Mis Quiz
College of Business Administration
Course Syllabus
Winter 2013
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Course Name: Management Information Systems Course Number: MIS200 51
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Course Pre-requisites: ITE100, ENG105 Credit hours: 3
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Instructor’s Name: Dr. Mehmood Khan Telephone: 02 – 501 5346
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E-mail: mehmood.khan@adu.ac.ae Class Time: 12:00 – 14:10 (Sun through Thu)
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Office Location: D2F-64 Office Hours: 17:10 – 18:10 (Sun through Wed)
1. Course Description
This course focuses on the fundamental issues in using information technologies to manage and organize business processes. The premise of the course is that compared to traditional firms, digital firms heavily rely on a set of information technologies to organize and manage. Managers of digital firms need to identify the challenges facing their firms; discover the technologies that will help them meet these challenges; design business processes to take advantage of the technology; and create management procedures and policies to implement the required changes. Topics include, role of information technology in business, IT infrastructure, enterprise applications, e-business and e-commerce. Please note that as an introduction course to the field of management information systems (MIS), this course provide an overview of wide range of topics in MIS. For each topic discussed in this course, there will be more advanced courses for in-depth discussion.
2. Learning Outcomes * To describe the technical components and types of information systems used in modern business * To analyze business problems in information systems using problem-solving framework and analytical skills * To apply critical thinking skills to
Course Syllabus
Winter 2013
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Course Name: Management Information Systems Course Number: MIS200 51
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Course Pre-requisites: ITE100, ENG105 Credit hours: 3
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Instructor’s Name: Dr. Mehmood Khan Telephone: 02 – 501 5346
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E-mail: mehmood.khan@adu.ac.ae Class Time: 12:00 – 14:10 (Sun through Thu)
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Office Location: D2F-64 Office Hours: 17:10 – 18:10 (Sun through Wed)
1. Course Description
This course focuses on the fundamental issues in using information technologies to manage and organize business processes. The premise of the course is that compared to traditional firms, digital firms heavily rely on a set of information technologies to organize and manage. Managers of digital firms need to identify the challenges facing their firms; discover the technologies that will help them meet these challenges; design business processes to take advantage of the technology; and create management procedures and policies to implement the required changes. Topics include, role of information technology in business, IT infrastructure, enterprise applications, e-business and e-commerce. Please note that as an introduction course to the field of management information systems (MIS), this course provide an overview of wide range of topics in MIS. For each topic discussed in this course, there will be more advanced courses for in-depth discussion.
2. Learning Outcomes * To describe the technical components and types of information systems used in modern business * To analyze business problems in information systems using problem-solving framework and analytical skills * To apply critical thinking skills to
References: * Simon, H. A. (1996). The sciences of the Artificial (3rd ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. * Hammer, M., & Champy, J