David Nazarian College of Business and Economics

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IS 628: Computer-Based Information Systems

Course Schedule of Activities

Spring 2016

Class Number 13206 (Mon 7:00 – 9:45pm)

NOTE: This schedule is tentative. Please check this page often for updates.

Updates/Additions:

Case Brief Guidelines. I recommend that you follow these guidelines in preparing your case brief.

Term Report Guidelines. This document gives guidelines your group should consider following in preparing the term report.

Management Hierarchy Model PowerPoint File

Extra-Credit Assignment

Meeting	Day	Date	Conceptual Topics	Cases and Readings	Activities Due
1	Mon	January 25	Course Introduction Managing IT in a Digital World Supplement: Consuming “Information”	Chapter 1 Supplemental Reading
2	Mon	February 1	Computer Systems The Systems View	Case 1: Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (A) Chapter 2 Chapter 8 Part I
3	Mon	February 8	Telecommunications and Networking	Chapter 3
4	Mon	February 15	The Data Resource Normalization	Chapter 4
5	Mon	February 22	Enterprise Systems	Case 2: Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (B) Chapter 5
6	Mon	February 29	Managerial Support Systems	Chapter 6 Case 3: Real-Time BI at Continental Airlines
7	Mon	March 7	E-Business Systems	Chapter 7
8	Mon	March 14	Midterm Examination	Essay, bring 8.5x11 bluebook
	Mon	March 21	Spring Break – No Class Meeting
9	Mon	March 28	Basic Concepts of Systems Acquisition	Chapter 8 Part II
10	Mon	April 4	Methodologies for Custom Software Development Methodologies for Purchased Software Packages	Chapter 9 Chapter 10
11	Mon	April 11	IT Project Management	Chapter 11
12	Mon	April 18	Planning Information Systems Resources	Case: I-6 H.H. Gregg’s Appliances, Inc. – Class Discussion Chapter 12
13	Mon	April 25	Leading the Information Systems Function	Case: II-3 Norfolk Southern Railway – Grp B Case: II-4 Mining Data for Tax Revenues in CA – Grp C Chapter 13
13	Mon	May 2	Information Security	Case: III-4 Kuali Financial System – Grp A Case: III-6 BAT Taiwan: Implementing SAP – Grp D Chapter 14
15	Mon	May 9	Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues	Case: IV-2 FastTrack IT Integration at Sallie Mae – Grp E Case: IV-6 MaxFli SFA System at BAT – Grp F Chapter 15
	Mon	May 16	Final Examination (Exam 2) 8:00pm	Comprehensive. Essay, bring 8.5x11 bluebook

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