INSS 530: Information Systems in Organization

 

Term:  2000/2001 Term V

Credit Hours: 3

Class Dates/Times: Weekends, Saturdays and Sundays (9:00 16:00)

Class Location: Wiesbaden, Germany

 

Prerequisites: All undergraduate prerequisite courses or permission of the instructor.

 

Textbook:

(MIS)  O’Brien, James A., Management Information Systems: Managing Information Technology in the Internetworked Enterprise, 4^th Edition, New York: Irwin/McGraw Hill, 1999.

 

(MBA)  Bruner, Robert G., et al, The Portable MBA, 3^rd Edition, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.

 

Course Description: This course introduces the basic management information systems concepts and examines the fundamental types of information systems.  Personal, work group, and enterprise information systems are discussed.  The challenge and use of information to gain competitive advantage are also examined.  Other topics to be discussed include: the economics of information, use of value added concepts to evaluate information system effectiveness, and the application of system theory to information system architecture.

 

Course Objectives:

 

   To recognize the basic concepts about the components and the operations, managerial, and strategic roles of information systems.

   To identify major concepts, developments, and managerial implications involved in computer hardware, software, telecommunications, and database management technologies.

   To understand how the Internet, intranets, extranets, and other information technologies are used in modern information systems to support business functions.

   To familiarize the students with a systems approach to problem solving and other business application development methodologies in developing information system solutions to business problems.

   To examine the challenges of managing information systems technologies, resources, and strategies, including global IT management, strategic IS planning and implementation, and security and ethical issues.

   To apply the concepts and demonstrate the knowledge learned in class by analyzing real-world cases.

 

Course Requirements:

 

   Participation and attendance are encouraged and expected.  Participation in topic discussions and providing responses to case analysis contribute to overall learning experience and maximize class involvement. 

   Case studies found at the end of each chapter are assigned throughout the duration of the course and are completed in class or out of class depending on class progress.  A current issues paper is assigned as an individual project to be submitted on the date scheduled; the requirements will be discussed during the first meeting.

   The class will be divided into groups of three or four to present a group project analyzing one of the major real-world cases found in the text.  The specific project deliverables will be discussed in detail during the first meeting.

   Short answers, multiple choice, and essay questions make up the two examinations.

 

Course Evaluation: The course grade will be based on:

 

            Class Participation/Case Study Discussion                     15%

            Current Issues Paper                                                    15%

            Group Project                                                              20%

            Midterm Examination                                                    25%

            Final Examination                                                          25%

 

Once the grade has been determined, it will be assigned in letter form as follows:

 

            A = 90%+

B = 80-89%

C = 70-79%

D = 60-69%

F(a) = less than 60% (Academic failure)

 

Course Policies: Students are required to familiarize themselves with the policies and guidelines found in UMUC’s Graduate Catalog 2000/01 dealing with attendance, academic dishonesty and plagiarism.  Plagiarized papers, projects, or exams will received a grade of zero whether copied in whole or in part.  All email communications will include INSS 530 on the subject line.  All case studies and projects must be turned in as scheduled.  Although late case studies and projects are accepted, it will be reduced ten percent per week turned in late and is highly discouraged.  Examinations must be taken on the dates scheduled.  It is the student’s responsibility to keep the instructor informed of situations that may cause the student to miss the exam.  Make-up exams may be given at the discretion of the instructor and only when the student presents proof of the emergency.

 

 

Course Schedule:

 

 

Instructor: Ms. Eiselstein received a BS in Information Systems Management from University of Maryland University College, an MS in Management Information Systems from Bowie State University.  She worked for over twenty years in the computer industry as systems operator, programmer, information and communication security administrator, network administrator, system administrator, functional and systems analyst, information systems instructor, and project manager.

 

Email: eiselste@bunt.com                                                               Address: PSC 3 Box 1221

             julieteiselstein@hotmail.com                                                                        APO AE 09021

Office hours: by appointment or before and after class                        Phone: 06371-43989