Department of Management and Marketing
MIS 480
SEMINAR IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Spring 2008
Instructor: Dr. Hossein Bidgoli
Office: BPA 201
Telephone: 654-2331 (Office)
E-mail: hbidgoli@csub.edu
Website: http://www.csub.edu/~hbidgoli/
Office Hours: W
7:50 AM -12: PM, & T TH 5:35 - 6:00 PM
and
by appointment
Texts: 1. Electronic
Commerce: Principles and Practice, by Hossein Bidgoli,
2002,
Academic Press Publishing Company. ISBN 0-12-095977-1
2. Selected Chapters from Handbook of Management
Information Systems, by Hossein
Bidgoli, 1999, Academic Press Publishing Company.
3. Selected materials from other sources.
Objectives:
This course provides a comprehensive coverage of some of the
most recent topics, concepts, issues and applications of information
systems. It examines MIS, DSS, EIS, GSS,
GIS, AI, E-commerce applications and technologies and their roles for effective
decision-making. Building e-businesses
from ground up will be explored. Students will carry out a comprehensive
research project in one of the topics outlined by the instructor. They also
work as a team to design and implement an e-business from requirement analysis
to establishing a Web presence.
Learning Objectives:
·
To
understand the architectures, capabilities and limitations of management
support and Web-based systems.
·
To be
able to gain an in depth knowledge of decision making capabilities of decision
support and executive information systems.
·
To be
able to gain an in depth knowledge of architecture and decision making
capabilities of geographic information systems.
·
To be
able to gain an in depth knowledge of architecture and decision making
capabilities of Web-based and e-commerce systems.
·
To be
able to put together a business plan and outline the implementation issues for
a Web-based system.
Week #1 (3, 24)
· Information
Systems: An Overview
· Course
Overview
· Preparing
for the projects
· Team
selection
**Assignments: Read Chapter 1, Handout, and Chapter 1
E-commerce
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Week #2 (3, 31)
·
Database Concepts
·
Data Communications Concepts
·
Security Issues and Measures
·
The Web and E-businesses
**Assignments: Read Chapter 3 Handout, and Chapter 2 and
Appendix A, E-commerce
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Week #3 (4, 7)
·
Information Superhighway and Global Information
Systems
·
The Intranet: The Internet of Your Own
·
Tools and Techniques for Building Information Systems
·
Creating a Business Plan
**Assignments: Read Chapters 3-4, E-commerce,
Read the chapter on DEVELOPING A
BUSINESS PLAN, Handout
First individual research
outline is due the first session of this week.
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Week #4 (4, 14)
·
Total Quality Management and Information Systems
Reengineering
·
Building Effective Information Systems in Functional
Areas
·
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
·
Electronic Payment Systems
·
Developing a Marketing Plan
**Assignments: Read Chapters 5-6, E-commerce
First e-Business project
outline (group projects) is due the first session of this week.
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Week #5 (4, 21)
·
Review For The Test
·
FIRST
TEST, Chapters 1-6 and Appendix A E-commerce
·
Chapters
1, and 3 Handout, and the chapter on DEVELOPING
A BUSINESS PLAN
**Assignments: NONE!
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Week #6 (4, 28)
·
REVIEW OF THE TEST
·
Decision Support and Executive Information Systems
·
Group Support Systems
·
Geographic Information Systems
·
Designing a Web Presence
·
Marketing and Advertising on the Web
·
Infrastructure for Electronic Commerce
·
Implementing A Web Presence
**Assignments: Read Chapters 13,
and 15 Handout, and Chapters 7-9 E-commerce
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Week #7 (5, 5)
·
Applied Artificial Intelligence: What Is Really
Involved?
·
Expert Systems Development: Putting Theory to Work
·
Organizational, Social and Legal Impacts of
Information Systems
·
Security Issues and Measures: Protecting Electronic
Commerce Resources
·
Enhancing a Web Presence
**Assignments: Read Chapter 17
Handout and Chapters 10-11 E-commerce
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Week #8 (5, 12)
·
Natural Language Processing
·
Building a Successful Electronic Commerce Site and
other Management Support Systems: A Life Cycle Approach
·
Improving Web Presence
·
Running an E-business
**Assignments: Read Chapter 12, E-commerce
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Weeks # 9, 10 and 11 (5/ 19, 5/26,
and 6/2)
Grading Policy
* * *
* * * * *
1. Exam
1 150
points
2. Final
Exam 150
points
3. Class
Participation (Including Presence) 40
points
4. Oral
Report (Individual Term Project) 40
points
5. Written
Report (Individual Term Project) 100
points
6. E-business
Project Oral 40 points
7. E-business
Project Written
100 points
8. Research project outline 20 points
9. E-business project outline 20 points
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Note #1: In this course absolute participation
is required.
Note #2: Presence of the students is required.
Note #3: Timeliness of the reports is required.
Note #4: All of the students in the course are
required to give an oral status report and a brief outline regarding their term
projects every week.
Note #5: The final written reports are due the
last session of week #10.
Note #6: The e-business projects are done in
group of two approved by the instructor.
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Topics for Individual Term Projects
Guide for group projects:
You need to cover 4 items: The
size of the paper must be 15+ pages.
1) Statement
of the problem? What is this purposed business all about?
2) Financial
analysis including 3-5 years of cash follows? Total expected costs and
revenues.
3) Marketing
plan. How are you getting the word out? Traditional and Web marketing
strategies.
4) Implementation
plan including your sample website.
Have a pleasant quarter!!!