305463 Management Information System

Overview

Objective

In this course, students will learn

Approach

This is a practical course. Case studies will be analyzed and discussed to further the understanding.  Moreover, student will have the chance to design a management information system and the IT services behind it.

Reference

There is no official textbook for this class; however, the following books are helpful

1. Jane P. Laudon and Kenneth C. Laudon, Essential of Business Information System, 7th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2007, ISBN 978-0-13-227781-5
2. David Kroenke, Experiencing MIS, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2007, ISBN 978-0-13-233777-9

Course Outline

The following schedule is tentative only; it may change depending on the circumstances.

Week	Topics
1	Introduction to  MIS
2	Business Functions
3	Strategic use of information
4	Data Warehouse and Mining
5	Business Intelligence
6	IT Service foundation I
7	IT Service foundation II
8	Midterm Exam
9	Service Strategy
10	Enabling Services
11	Supporting Services
12	Service Design
13	Service Transition
14	Service Operation
15	Service Improvement
16	Conclusion
17	Final Exam

Note that the above schedule is tentative by nature; it may change at the instructor's discretion.

Evaluation

The course evaluation will be divided equally between examinations and assignments.  The distribution of each half is shown below.

Items	Weight
Assignments	40%
Discussion	10%
Quiz	10%
Midterm Exam	20%
Final Exam	20%

Please make sure that you have carefully read and understand the academic policy.

Note that the above description is only tentative; it may change at the instructor's discretion.