Fall 2023

Lecture 1: Introduction to Course and Topic

Sirine Taleb

9/1/23
 Introductions

Introduction to IS

Syllabus overview
Course Information Course outline
Grade distribution

Why this course?

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§ Sirine Taleb
§ Visiting Assistant Professor, BIDS track, OSB

§ Scientific Committee Coordinator at the National Association for Science and Research

§ Consultant at Pulses.ai, Dubai

§ Secretary at IEEE Women in Engineering

§ Previous consultant at CashFlows, London

§ Research Area: Machine Learning and Inventory Management

§ PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering (major: Machine Learning)

§ American University of Beirut

§ BE in Computer and Communications Engineering

§ American University of Beirut

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• Embrace diversity
• Seek an optimal pace
• Communicate early and often
• Everyone talks in class
• Success is not a grade (but grade is important!)

• Connect theory with practice

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§ Effort and some prior knowledge
§ It’s not about what you know now, it’s about what you put into the course

§ Communicate more:
§ Discuss together (except exams)
§ Don’t copy answers!!

§ Practice: ideal combination of business and technology-based knowledge

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§ Pay attention to the professor’s explanation and additional real-life examples – These might be hints on the
exam !
§ Class participation / Asking relevant questions will add to the 40% of course grade
§ Answering questions in class
§ Work ASAP on your project

§ Be serious in working on your project

§ Submit your assignments on time!
§ Study daily
§ Be punctual in your attendance

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• Name
• Major
• Why are you taking this course?
• Any thing you would like to share? Fun fact or hobby?

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 IS

www.menti.com

7683 2077

RESULTS

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 SYLLABUS
CLASS GUIDELINES AND POLICIES

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 Class meets:

• Time:
• T-TH 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM (section 5)
• T-TH 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM (section 6)

Office Hours:

• Time:
• TR 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
• W 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
• Location: OSB 319

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§ This course introduces information systems that raise productivity, create
customer value and sustain competitive advantage.
§ It shows how the integration of information technology and information
systems in the organization’s work processes adds value for the business
and its customers.
§ It focuses on the following topical areas:
üCompetitiveness
üfunctional information systems
üe-commerce and supply chain systems
übusiness intelligence systems
üsystems development

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 Professional
Decision Global Business
Business Teamwork Communication
Making Environment
Competence

Multiple
Use of Work
perspectives Enterprise
information effectively in Interaction
and systems
systems groups
stakeholders

Global
Competing Presentations interconnected
Managing data Collaboration social
influences and reporting
networks

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 INFO 200 is a third semester course (early Junior) and co-requisite
CMPS 209 – Computing for Business.

For your own benefit, two of the following should be completed

before taking INFO 200: DCSN 200, ACCT 210, FINA 210.

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 § Experiencing MIS: Global Edition
§ Edition Global Edition Plus Edition 8
§ The required course book for this course has been integrated into the course's
Moodle page, providing convenient access to the book and its additional
resources to all students. Students will be receiving an access code as they
register, and the fee will be reflected in their tuition fee statement. Please ensure
you have access to the course Moodle page to take full advantage of the
provided materials.

§ Other required supplemental material will be provided through Moodle.

§ These references are REQUIRED reading, unless specified otherwise.
§ The Info 200 Moodle workspace constitutes an essential part of the course.

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Midterm (October 10) 30%
Final 30%
Activities and Class Engagement* 40%

*
Class participation / Asking relevant questions
Answering questions in class
Case Studies
In-class activities
Assignments
Quizzes
Projects
Attendance

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§ Students will be expected to use Moodle, MS Word®, MS Excel® and MS PowerPoint®, MS Visio in
completing their assignments and projects. Assignments submitted to Moodle subject to TurnItIn®.

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§ Upholding the principles of academic integrity is critical to your education at AUB. There are penalties
associated with cheating and plagiarism. You are responsible for personally having read and understood
AUB’s code of conduct as well as the Olayan School of Business Honor Code.

