DIS620: MIS in Decision Making: Fall 2003
Section 401, Tuesday, 6:00‑8:30,
309 Gatton
Instructor:
Prof. Al Lederer
Office:
425C Gatton, School of Management, UK, Lexington, KY 40506-0034
Hours: Tuesday 3:15‑5:00
PM; Thursday, 3:15-4:30; also by appointment
Phone:
257‑2536 (o), 257‑8031 (office fax), 278‑4499 (h)
E‑mail:
Lederer@uky.edu
Web:
www.uky.edu/~lederer and www.uky.edu/~lederer/dis620.htm
The objective of this course is to prepare students to be more effective and efficient users or managers of information systems for managerial planning and control. To accomplish this, students will learn about basic concepts about the use of information systems within organizations; hardware, software, database, and telecommunications technologies; potential applications of information systems; and the development and acquisition of information systems.
Date
|
Topics |
|
2-Sep |
Welcome;
Foundations (chapter 1) |
|
9-Sep |
Foundations
(ch 1); Information Systems within the Enterprise (ch 2) |
|
16-Sep |
Organizations,
Management, Strategy (ch 3) |
|
23-Sep |
E-Commerce
(ch 4) |
|
30-Sep |
Ethics
(ch 5); International Issues (ch 15) |
|
7-Oct |
Test
1 (ch 1-5, 15) |
|
14-Oct |
Hardware
& Software (ch 6) |
|
21-Oct |
Database
Management Systems (ch 7) |
|
28-Oct |
Telecommunications
(ch 8); Presentation topic due |
|
4-Nov |
The
Internet (ch 9) |
|
11-Nov |
Systems
Development and Acquisition (ch 12 & 13) |
|
18-Nov |
Test
2 (ch 6-9, 12-13) |
|
25-Nov |
Presentations |
|
2-Dec |
Presentations |
|
9-Dec |
Presentations |
|
Dec15-19 |
MBA
Program Event |
Text:
Lauden, K.C. and Lauden, J.P. Management
Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, Prentice Hall, eighth
edition, 2004.
Participate in class by discussing the answers to the Case Study Questions from the text. For each assigned Case Study Question, type brief answers and be prepared to you discuss them. Your answers for the day's Case Study Question will be collected intermittently, and applied to your homework score. Also, participate in class by responding to questions or asking meaningful ones.
Form a group with one or two others
with similar interests in your section of DIS620. Consider an information
systems question of interest to all of you. It may be related strictly to
information systems or it may be related to both information systems and
another area of your interest such as your MBA concentration or career plans.
You may want to skim the textbook for ideas. Some possible examples of
questions (neither required nor recommended!) are:
‑What
are the current and future impacts of information systems on a particular
career?
‑What
are the current and future impacts of information systems on a particular
industry?
‑What
is virtual banking?
‑Why
are information systems projects often delivered late?
‑How
do search engines work?
By the beginning of class on the
"Presentation question due" date in the schedule, one member of your
group must e‑mail the question to the instructor with the names of each
member of the team and with a copy to each. You may be asked to change
your question so begin developing the presentation in earnest only after you
have received approval by e‑mail.
On the first day of
"Presentations" in the syllabus, turn in a one page, double‑spaced
abstract that summarizes the answer to your question, a printed version of a PowerPoint
slideshow (its format is described below) that will accompany your
presentation, and a list of 10 to 20 references (per team member) from journals
or other periodicals or books (excluding your textbook) on which your
presentation is based. You may include World Wide Web references but if you do,
you must print and keep a copy of each relevant page when you view it.
Your references should be
alphabetized and formatted like this:
Lederer, A.L. and Mahaney,
R.C. "Using CASE Tools in Strategic IS," Information Systems Management, 13(4), Fall 1996, pp. 47‑51.
Lederer, A.L. "My
Search for the Great Spirit," http://www.uky.edu/~lederer/mysearch.htm,
September 17, 2003.
Please include the author, title, URL, and date for Web references. If the Web page has no date, use the date on which you viewed and printed it. Use Anonymous for the author if the page has none.
On your assigned date, give a
PowerPoint slide presentation. Just before you begin it, give each student a
printed copy of your slides in "Handouts (3 per page)" format if you
use graphics or in "Outline" format if you do not use graphics. A
duration will be announced later in the term and will depend on the number of
presenters. Do not exceed it. Make your presentation as interesting and understandable
as possible.
Attend
each session during which other students give presentations. Attendance will be
taken. If you must miss one or more sessions for any reason, you must write a
paper to avoid receiving zero credit for your own presentation. The
requirements for the paper will be made available later in the semester.
A late paper receives partial
credit.
A few homework tasks will be
assigned during the term. Answers to the Case Study Questions ‑ when collected ‑ count as homework.
Late homework receives partial credit.
A test on the date in the schedule
covers the designated chapters.
A test on the date in the schedule
covers the designated chapters.
10% Class Participation
15% Presentation
15% Homework Assignments
20% The lower of test 1 and test 2
40% The higher of test 1 and test 2
Late work receives partial
credit. A final percentage of 90% guarantees an A and 80% guarantees a B.