Syllabus
GSB
622 Management Information Systems
Online August 29– October 23, 2011
Fall 2011
Instructor: James
Miller
Email: jmiller@dom.edu
Cell phone: 847-530-0550
Class Location: Online only
Texts (required):
Laudon & Laudon, Management
Information Systems: Managing
the Digital Firm. 12 th Ed. Prentice Hall . ISBN 9780132142854
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OR
Laudon & Laudon, Management Information Systems: Managing
the Digital Firm. 11 th Ed. Prentice Hall ISBN-10:
0-13-607846-X ISBN-13: 978-0-13-607846-3
For a brief analysis on the differences between the 10th, 11th, and 12th editions and how this might impact your performance in the course, see http://www.millerjw.com/dom/gsb622online/summer2011/LaudonTextbookComparison.html
Course Description: This course explores
and assesses the current and future role of information technology in business,
from both a management and a user perspective. Topics include: the strategic
role of IT, distributed computing, hardware and operating systems, software
development tools and processes, relational databases, security concerns, ethical
issues, privacy issues, enterprise applications, intelligent systems, role
and influence of IT on business processes, and the influence of web technologies
on e-business and m-business. Hands-on experiences include web, database, spreadsheet,
graphical user interface (GUI) tools, and computer security techniques. Case
studies are also used to facilitate discussions focused on the course topics.
Prerequisites: GSB 611, 612, 613.
Class times – READ CAREFULLY
Online participation
is required from August 29 through October 23 of 2011. Please
be aware that you must be available to participate in weekly online discussions. You must contribute to each Discussion Thread on at
least three different days each week;
any time of day is acceptable. Each course week begins on Monday at 12:01
am and runs through to the following Sunday at 11:59 pm (Chicago time).
Objectives:
- Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Describe the evolution, current state, and trends in
information technology as well as their
business implications.
- Explain how information systems can be used for strategic
competitive advantage.
- Identify opportunities that exist for information technology
applications in a particular business environment
- Explain the issues involved in the effective management
of information system resources, processes and systems.
- Analyze and explain the applicability of various network
alternatives within a particular business environment, and explain the
requirements and challenges associated with the management of same
- Analyze and explain the applicability of various software
applications within a particular business environment, including decision
support systems, intelligent systems, and executive information systems.
- Analyze and explain the applicability of database systems
and data mining within a particular business environment, and explain the
requirements and challenges associated with the management of same
- Assess computer security concerns and vulnerabilities
associated with information technology and systems within an organization
- Develop a plan to support business process reengineering
using an information systems planning approach
- Explain the relevance and evaluate the potential of
e-commerce, e-business, and m-business with respect to a particular business
environment
- Assess the ethical, legal, and privacy issues associated
with information technology and information systems
- Demonstrate an effective use and an understanding of
the applicability of spreadsheet software (such as Excel) and data management
software (such as Access).
Course Format
This online course is organized into eight weeks and all
course materials will be available each week on the Dominican University Blackboard
site (blackboard.dom.edu). Each week begins on Monday at 12:01 am and runs
until the following Sunday at 11:59 pm (Chicago time). Each week there is a
posted online lecture, a required assignment, an online quiz, and one or more
online discussions. In the final week, there is an online final exam and a
short paper due. The paper should be completed over the span of several weeks,
however. All assignments are submitted electronically via Blackboard (instructions
will be provided) and are due by no later than 11:59 pm on the appropriate
Sunday. Each week, students will be required to complete an online quiz that
will be available from Monday through Sunday of the appropriate
week. In addition, students will be required to participate each week in each
online discussion on a minimum of three different days during the week for
full credit points. The details for each course component requirement are provided
below. Please be aware that due to the nature of the course, absolutely NO
LATE discussions. Sorry, NO EXCEPTIONS. Assignments and quizzes can be accepted
late ONLY IF you make advance arrangements with the instructor.