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§ ➢ Cases, Readings, and Assignments: will be posted on Moodle. Students are expected to
solve them individually unless stated otherwise.
§ ➢ E-mail: Information concerning the course may be sent by the lecturer to students by
Moodle. Students are responsible for keeping AUB email accounts functioning properly.
§ ➢ Moodle: Course material, assignments, and grades will be available through Moodle.

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§ MOODLE: for formal communication & announcements
§ E-mail: Anyone can communicate with the professor as per the following format:
§ ✓ Course Name
§ ✓ Group Number/Project name (whenever applicable)
§ ✓ Subject
§ ✓ Always Copy Your Teams (whenever applicable: in project)

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Ø You CAN use your smartphones OUTSIDE class except for POLL questions
Ø Try NOT to be late so I don’t think you were absent
Ø You must be proactive in class
Ø Discuss with me any difficulties you might encounter ASAP for solution

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§ Learn about management information systems, a growing field with job opportunities
expected to grow exponentially for those with a bachelor’s degree or higher, and the career
paths available for you.

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• In every day, we use information generated by an information
system (e.g. surfing the web, withdrawing money, asking for an
electronic report)

• Nowadays, computer-based system generates lots of information

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§ Data is recorded on real-world phenomenon. The World is driven by data.

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§ Industry
4.0 connects the production and products with intelligent information and
communication systems.
§ The Information system 4.0 is the prerequisite for the systematic implementation of the
linked digital world «Industry 4.0».
§ Different subsystems like CRM, which were mere static software products and often only
synchronized overnight, have to be connected to the integrated information landscape to
provide all data in real time.
§ Not only does Industry 4.0 bring new business models and processes, but also a change of
the entire working world. Work hours and pay models will be changed and thus change
entire professional fields.

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§ What are IS?

§ An information system (IS) is an interconnected set of components

used to collect, store, process and transmit data and digital
information. At its core, it is a collection of hardware, software,
data, people and processes that work together to transform raw data
into useful information.

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§ When was the last time you used an IS?

§ Many businesses use information technology to complete and

manage their operations, interact with their consumers, and stay
ahead of their competition. Some companies today are completely
built on information technology, like eBay, Amazon, Alibaba, and
Google.

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§ Information System Application: E-Learning

§ Benefits?

§ There are many benefits from the presence of information system

applications in the field of education, including convenience. The
convenience offered not only saves time but also saves paper.
Therefore, this example of an information system is very useful and
widely used in everyday life.

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§ Shopping on site:
§ You went to ZARA (X branch) and you really liked an item but did not find your size.
§ The employee approaches you with a “machine” in her/his hands and tells you that your size is available in Y branch.
§ It can be also delievered to this X branch using one click.
§ How did all this happen?

§ Or consider that you decided to go and shop the item Online for delivery
§ How do you know if the item is available?
§ Who inputted this stock?
§ How do you place your order? What tools did you use to navigate and pay?
§ How does the company know what your ordered and what it should ship?
§ What is the proof that you have placed an order and paid?

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 § How do you know if the item is available?
§ Data
§ Who inputted this stock?
§ People using Procedures
§ How do you place your order? What tools did you use to navigate and pay?
§ On a screen (Hardware) using some website and paying pages (Software)
§ How does the company know what your ordered and what it should ship?
§ Data and instructions
§ What is the proof that you have placed an order and paid?
§ Invoice

§ Another related Scenario:

§ What happened on the bank side after you paid online?

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 WHAT IF WE DO
NOT STAY UP TO
DATE?
§ Kodak’s missed opportunities in digital
photography, a technology that it invented.
§ This strategic failure was the direct cause of
Kodak’s decades-long decline as digital
photography destroyed its film-based business
model.
§ Steve Sasson, the Kodak engineer who invented
the first digital camera in 1975, characterized the
initial corporate response to his invention this
way:
§ But it was filmless photography, so management’s
reaction was, ‘that’s cute—but don’t tell anyone
about it.’

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§ Facebook abandoned an experiment after two artificially intelligent programs appeared to be chatting to each
other in a strange language only they understood (2017).

§ Days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's understanding of artificial
intelligence (AI) was limited, the social media company has reportedly shut down one of its AI systems
because "things got out of hand."

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