Management Information Systems

 

Course Name

Management Information Systems

Course Code

PD – IT – E3

Number of Contact Hours

45 hours

Credit Hours

3 Credit Hour

Duration and Frequency

  • 15 sessions 
  • Each session = 3 hours
  • Frequency: daily Monday to Friday
  • Duration: 3 weeks

Mode of Delivery

  • Online/ On Campus/ Hybrid 

Category

Professional Development – 

E – Information Technology in Business

COURSE DESCRIPTION 

This course provides students with a practical look at the evaluation of IT in business. Students will study more than 80 cases to see how real companies have used IT in the past, the present and how they use IT in the future. Examples include blogs, instant messaging, and social networking services.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES 

The course objectives are for the student to:

  1. Gain a thorough understanding of information systems management in the global economy
  2. Gain a thorough understanding of strategic uses of information technology and strategic information systems planning
  3. Manage telecommunications and corporate information resources
  4. Manage information security and support information-centric decision making

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

On completion of this subject, students are expected to be able to:

  1. Gain a thorough understanding of information systems management in the global economy
  2. Gain a thorough understanding of strategic uses of information technology and strategic information systems planning
  3. Manage telecommunications and corporate information resources
  4. Manage information security and support information-centric decision making

 

Course Outline:

  1. Information Systems Management in the Global Economy
  2.   The Top is Job
  3. Strategic Uses of Information Technology
  4. Strategic Information Systems Planning
  5. Designing Corporate IT Architecture
  6. Managing Telecommunications
  7. Managing Corporate Information Resources
  8. Managing Partnership-Based IT Operations
  9. Technology for Designing Effective Systems
  10. Management Issues in System Development

   11.Managing Information Security

  1. Supporting Information-centric Decision Making
  2. Supporting IT-Enabled Collaboration
  3. Supporting Knowledge Work & the Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
  4. Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems

Course Textbook

Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 15th Edition

Kenneth C. Laudon, New York University

Jane P. Laudon, Azimuth Information Systems

Link: https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/program/Laudon-Management-Information-Systems-Managing-the-Digital-Firm-Plus-My-Lab-MIS-with-Pearson-e-Text-Access-Card-Package-15th-Edition/PGM2266990.html

 

Feedback Given to Participants in Response to Assessed Work 

  • Individual written feedback on coursework
  • Feedback discussed as part of a tutorial
  • Individual feedback on request
  • Model answers 

 

Developmental Feedback Generated Through Teaching Activities

  • Feedback is given at presentations and during tutorial sessions
  • Dialogue between participants and staff in tutorials and lectures

 

GRADING AND SCORING 

The course grade will be based on a final project presented by the participant and graded by the instructor. Participants much achieve a passing grade of 70% or more to be awarded a certificate of completion of the course.