Management Information System

2nd Semester, School Year 2016 – 2017

Instructor: Mr. Ronald Gomez
Subject code: MGT 114

THE GENERAL SYSTEM MODEL OF THE FIRM  Machine Flow

 Money Flow
MODELS – Is an abstraction of something and it represents some object or o Conceptual System
activity called entity.  Open-Loop System
 Closed Loop System
Type of Models  Management Control
Physical Model  Information Processor
 Is a three-dimensional representation of its entity? o Dimensions of Information
Examples: Childhood toys  Standards
Narrative Model  Management by Exception
 Either spoken or written in words.
 Decision Flow
Examples:
 The Environment
 Written information of a computer and
 Oral informal communication systems.
Graphic Model
 Abstraction of lines, symbols, or shapes. Porter’s Five Forces Model: Assessing the State of the Competition
 Usually accompanied by a narrative explanation
Examples:  Buyer Power – is high when buyers have many choices from
 Graphical reports or presentations
whom to buy, and low when their choices are few.
Mathematical Model
 Any mathematical equation  Supplier Power - is high when buyers have few choices from
whom to buy, and low when their choices are many.
Use of models  Threat of substitute products or services – is high when there
 Facilitate Understanding are many alternatives to a product or service, and low when
 Predict there are few alternatives from which to choose.
 Threat of new entrants – is high when it is easy for new
competitors to enter a market, and low when there are
GENERAL SYSTEM MODELS
o Physical System significant entry barriers to entering a market. Entry Barriers is
 Material Flow a product or service feature that customers have come to
 Personnel Flow expect from the organizations in a particular industry and that

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Management Information System
2nd Semester, School Year 2016 – 2017
Instructor: Mr. Ronald Gomez
Subject code: MGT 114

must be offered by an entering organization to compete and
survive.
 Rivalry among existing competitors – is high when competition
is fierce in a market, and low when competition is more
complacent.
Business Process – is a standardized set of activities that accomplishes a specific
task for instance, processing a customer’s order, delivering the customer order,
service after the sale, and so on.

Porter’s Three Generic Strategies: Building Business Strategy Typical components of a Value Chain.

1) Primary value processes – this is consist of the taking of raw materials,

 Overall Cost of Leadership – is defined as offering the same or
and makes, delivers, markets and sells, and services your organization’s
better quality product of services at a price that is less than
products or services.
what any of the competition is able to do.
a. Inbound Logistics – receiving and warehousing raw materials
 Differentiation – is defined as offering a product or services
and distributing those raw materials to manufacturing as
that are perceived as being “unique” in the marketplace.
needed.
 Focus – usually defined as focusing on offering products and
b. Operations – processing of the raw materials into finished
service;
products and services.
1) To a particular market segment or buyer group
c. Outbound Logistics – warehousing and distributing finished
2) Within a segment of a product line
products and services.
3) To a specific geographic market.
d. Marketing and Sales – identifying customer needs and
generating sales.
e. Service – supporting customers after the sale of the products
Identifying Important Business Processes: Value-chain Analysis and services.
2) Support value processes – consist of the organizations support.
Value-Chain Analysis – is a systematic approach to assessing and improving the
a. Firm Infrastructure – consist of the culture, structure, control
value of the business processes within your organization to further increase its
systems, accounting, and legal and so on.
competitive strengths.
b. Human Resource Management
Value Chain – is the chain or series of the business processes, each of which adds c. Technology Development
value to your organization’s products or services for customers. d. Procurement (purchasing of raw materials)

“Focus, Determination and Hard Work”. “Honesty, Integrity, Attitude and Intellect.”
“Without Commitment, Nothing Happens”. “Work hard in Silence, Let your Success be the Noise.”
“DECIDE, COMMIT, SUCCEED.”
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Management Information System
2nd Semester, School Year 2016 – 2017
Instructor: Mr. Ronald Gomez
Subject code: MGT 114

Part II. Major Business Initiatives: Gaining Competitive Advantage with IT B. Business Intelligence
C. Data Visualization Technologies
A. Supply Chain Management D. Intelligent Systems
B. Customer Relationship Management E. Information Technology Project Management
C. E-collaboration F. Strategies for IT Application
D. IT Culture – An organizational perspective G. Traditional Systems Development Life Cycle
E. Enterprise Resource Planning – Bringing It All Together H. Alternative Methods and Tools for Systems Development
I. Vendor and Software Selection
Part III. Database and Data Warehouses: Building Business Intelligence
Part VI. System Development: Phases, Tools, and Techniques
A. The Relational Database Model
B. Database Management Tool A. Insourcing and the Systems Development life Cycle
C. Data Warehouses and Data Mining B. Component-Based Development
D. Business Intelligence Revisited C. Self-Sourcing (End-user Development)
E. Information Relationship D. Prototyping
E. Outsourcing
Part IV. Decision and Artificial Intelligence: Brain Power for your
Business Part VII. Enterprise Infrastructure, Metrics, and Business Continuity
Planning: Building and Sustaining the Dynamic Enterprise
A. Decision Support Systems
B. Geographic Information Systems A. Hardware and Software Infrastructure
C. Expert Systems B. Cloud Computing: No Infrastructure at all
D. Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic C. IT Success Metrics
E. Genetic Algorithms D. Business Continuity Planning
F. Intelligent Agents
G. Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Modelling Part VIII. Protecting People and Information: Threats and Safeguards

Part V. Electronic Commerce: Strategies for the New Economy A. Ethics

B. Privacy
A. Managers and Decision Making
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Management Information System
2nd Semester, School Year 2016 – 2017
Instructor: Mr. Ronald Gomez
Subject code: MGT 114

C. Security Important Reminders during examinations

Part IX. Emerging Trends and Technologies: Business, People, and  Do not CHEAT, if caught, you will be automatically have a zero score in
Technology Tomorrow the examination.
 Follow the rules and guidelines.
A. Changing Internet  Do as you told.
B. Physiological Interaction  If questions arise, come to me and ask me personally.
C. The Wireless Arena  If finished, fold your paper crosswise and Go Outside the room
D. Pure Techno log immediately.
 Failure to do so will forfeit the whole examination of the whole class.
Course Materials:

 All students will be required to set-up a group.

 All groups shall have / at least to provide their own laptop (for back-up
purposes).
 Laptops Specifications will be provided by the instructor.
 All course materials will be provided in the lesson and net-links.
 There are no required materials to purchase before taking the class.

Note:

 Each lesson will include a lesson to review quiz along with one or two
assignments.
 Long Quizzes will be scheduled and announced
 Mid-Term and Final Examination to be schedule by the University.
 Students will successfully complete this course with 70% or better.

“Focus, Determination and Hard Work”. “Honesty, Integrity, Attitude and Intellect.”
“Without Commitment, Nothing Happens”. “Work hard in Silence, Let your Success be the Noise.”
“DECIDE, COMMIT, SUCCEED.”
“ TIWALA LANG “