COURSE CONTENT GUIDE

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY

I.                Date Initiated         October 16, 2006

II.             Course Information

College/School:      College of Business and Public Policy

Department:           Business Administration

Program:                Master Business Administration

Course Title:          Management Information Systems Seminar

Course Number:    CIS 692

Credits:                   3

Contact Hours:      3 per week x 15 weeks = 45 hours
                                 0 lab hours
                                 6 hours outside of class per week x 15 weeks = 90 hours

Grading Basis:       A – F

Course Description: Analysis of current and future implications of Information Systems (IS) and emerging technologies for managers and decision makers. Focuses on the interaction of technology with business organizations, including e-commerce, enterprise IS and globalization issues. Class discussions on acquiring, using and managing IS.

Course Prerequisites: None.

Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing

Fees: Standard CBPP computer lab fee

III.           Course Activities

A.         Lectures and discussions

B.         In-class exercises

C.         On-line assignments

IV.           Guidelines for Evaluation

A.         Class discussions

B.         Hands on project

C.         Research projects including written and oral components

V.              Course Level Justification

This is a graduate level class that surveys fundamental concepts in Management Information Systems, as needed for managers and decision makers. The course also explores emerging technologies and business trends. Prior knowledge of basic graduate MIS concepts, including hardware, software and databases is desirable, but not required for understanding the concepts presented in class. Students are expected to be proficient at using business software and are expected to be able to conduct research and to present business reports.

VI.           Outline

A.         Introduction to management information systems

B.         Strategic role of information systems in business

C.         Staffing and organizational impacts of information systems

D.         Introduction to e-commerce

E.          Enterprise resource planning and changing business processes

F.          Data warehousing and knowledge management

G.         Customer relationship management and supply chain management

H.         Systems development: funding, specifying and outsourcing issues

I.            Systems integration: inter-organizational and globalization issues

J.           Information systems in mergers and acquisitions

K.         Legal aspects of information systems

L.          Ethical aspects of information systems 

VII.        Suggested Texts

Paul Gray, Manager's Guide to Making Decisions about Information Systems, John Wiley, 2006

Keri E. Pearlson and Carol S. Saunders, Managing and Using Information Systems, John Wiley, 2006.

VIII.      Bibliography

• Bruce Abramson, Digital phoenix : why the information economy collapsed and how it will rise again, Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2005⁺⁺

• Peter Buxmann, Wolfgang Koenig, Inter-organizational cooperation with SAP systems: perspectives on logistics and service management, Springer 2000

• Michael Bronzite, Systems development: a strategic framework, Springer 2000⁺

• Nicholas G. Carr, Does IT matter? : information technology and the corrosion of competitive advantage, Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2004⁺

• Nicholas G. Carr (ed) The digital enterprise: how to reshape your business for a connected world, Harvard Business School Press 2001^*

• Gary W. Dickson and Gerardine DeSanctis, Information Technology and the Future Enterprise; New Models for Managers, Prentice-Hall 2001

• Peter Fingar and Ronald Aronica, The death of "e" and the birth of the real new economy : business models, technologies and strategies for the 21st century, Meghan-Kiffer 2001^**

• G. David Garson, Public information technology and e-governance: managing the virtual state, Raleigh, N.C. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2006⁺

• David J. Grimshaw, Bringing geographical information systems into business, John Wiley 2000⁺

• Paul Harmon, Michael Rosen, Michael Guttman, Developing E-business systems & architectures: a manager's guide, Morgan Kaufmann 2001^*

• Frances Jacobson Harris, I found it on the Internet: coming of age online, Chicago: American Library Association, 2005^*

• Jerzy Kisielnicki (ed) Modern organizations in virtual communities, IRM 2002⁺

• Stephan Kudyba, Richard Hoptroff, Data mining and business intelligence: a guide to productivity, Idea Group 2001⁺

• Kevin McDonald (ed), Mastering the SAP business information warehouse, John Wiley 2002⁺

• Raymond McLeod, Jr., George Schell, Management information systems, Prentice-Hall 2001^***

• Barbara C. McNurlin and Ralph H. Sprague, Jr, Information Systems Management in Practice, Prentice-Hall 2002

• Robert C. Nickerson, Business and Information Systems, Prentice-Hall 2001

• James A. O’Brien, Introduction to Information Systems; Essentials for the e-Business Enterprise, McGraw-Hill Irwin 2002

• Robert O'Harrow, Jr., No place to hide, New York : Free Press, c2005

• Carol A. Ptak and Eli Schragenheim, ERP: tools, techniques, and applications for integrating the supply chain, St. Lucie 2000⁺

• Kathy Schwalbe, Information Technology; Project Management, Course Technology 2004

• James A. Senn, Information technology : principles, practices, and opportunities, Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2004⁺⁺

• Ronald Thompson and William Cats-Baril, Information Technology and Management, McGraw-Hill Irwin 2003

• Efraim Turban, Ephraim McLean, and James Wetherbe, Information Technology for Management; Transforming Business in the Digital Economy, John Wiley 2002

• Siva Vaidhyanathan, The anarchist in the library : how the clash between freedom and control is hacking the real world and crashing the system, New York: Basic Books, c2004⁺

• William Ulrich,  Legacy systems: transformation strategies, Prentice-Hall 2002⁺

+ UAA Consortium Library

++ UAA Mat-Su Library

* Loussac Library

** Valdez Library

*** UAA Soldotna Library

IX.           Instructional Goals and Student Outcomes