MIS 2000 - Information Systems for Management Course Outline

MIS 2000 - Information Systems for Management
The University of Manitoba, I.H. Asper School of Business
Department of Accounting and Finance
Course Outline
Term 2 (Regular Session 2014-2015), Section A01
Instructor:
Dr. Fang Chen
Campus Office:
482 Drake Centre
Phone: 474-6727
Class:
Section A01, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm MW, 117 Drake Centre
Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 2:00pm – 3:00pm, or by appointment
Email:
[email protected]
Textbook
Kroenke, D.M., Gemino, A & Tingling, P, Experiencing MIS, with
MyMISLab Third Canadian Edition, Pearson Education Canada. ISBN13: 9780133153934
Notes: You don’t really need MyMISLab for this textbook, you may
want to buy a used book or you can purchase the Coursesmart Etext
online for $58.20 (subject to change) at
http://www.coursesmart.com/0133153932
Online Class Materials
Class materials (e.g., syllabus, PPT slides, assignments descriptions, and additional readings)
will be posted on D2L. Please check frequently for new information. PPT slides will usually be
available for download on D2L 24 hours before the lecture.
URL: http://www.umanitoba.ca/d2l
OVERVIEW
Today, information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) are embedded in all functional
areas of the organization. IST facilitates business process, decision making, management and
communication. Regardless of your field of specialization, the type of organization you expect to
work in, or what kind of job you might hold, developing and maintaining a sufficient
understanding of the relationship between IT, IS, and organizational performance will have
important implications for your career.
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On course completion, you should be able to:
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Understand the alignment between business strategy and IST strategy
Understand the technical foundations of IT in terms of hardware, software, data and
databases, and network
Understand IST management framework: ITIL
Understand how to fund IST effectively
Understand IST security, privacy, and ethics
Understand IST Sourcing and total cost of ownership of IST
Understand how IST can support business process efficiently and effectively.
To facilitate the achievement of course goals and to improve end user computing skills, there are
lab sessions about MS Access and Excel (six lab hours for Access and six lab hours for Excel)
for the first six weeks of the term. The lab sessions are mandatory, and students will be evaluated
on their lab performance. A student has to pass the lab sessions to pass the course; in other
words, if a student fails the lab sessions, the student fails the course automatically. The lab
instructors will explain more about the lab sessions.
To enhance students’ understanding of the lab sessions, two assignments will also be completed
by teams of 3 or 2 students:
Database Management (5%): Teams of students will design the databases for several business
scenarios.
Microsoft Excel Assignment (10%): Teams of students will use MS Excel functions to make a
decision and write a report about the recommendation.
Team Management: Teams are encouraged to start the group assignment as early as possible.
Each team will elect a team leader, the team leader is the contact point for the instructor, and for
team coordination. However, it is all team members’ responsibility to contact each other to get
the job done, if a team finds that a particular member does not actively contribute to the
teamwork, the team should inform the instructor and that member that if the member does not
change his/her behaviour, the team will drop him/her from the team. However, there should be
documented details about why the team member should be dropped. The decision of dropping a
particular team member should be announced to that member and the instructor at least 7 days
before the assignment due date, so that the one without a team can do the job by herself/himself.
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
We believe that to be successful, each student must ultimately take on the responsibility for his
or her learning. Students are expected to attend all classes, and labs, and actively participate class
discussion.
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EVALUATION
Your final grade will be based on the following:
Deliverable
Two team assignments
Lab
Participation
Mid-term Examination
Final Examination (cumulative)
Percentage
15%
15%
5%
25%
40%
Your final grade will be assigned based on your performance relative to other students in MIS
2000 in the class, i.e., a curve will be applied.
COURSE POLICY
Assignments
All assignments are due on the date and time specified on the course schedule on page 6 and 7 of
this document. Any request for postponing an assignment submission must be made at least 48
hours before the deadline and must involve unusual circumstances. There is a ten percent (10%)
penalty per day for late assignments, starting the minute the assignment is due. All assignments
must be completed satisfactorily by the last day of class in order to pass the course. Teams can
only be composed of students from the same section.
Exams
Students who receive less than 50% (weighted average) on the midterm and final examinations
will be assigned a grade of F for the semester.
