Management Information Systems – Autumn 2008

 

Lecturer:  Mohammad Ali Javaheri Javid

 

Contact:

Lectures:  Tuesdays  14.00 – 17.00

Course Syllabus: DM507.doc

 

 

Required Textbook:

 

            Ralph Stair, George Reynolds (2006) Fundamentals of Information Systems (3rd edn), Thomson

 

 

 Student Download Centre of the Book:  http://www.course.com/catalog/product.cfm?isbn=978-0-619-21560-6

 

 

Online Resources:

Harvard referencing style: http://libweb.gold.ac.uk/pdfs/harvard.pdf

Chapter One: CH01.zip

 

Lectures Schedule and Course Materials:

 

Date

Session

Topic

Reading & Practice

23 Sep

1

Introduction to the course

 

Introduction to Information Systems in Organizations

Syllabus

 

Chapter 1

 

30 Sep

2

Introduction to Information Systems in Organizations

Chapter 1

 

7  Oct

3

Hardware and Software

Chapter 2

14 Oct

4

Organizing Data and Information

Chapter 3

 

21Oct

5

Telecommunications, the Internet, Intranets, and Extranets

 

Chapter 4

28 Oct

6

Telecommunications, the Internet, Intranets, and Extranets

 

Chapter4

4 Nov

7

Electronic Commerce and Transaction Processing Systems

 

Chapter 5

11 Nov

8

Information and Decision Support Systems

 

Chapter 6

 

18 Nov

9

Specialized Information Systems: Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, Virtual Reality, and Other Systems

 

Chapter 7

25 Nov

10

Specialized Information Systems: Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, Virtual Reality, and Other Systems

 

Chapter 7

 

       2 Dec

 

 

11

 

 

 

Systems Development

 

 

 

Chapter 8

 

 

 

9 Dec

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

The Personal and Social Impact of Computers

 

 

 

 

Chapter 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assignment:

 

Coursework Assignment : Due on Monday 17 November 2008

 

Last Modified: 14 Oct 2008