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Topic |
Reading |
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Managing The Digital Firm
1.1
Why Information Systems [P. 7-13]
1.2
Perspectives
on information systems
[P. 13-24]
13. Contemporary Approaches to Information Systems
[pp. 25-27]
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Chapter 1,
1 weeks |
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Information Systems In The Enterprise
2.1.
Major types of systems in organizations [p. 40-48]
2.2.
Systems from a Functional Perspective [p. p. 48-53 ]
2.3
Integrating functions and business processes [pp. 54-61] |
Chapter 2 -
2 weeks |
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Information Systems, Organizations, Management, and
Strategy
3.2
How information systems impacts organizations and business firms [p.
82-85]
3.4.
Information systems & business strategy
13.1
Business decision making and the decision-making process (chapter 13,
p. 460-463) |
Chapter 3
– 1
1/2 weeks |
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The Digital Firm: Electronic Commerce And Electronic
Business
4.1
Electronic Commerce, Electronic Business, and the Emerging Digital
Firm [p. 114-119]
4.2
Electronic
Commerce [p. 119-130]
4.3.
Electronic business and the digital firm
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Chapter 4
- 1
1/2 weeks |
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Midterm 1- (covers the above chapters)-
15th of
April
2008, from 16:30 to 18:00 or 18:30 to 20:00
Type of Questions: True/
False; MCQ, Matching, and 4 essay questions |
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Managing Data Resources
7.1
Organizing Data in a Traditional File Environment
7.2
The Database Approach to Data Management
7.3.
Creating a data base environment
7.4
Database Trends
With Lab on MS
Access (One
week- this is a new task for Spring 2008) |
Chapter 7 -
2 week |
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Information Systems Security And Control
10.1
System Vulnerability and
Abuse [p. 342-??] |
Chapter 10 - 1/2 week |
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Enterprise applications and business process integration
11.1.Enterprise
systems (p. 380-383)
11.2.
Supply chain management systems (p. 384-3932)
11.3.
Customer relationship management systems (p. 393-398) |
Chapter
11 - 1 week |
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The
Wireless revolution (Oral Presentation to be
assigned to students)
9.3.
M-Commerce and mobile computing (p. 318-322)
9.4.
Wireless technology in the enterprise (p. 323-327)
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Chapter
9 - 1/2 week |
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Redesigning the Organization with Information Systems
14.3
Overview of
Systems Development [P. 506-511] (without
"modelling and designing system: structured and object-oriented
methodologies")
14.4
Alternative System-building Approaches [P. 516-522]
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Chapter 14
- 1 week |
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1st June is the
last day of courses
Final Exam 3rd of June from 12:30 to 14:30:
chapters included are (7, 10, 11 and 14)
True/False-
Multiple Choice - and Matching - There is no open questions |
Short Oral Presentation
Group of 2 to 3 Students need to
select a topic for oral presentation
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Oral Presentation |
Group |
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Chapter 10 (Section 10.4.)
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Disaster recovery planning, security outsourcing, tools
for security and control (firewall, intrusion detection systems,
antivirus software, public key infrastructure, digital signature,
digital certificate) |
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Chapter 12 (section 12.1., 12.2. and 12.3.) |
Knowledge management
(definition of knowledge, difference between information and knowledge,
type of knowledge, knowledge management value, type of knowledge
management systems), enterprise-wide knowledge management system
(structured and unstructured knowledge), knowledge systems (knowledge
for portal, collaboration tools, and learning management systems),
intelligent techniques (expert systems, case-based reasoning, fuzzy
logic systems, neural network, generic Algorithm, hybrid systems,
intelligent agents) |
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Chapter 13 (section 13.1., 13.2., and 13.3.) |
executives support
systems, decision support systems and group decision support systems) |
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Chapter 14 (section 14.1 and 14.2.) |
"systems as planed
organizational change" (critical success factor and example) "Business
process reengineering and process improvement" |
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Chapter 15 (section 15.1. and 15.2) |
"Understanding the
business value of information system" and "the importance of change
management in information system success and failure". |
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Chapter 16 (section 16.1. and 16) |
"the growth of
international information systems" and "Organizing international
information systems". |
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Oral Presentation may also be
selected from the following |
Group |
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Chapter 2 (MIS
in Action,
p. 64): How to benefits from customer
Relationships Management |
Group 1 |
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Chapter 3 (MIS
in Action,
p. 102):
Identifying opportunities for strategic information systems |
Group 2 |
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Chapter 4 (MIS
in Action, p. 137),
Digitally enabling the enterprise: the top questions to ask
Chapter 13 (MIS
in Action, p. 429)
"designing a user-friendly web page" |
Group 3 |
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Chapter 6 (MIS
in Action, p. 210):
How to calculate the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the technology
assets |
Group 4 |
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Chapter 7 (MIS
in Action, p. 237):
How to make a data warehouse serve the business? |
Group 5 |
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Chapter 5 (Make
it your business, p. 151):
How to conduct an ethical analysis? |
Group 6 |
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Chapter 8 (Make
it your business, p. 269):
Developing a business-Driven telecommunication plan |
Group 7 |
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Chapter 9 (Make
it your business, p. 296):
"how to integrate the wireless web site business strategy" |
Group 8 |
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Chapter 10 (Make
it your business, p. 327):
"Establishing the business requirements of an enterprise information
portal" |
Group 9 |
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Chapter 11 (Make
it your business, p. 354)
"how to evaluate a DSS project?" |
Group 10 |
Grading
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Quizzes
(keep the three
best one) |
10
% |
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Project |
10 % |
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Assignments,
attendance & participation |
15 % |
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Midterm |
25
% |
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Final |
40
% |
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Total |
100 % |
Grade
distribution
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Range |
Grade |
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>= 95 |
A |
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90-94 |
A- |
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87-89 |
B+ |
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83-86 |
B |
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80-82 |
B- |
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77-79 |
C+ |
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73-76 |
C |
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70-72 |
C- |
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65-69 |
D+ |
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60-64 |
D |
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<= 59 |
F |
Policies
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Students should check the website for class information
regularly, you are responsible for any information posted on the website
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You will be expected to arrive in time and to remain in
class until the end. If you must arrive late or leave early please inform
before 24 hours.
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Quizzes will not be repeated, no "makeups", even if
absent with an excuse
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Absence for more than 7 hours results in 0 [attendance]
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Negotiation of the final grade
is neither accepted nor discussed
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