Students who miss the midterm will receive a mark of zero unless a valid medical excuse with
supporting written documentation is presented. A copy of the Asper School of Business Medical
Absenteeism Form is attached to this syllabus; this form details the information required for a
medical excuse. If you do not use the form itself, then other documentation must contain all of
this information. No make-up exams will be scheduled; students with valid medical excuses who
miss the midterm will have that component's weight in the overall mark added to the final
examination's weight. All medical excuses are subject to validation by the doctor’s office.
With regard to final exams, students are reminded that they must remain available during the
entire examination period. Make-up exams can be given only in extremely rare situations (e.g., a
very serious illness or death of a family member).
Electronic devices of any kind are not permitted to be in the possession of any student during any
exam. All electronic devices must be left at the door or with the invigilator. Any student found in
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possession of an electronic device (for example, cell phone, smart phone, smart watch,
calculator, dictionary, translator, personal digital assistant, MP3 player, or iPod, etc.) will be
debarred from the examination and will receive a mark of 0 for the examination.
Participation
There will be 5% participation marks. It will consist of: attendance, in-class discussion, and class
exercises. Attendance will be taken for each class.
E-Mail
All e-mail you send to your MIS 2000 instructors must have a subject line that starts with “MIS
2000, Section A01 (your section number), and the topic of the e-mail; for example, a subject line
that reads “MIS 2000, Section A02, Question on Access”. Otherwise, your e-mails could wind
up in my “Junk E-Mail” folders.
Electronics Devices Usage in Class
You can use laptop and iPad in class for class content related activities. No cell phones to be
used in class. When we have class discussion, we will have the so called “lid-down” time, during
“lid-down” time, you will need to close your lid of laptop or cover your iPad so that you can
participate the discussion. When you use your laptop and iPad, please turn off the sound so that
no one in class is distracted by your usage.
Academic Integrity
It is critical to the reputation of the I.H. Asper School of Business and of our degrees that
everyone associated with our faculty behave with the highest academic integrity. As the faculty
that helps create business and government leaders, we have a special obligation to ensure that our
ethical standards are beyond reproach. Any dishonesty in our academic transactions violates this
trust. The University of Manitoba General Calendar addresses the issue of academic dishonesty
under the heading "Plagiarism and Cheating." Specifically, acts of academic dishonesty include,
but are not limited to:
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using the exact words of a published or unpublished author without quotation marks and
without
referencing the source of these words;
duplicating a table, graph or diagram, in whole or in part, without referencing the source;
paraphrasing the conceptual framework, research design, interpretation, or any other
ideas of another person, whether written or verbal (e.g., personal communications, ideas
from a verbal presentation) without referencing the source
copying the answers of another student in any test, examination, or take-home
assignment;
providing answers to another student in any test, examination, or take-home assignment;
taking any unauthorized materials into an examination or term test (crib notes);
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impersonating another student or allowing another person to impersonate oneself for the
purpose of submitting academic work or writing any test or examination;
stealing or mutilating library materials;
accessing tests prior to the time and date of the sitting;
changing name or answer(s) on a test after that test has been graded and returned;
submitting the same paper or portions thereof for more than one assignment, without
discussions with the instructors involved.
Group Projects and Group Work
Many courses in the I.H. Asper School of Business require group projects. Students should be
aware that group projects are subject to the same rules regarding academic dishonesty. Because
of the unique nature of group projects, all group members should exercise special care to insure
that the group project does not violate the policy on Academic Integrity. Should a violation
occur, group members are jointly accountable unless the violation can be attributed to a specific
individual(s).
Some courses, while not requiring group projects, encourage students to work together in groups
(or at least do not prohibit it) before submitting individual assignments. Students are encouraged
to discuss this issue as it is related to academic integrity with their instructor to avoid violating
this policy.
In the I.H. Asper School of Business, all suspected cases of academic dishonesty are passed to
the Dean's office in order to ensure consistency of treatment.
Disabled Students
Any student who, because of a disability of any kind, may require some special arrangements in
order to meet course requirements should contact either Disability Services at 474-6213 or the
instructor as soon as possible to make the necessary accommodations.
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COURSE SCHEDULE
Date
Jan.
7
12
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Feb.
Mar.
