Instructor Name: Irfan Shafique

Semester: MBA(Regular) A, B, C 2nd & MBA (Afternoon) B 2nd

Course Title: Management Information Systems (MIS)

Course Code: IT-314

Credit Hours: 3

Instructor Office:

irfan.shafique@buitms.edu.pk
E-mail ID:
shafique.irfan1@gmail.com

Website/Blog: www.mis-fall2010.blogspot.com
 Management Information Systems:

Readings/Chapters/Other
Session Lectures Topics Covered
Supplements

1st Introduction of Course

Case Study (Toyota,

Week-1 2nd What is Information System
Dollar General)

Framework of major areas of

3rd
Information System

4th Quiz-1 from Case Study (Oral Quiz)

Week-2 5th System Concept Case Study (US Steel)

6th Components of Information System

7th Quiz-2 from Case Study (Oral Quiz)

Fundamental roles of Information

Week-3 8th
System application in business

The internet worked e-business

9th
Enterprise

10th Types of Information System

Week-4 11th Database Management Case Study (K-Mart)

12th Types of database

13th Quiz-3 from Case Study (Oral Quiz)

Week-5 14th Implementation of database

15th Data-ware house and Data mining

 Assignment-1 Create a small MS-Access database application

16th Trends in Telecommunication

Week-6 17th Types of Telecommunication Media Case Study (Wireless)

Wireless Technologies, Network

18th
Topologies

19th Quiz-4 from Case Study (Oral Quiz)

Week-7 20th e-Business Applications

Marketing, Manufacturing, Hr,

21st
Financial Management system

22nd E-business security, ethics

Week-8 23rd Privacy issues Case Study (Ethics)

24th You and ethical responsibility

25th Quiz-5 from Case Study (Oral Quiz)

Week-9 26th Competitive Strategy Advantage

27th Improving Business Processes

28th TQM

Case Study (Boeing

th
Week-10 29 Becoming an agile company Knowledge
Management)

30th Creating Virtual Company

 Assignment-2 To find out the sales trends using MS-Excel

31st Quiz-6 from Case Study (Oral Quiz)

Individual Presentation (4-

Week-11 32nd
students/class)

Individual Presentation (4-

33rd
students/class)

Individual Presentation (4-

34th
students/class)

Week-12 35th An overview of Artificial Intelligence Case Study (I-tunes)

Individual Presentation (4-

36th
students/class)

37th Quiz-7 from Case Study (Oral Quiz)

Individual Presentation (4-

Week-13 38th
students/class)

Individual Presentation (4-

39th
students/class)

Assignment-3

Individual Presentation (4-

40th
students/class)

Case Study (Managing

Week-14 41st Fuzzy Logic
International IS)

42nd Virtual Reality

Week-15
43rd Quiz-8 from Case Study (Oral Quiz)

Individual Presentation (4-

44th students/class)
 Individual Presentation (4-
45th
students/class)

Individual Presentation (4-

46th
students/class)

Individual Presentation (4-

Week-16 47th
students/class)

Individual Presentation (4-

48th
students/class)
 Description of Course, Course Coding and grading:

The objective of this course is to provide every Manager/Student, technical or non-

technical, with key Information Systems concept in clear and understandable terms.
Students will achieve an understanding of how to deal effectively with information as a
resource and with the data processing of information systems professionals whose
responsibility is providing information support to the organizations. Throughout the
course, students shall be given many case studies from both international and local
markets and shall be required to point out, discuss and elaborate on key problem areas
regarding information.

Grading:

Mid Term 25
Final 50
Sessional 25
Quiz 10
Assignment 10 (n-1)
Presentation 5