. O'Brien, Tenth Edition, © 2001 McGraw Hill/Irwin, ISBN 0-07-242324-2 Textbook Website: http://www.mhhe.com/business/mis/obrien/obrien10e/ |
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Class Website: |
also accessible via the Blackboard class website at |
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Course Objectives: |
1. Obtain an initial understanding of the capabilities and limitations of Information Technology as a tool for effective business management in a variety of industries: manufacturing, banking, insurance, transportation, food, health care, and entertainment, and across multiple business functions: research and development of products and services, sourcing, production, and distribution, training, marketing, sales and customer care. 2. Survey and identify with a measure of discernment the current hardware and software available to store, distribute, and enable access to information in today's businesses in competitive and collaborative environments. 3. Learn basic IT project management techniques for the implementation, user acceptance, and maintenance of cost-effective and usable information systems technologies across the global enterprise. 4. Review examples of information technology business case history with a critical eye towards the factual and quantitative identification of success and failure factors. 5. Gain an appreciation grounded within a historical perspective of the potential of information technology as a means to increase productivity, decrease waste, temper cyclical disruptions, flush out information bottlenecks, foster innovation and pre-empt structural obsolescence, facilitate objective decision making, and enhance the quality of life of all peoples around the world. |
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Course Format: |
Student-centered. You are encouraged to learn by any means you find work best for you, to ask questions of your instructor and peers, and to consult other textbooks, your contacts in industry, and the internet as alternate sources of enrichment. There will be 15 sessions of computer laboratory and instructor lectures, several online internet activities, weekly chapter reading assignments and self-study, 7 random in-class turn-ins, 13 practice sets, 2 term projects, and 1 open-book final exam. |
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Graded Assignments: |
13 Practice Sets: @ 4 pts ea = 52 points 7 Random In-Class Turn-Ins: @ 2 pts ea = 14 points 2 Term Projects @ 12 points ea = 24 points 1 Open Book Final Exam: 10 points Late work: No points Total Points: 100 points |
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Grading Breakdown: |
Grading is based on Total Points. There is no curve. A 90-100 points, B 80-89, C 70-79, D 60-69, F below 60 points |
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Attendance Policy: |
Your attendance in class is important for your success and for the success of your peers and instructor. You are responsible and accountable for all the material and assignments, including random in-class assignments, and for meeting all work submission deadlines whether or not you attend class. |
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Work Submission Policy: |
All work turned in for points must be submitted typed and printed on 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Staple a cover sheet to all work you turn with your name, the date, the class and instructor, the assignment type and number, and a numbered list of the specific items included in your work set. |
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Late and Make Up Work Policy: |
No points will be given for late work. You are always free to turn in work EARLY for full credit. Partial credit is always better than no credit. Always turn in what little you may have ready by the deadline for partial credit. If you cannot make it to class, submit your work to your iinstructor by mail, email, fax, or have a peer, friend, or courier deliver your work for you. Make up work is not available. |
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Extra Credit and Make Up Policy: |
Extra credit and make-up work are not available. |
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Work Product Policy: |
All work you submit for grading must be the result of your own personal effort. Should the instructor identify copyright infringement, source misrepresentation, or multiple submission of the same work by different people, the penalty will be the sharing among all parties of the total number of points awarded by grading the work as an individual effort. It does not matter who copied from whom. |
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Example Related Internet Resources: |
1. Online Tutorials: www.howstuffworks.com, www.whatis.com 2. MIS Groups (Join!) www.cio.com, Association of Internet
Professionals 3. Networking Technologies: www.computerworld.com, www.smartcomputing.com, www.lantimes.com, www.internetwk.com, www.nwc.com, www.data.com, www.iweek.com, www.techweb.com, www.redherring.com 4. Free/Low Cost Website Hosting: www.cihost.com, www.liquidweb.com, www.ebizblaze.com/websitehosting.html 5. Free/Cheap Online Disk Space: www.kinjo.com, www.freedrive.com 6. Hardware Pricing: www.cdw.com, www.pcConnection.com 7. Network Technology Vendors: www.nortel.com, www.marconi.com, www.ericsson.com; www.motorola.com 8. Electronic Search Engines: www.google.com, www.askjeeves.com, www.cnet.com, www.hoovers.com, www.freeEdgar.com, finance.yahoo.com 9. Online Periodicals: www.business20.com, www.businessweek.com, www.cnnfn.com, www.redherring.com, www.computerworld.com, www.incmagazine.com, www.zdnet.com, www.fortune.com, www.forbes.com 10. Online Technology Job Listings: careers.kentucky.com, www.KentuckyJobs.com, www.monster.com, www.headhunter.net, www.onlineNewspapers.com, www.ComputerWork.com, www.computerJobs.com, Online Kentucky Newspapers |
