MSME 208 - MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

Course Objectives:

Upon successfully completing this course, a student will be able to do the following:
(1) Identify managerial challenges and opportunities for organizational advancement that may be resolved by the
application of current new technologies.
(2) Identify opportunities for and successfully apply various information technologies to gain competitive advantage.
(3) Define and recognize key enabling technologies that may advance organizations now and in the future.
(4) Explain applications as groupware, the Internet, executive information systems, telecommunications, and other
organizational support technologies and relate them to solving organization problems.
(5) Make required personal and organizational changes to implement the new technologies in established and in new
organizations.
(6) Identify new opportunities and champion the introduction and application of advancing technologies in an
organization.

COURSE OUTLINE

I. Information System in Global Business Today

II. Global E- Business Collaboration
III. Information Systems, Organization and Strategy
IV. Ethical and Social Issues in IS
V. IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies
VI. Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and Information Management
VII. Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology
VIII.Security Information Systems
IX. Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy
X. E-commerce: Digital Markets, Digital Goods
XI. Managing Knowledge
XII. Enhancing Decision Making
XIII. Building IS
XIV.Managing Projects
XV. Managing Global Systems

References:

1. Laudon, K. C., & Laudon, J. (2015) Essentials of Management Information Systems, 11 th Edition
2. Kroenke, D. M., & Boyle, R. J, (2017). Experiencing MIS, 7 th Edition
3. Laudon, K. C., & Laudon, J. (2012). Management Information Systems: Managing Digital Firm, 15 th Edition

Course Requirements: Research Paper

Students will have the choice of developing a research paper on an emerging technology of their choice or a case study
of a firm with emphasis on an application of information technology or working on a feasibility team regarding a
prospective business endeavor. The choice of topic should be consistent with the objectives of the course as stated
above. The resulting paper will be graded on content and appropriate use of source citations. Correct use of the English
language is required. Papers are due a week before finals.