Information Systems for Managers

Class of Course Code Credit : 2013 : SL IT 501 : 3 Academic Year Semester Sessions : First :I : 30

AIM
To provide basic concepts of information systems and their relevance in business environment. To develop proficiency in solving business problems using personal productivity tools.
LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, the student will be able to : 1. Demonstrate the understanding of basic concepts of information systems in networked business environment. 2. Analyze and classify information systems and their impact on business decision making at various levels and across the functional areas in the organizations. 3. Ability to identify and define the needs for Information systems and develop them using various system designing methods. 4. Demonstrate and develop proficiency in solving business problems using personal productivity tools like MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Word. Discuss the importance of information security and the latest trends in the digital era. TEXT BOOKS Introduction to information systems- supporting and transforming business Management Information Systems, 6th e Advanced Cases in MIS Information Technology for Management, Latest edition MIS: Managing the Digital Firm, 9th e AUTHOR / PUBLICATION Turban and Potter, Wiley Indian Student Edition. Brien, James A O. McGraw-Hill/Irwin - 2003 Brady, J.A / Mark, EF. Course Technology 2000 Lucas, Henry C Jr. Tata McGraw Hill Lauden , K.C. / Lauden, J.P. Prentice Hall 2005

Detailed Syllabus
Information System (IS) Concepts: Basic Concepts: Understanding Data and Information, System Concepts, Open System, Closed System, Business as a System, What is Information System, Classification of IS in organization, Attributes of Information Quality. Information Systems in Business: Business in a networked environment: Basic concepts of networks, Network architecture (client server, 3-tier), work group technologies, intranet, extranet, internet, world wide web and search engines. Introduction to Organizational Systems: Decision

Making, Types of Decision, Decision-Making Levels, Transaction Processing System (TPS), Management Information System (MIS) role in organizational development-Executive Information System (EIS), Decision Support System (DSS), Expert System (ES), Office Automation System(OAS), Collaboration Technologies NPV, IRR, PMT. Analysis Tools: Pivot table and pivot chart, Filtering, Goal Seek, Solver. Advanced features: Macros Linking multiple sheets and OLE MS Word : Word processor Concepts, Overview of

MS Word user interface. Entering text, formatting, styles, spell and grammar check and printing documents. Working with line graphs, pictures and other objects. Desk Top Publishing.Track changes, document protection, revision, Mail merge, forms, water marking, headers and footers manage columns, OLE, thesaurus, working with outline view.Tables, Templates, Style sheets, annotating text and generation of TOC, MS Outlook and its configuration Information Systems in Functional Areas: HR, Marketing, Finance, Production; sources of competitive advantages, IS for Competitive Advantages. Information System Development: Concepts: Structured system analysis and design. Approaches to IS Development, System Development Life Cycle (SDLC: Requirement Analysis, Design, Implementation and Maintenance), Prototyping, RAD, Make or Buy Decision for IS Development. Tools of IS Design, DFDs, Structured English, Flow charts, decision tables and decision trees. MS Excel : Spreadsheet basics: Application layout and user interface, Cell referencing, formulas and functions, Graphs and Charts. Data Validation, consolidation and conditional formatting. Sorting and accessing data from text and web. Functions: Overview of lookup, mathematical and database functions. Financial functions like MS PowerPoint : Role of power point in management communications. Power Point user interface. Use of Templates and presentation wizard. Guidelines for designing quality presentations. Designing slides. Slide Masters. Embedding clip art, graphics, spread sheets, tables, word documents and video / audio clips. Hyperlinking. Use of Animation, action buttons, transition effects.Automatic presentations, Presentation through website, use of pps.

IS Security: IS security, IS vulnerability and computer crime, protecting information system, Disaster Recovery Planning, Auditing. Current developments: Software as a Service (SaaS) an online delivery model, Cloud Computing, Social Media Networks: LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogs, FaceBook, Mashups, Bibkosh.

Cases and Exercises

Bumrungrads System. Hospital 2000 Information

o (Source: Case Studies in Management Volume V) More cases/caselets in Business environment in following areas to be chosen by the faculty Use of MIS for business advantage, Application of SDLC Importance of Data and Information Security for business organization (Suggested Source: James OBrien / Laudon and Laudon)

Suggested Schedule of Sessions

Topic IS Basic Concepts Business in a network environment Introduction to Organizational Systems Information Systems in Functional Areas Advanced features in MSWord Advanced features in MS PowerPoint Advanced features in MS Excel Class room Exercises/ Presentations IS Development Concepts IS Security Current Developments Total No. of Sessions 2 2 3 3 2 2 5 3 3 2 3 30