Evaluation:
|
Final
course average will be based on the following:
Course
Components |
Total Maximum Points
400
distributed
as described:
|
Homework
Assignments (Weeks 1 through 7)
On
Monday of each week (except the final week) an assignment
will be posted on the course Blackboard site. Assignments
are to be submitted electronically using the course Blackboard
Assignments section by no later midnight (CST) on the scheduled
Sunday due date. Exact instructions on how to accomplish
this will be given. Due to the nature of the course, no late
assignments will be accepted. Partial credit is awarded for
assignments. Each
assignment is worth a maximum of fourteen (14) points. |
98
(7
weeks x 14 points) |
Online
discussion participation (Weeks 1 through 7 with one week
off)
In
the Online Discussion area of the course, students are required
to interact with classmates to explore questions and comments
related to the content of this course. Discussions will always
open on Monday at 12:01
am (CST) and close on Sunday at 11:59 pm (CST). A
successful student in online education is one who takes an
active role in the learning process. You are therefore required
to participate in the discussion areas to enhance your learning
experience throughout each week.
Online
discussions are graded each week (except the final week) based
on:
1.
Frequency—Number
and regularity of your discussion comments, and
2.
Content —Content
of your contributions
Frequency—Number
and regularity of your contributions. Students are expected
to log into the course Blackboard web site and post (respond)
in each of the week’s threaded discussion topics on a minimum
of three separate days per week. Note that there
may be two or three discussion topics in a particular week. You
are required to post at least three times in EACH threaded
topic that week (so if there are two discussion topics, that
would total to a minimum of six posts for the week).
Content— points
awarded to the content
of your contributions. Points are awarded based on strong evidence
of reading, reflection, and careful composition. Maximum
points are only awarded to posts which elaborate on previous
comments with additional information contribution, or posts
which present explanations of concepts or which provide clarifying
examples, or posts which provide a URL and an explanation in
your own words for a relevant area researched on the Internet.
Note: It
is impossible to make up discussion points once the week
ends. Partial credit is awarded for assignments. Each weekly
discussion is
worth a maximum of eighteen
(18) points. Again,
students are required to participate in the online discussions
on at least three different days of
the week in each of the graded threads identified for the
week. |
108
(6
weeks x 18 points)
|
Online
Quizzes (Weeks 1 through 7)
On
Monday of each week (except the final week) an online quiz
will be posted on the course Blackboard site. Students
should not take the quiz until the weeks materials have been
reviewed. The quizzes will be directly related to the posted
weekly online lecture and textbook reading assignment for
the week. Quizzes will be taken on the course Blackboard
site as indicated each week. Each
weekly quiz will be worth a maximum of eighteen (18) points. |
126
(7
weeks x 18 points) |
Short
Paper (Weeks 6 through 8 -- due Week 8)
A
short paper will be required where the student relates the
course material to the IS/IT environment at the business
where the student is presently employed or was previously
employed. Details
will be provided in around the sixth week of the course. |
20
|
Final
Exam
There
will be an online final exam required in Week 8. Details
and a study guide will be provided later.
|
48 |
|
Summary of Evaluation
Information
Description |
Number |
Points |
Total |
% |
Homework |
7 |
14 |
98 |
24.5% |
Discussion |
6 |
18 |
108 |
27.0% |
Quizzes |
7 |
18 |
126 |
31.5% |
Short
Paper |
1 |
20 |
20 |
5.0% |
Final |
1 |
48 |
48 |
12.0% |
|
|
|
400 |
100.0% |
At
the end of the course the final letter grade will be computed
as follows:
|
Letter
Grade |
|
Corresponding
Percentage |
A: |
|
93-100% |
A-: |
|
90-92.9% |
B+: |
|
88-89.9% |
B: |
|
80-87.9% |
C+: |
|
78-79.9% |
C: |
|
70-77.9% |
C-: |
|
68-69.9% |
F: |
|
0-67.9% |
Academic Integrity
You are responsible for strictly following the Brennan School of Business Academic Integrity Policy. Please link to this policy and read it. It applies to all work in this course.
Logistics:
You will need a Dominican email address. Please see the
Computer Lab aides if you do not already have the required accounts. Use of
Blackboard is required. You can enroll yourself in GSB 622 using a password
you will receive via email once you have a Dominican email address.