Topics & Readings
Introduction to Course
Chap 1: IS and You
Chap 5: Database and Content Management
- Data Diagramming Tutorial and Access
- Data Diagramming Tutorial and Access (continued)
21 Chap 8: Decision Making and Business Intelligence
(data mining)
26 Chap 2: Business Processes, Information, and
Decision Making
Chap 7: Competitive Advantage and business process
28 Continued from the previous class
2 Chap 4: Hardware and Software &
- IST Sourcing
- Total Cost of Ownership (Article 1*)
4 Continued from the previous class
9 Guest talk 1
11 Chap 3: productivity, innovation, and strategy &
- IST management framework: ITIL
13 This is a Friday
16 Louis Riel Day, no class
18 Mid-Term break (Feb. 16 – 20), no class
23 ITIL (continued)
25 No regular class.
Midterm Exam: 2 hours, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA NOTE: No electronic devices of
ANY kind will be permitted. No regular class.
2 ITIL (continued)
4 Guest Talk 2
9 Review Midterm Examination
Chap 10: Acquiring ISs Through Projects
- IS development project
- IS adoption projects
11 Continue from the previous class
13 This is a Friday
16 Continue from the previous class
18 Chap 6: Networks and Collaboration (Ethernet, WiFi)
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Assignments & Other Info
Handouts: Nameplates
Form teams of three for Assignments
A1 database assignment posted
Post on D2L forum your team list
A1 assignment starts
A2: TCO Assignment posted
Database assignment due at 5:00pm
TCO Assignment starts
Bring pencils, erasers, pens, student
ID.
TCO assignment due at 5:00pm
19 This is a Thursday
Apr.
May 8
Last Day for Voluntary
Withdrawal
23 Guest talk 3
25 Chap 12: Managing Information Security and
Privacy
- Security
- Privacy
- Business continuity planning
30 Continued from the previous class
1 - IT Governance
- Managing IST in a Global Context
- IST investment and funding
6 Continued from the previous class
8 Last day of class: Course Summary
TB Final Exam: TBA NOTE: No electronic devices of Bring pencils, erasers, pens, student
A ANY kind will be permitted.
ID.
Deferred Final Exam: Only with authorization of
Undergraduate Program Office; 6:30pm –
8:30pm; place: TBA
*Article 1: Hawkins, M. W. (2001), Total Cost of Ownership: The Driver for IT Infrastructure
Management.
http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=21841
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UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
I. H. Asper School of Business
Medical Absenteeism Form
Student Identification: (please print clearly)
______________________________
Last Name
___________________ ___________ _______________________________
First Name
Middle Initial U of M Student Identification Number
I hereby authorize ________________________________ to verify with the attending physician or his/her
(Name of Instructor/Administrator)
staff or colleagues that the contents of this form are true.
________________________________________
_______________________________________
Student’s Signature
Date
To be completed by the attending physician: (after the above section is completed)
________________________________________
______________________________ ________________
Physician’s Last Name (please print clearly)
Physician’s First Name
Middle Initial
___________________________________________
Street Address
________________________________ __________________
City, Province
Postal Code
___________________________________________
Telephone Number
_________________________________
Fax Number
To the attention of the physician: Your evaluation of the student’s condition is being used for the purpose of
determining whether or not the student has a valid reason to miss an important exam or assignment. Your
professional evaluation is necessary to ensure that only valid cases are excused.
I certify that the nature of the student’s condition is severe enough to prevent the student from taking an
exam or completing an assignment. If requested, my associates or I will verify for the above-named
instructor/administrator that this information is accurate.
The student’s condition will likely span the following dates:
____________________________
(indicate start date)
until ____________________________
(indicate end date)
___________________________________
_________________________________
Physician’s Signature
Date
Notes to physician:
 Please make a note in the student/patient’s file indicating that the student has given the above-named
instructor/administrator permission to verify with you, your staff, or your colleagues, that the information
contained on this form is correct. Thank you for your professional evaluation of this student’s condition.
 PLEASE ATTACH THIS FORM TO YOUR REGULAR OFFICE STATIONERY THAT
INDICATES THE STUDENT VISITED YOUR OFFICE.
Note to student:
 The use of this form is at the option of the student. However, in order to obtain an excused absence
for an assignment or exam, the student must obtain a doctor’s certification that the student’s
condition is severe enough to prevent the student from taking the exam or completing the assignment.
 It is NOT SUFFICIENT to provide a note that only indicates the student visited the doctor’s office.
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