The University of Texas - Pan American

Tennessee State University College of Business -- Department of BIS BISI 3230 – Management Information Systems Semester: Spring 2007

Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey S. Siekpe Office: AWC L418 Phone: 615-963-7132 E-mail: [email protected]

Office hours: MW 1.00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. TR 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. And by appointment

Texts: K. C. Laudon & J. P. Laudon, Essentials of Business Information Systems, 7th Edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0132277816 At least 2 floppy diskettes, 3.5” DSHD (Double Sided High Density), or a Zip disk, or a USB flash drive.

Course Description:

BISI 3230 Management Information Systems (Formerly BIS 323), covers the fundamental principles and issues of managing information technology as a corporate resource. The primary purpose is to provide an awareness of the future role of information technology in business organizations. Major concepts, developments and managerial implications involved in computer hardware, software, communications, and other computer-based information systems will be discussed using specific business case examples. The challenges and methods of managing information systems, technologies, and resources from an assoc-technical approach will provide the conceptual framework for the course.

Prerequisite: BISI 2150 (Formerly BIS 215).

Course Objective: This course prepares students for the constantly changing demands of using management information systems (MIS) as managers in today's fast-paced organizations. Upon completing the course, the student will be able to relate MIS to management techniques, the organization and technology, with a focus on the importance of integrating these elements. The course also demonstrates the use of office productivity tools such as spreadsheets and databases

Oral and Written Communication and Team Skills Integration: The College of business stresses the need to acquire and/or use communication skills and the ability to work with others. These skills are expected of you in the business world. To that end, you are expected to work in groups and participate in class discussion and present a final project. The project will be orally presented to the class using a presentation tool such as PowerPoint. You will turn in a written document. Performance Measure: Reward System: Attendance: 5% 90 & above: A Quizzes: 10% 80 – 89: B Projects: 10% 70 – 79: C Exam 1: 25% 60 – 69: D Exam 2: 25% Below 60: F Final Exam: 25%

Course Policies: Attendance: 1. Class starts promptly on time. All students should be in the classroom ready for the day's work. Arriving late to class or leaving early from class is extremely disruptive for the instructor and other students. A reward of 2 points is applied for each attendance and a 1 point subtracted for unexcused absence. An excused absence will attract no reward point or receive a penalty for absence. 2. You are not to eat, drink, or smoke in class. If you are required to wear/carry a cellular telephone or pager, please turn it off while you are in class or place it on “silent” mode. These devices are extremely disruptive to the class lecture and discussion and WILL NOT be tolerated. 3. Students are responsible for starting and completing withdrawals or drops from the course. A grade F may result from failure to comply with this requirement. Procedures & Assignments: 4. The Instructor reserves the right to change the class schedule as needed during the semester. 5. All assignments are to be turned in at the beginning of class on the day they are due. There will be a late penalty assessed of 20% per class period that each assignment is late. Any assignment will not be accepted after 1-week or when the graded assignments are returned (whichever one comes first). 6. All assignment submissions must contain the following information on a coversheet:  Assignment name  Student's name  Course number and section (BISI 3230.xx. Where xx denotes course section)  Instructor's name  Due date 7. All submissions are expected to be professional including the following:  Output printed with a laser or inkjet printer  Paper stapled  Single-sided  Standard margins  Double spaced  Professional font (E.g., 12 point, Times New Roman) Examination: 8. You are responsible to be in class for every exam. If there is a problem taking an exam at the assigned time, students MUST contact the instructor PRIOR to the day of the exam. There are no make-up exams. A justified absence will result in the final exam counting more. Everybody is required to take the final exam. Academic Honesty: 9. Doing your own assignment is essential for your learning the material. Cheating on the assignments and exams will not be tolerated. Anyone caught cheating will automatically be given a zero. Additionally, a letter will be put in the student's file indicating that the student has cheated and the matter will be turned over to the Dean. This could initiate a process whose end result will be expulsion from the university. When taking an exam, keep your eyes on your own paper and also keep your work covered. This will avoid any misunderstanding. 10. It is permissible to discuss assignments among your peers, but NOT to take any portion of the assignment from another student. In the event that this rule is broken, BOTH the person whose work is copied and the person who copied will be given a zero for the assignment. It will be viewed as cheating and the same measures will be taken as described above. Quizzes: 11. For class discussions to make sense, everyone must have a common background about the day's topic. To ensure this happens, I expect to prepare fairly simple quizzes for you to complete during the class hour. Because life is full of unexpected events that might force you to miss a class, I will throw out your lowest quiz score. Quizzes may not be announced in advance

Nondiscrimination Policy: All students will be treated equally regardless of race, age, gender, color, national origin, handicap, religious affiliation, or veteran’s status.

Disabled Student Services: The Business Information Systems Department, in conjunction with the Office of Disabled Student Services, makes reasonable accommodations for qualified students with medically documented disabilities. If you need an accommodation, please contact TSU's Disabled Student Services Office at 963-7400 by the next class meeting. COURSE OUTLINE *:

*Outline is tentative and is subject to changes at the discretion of the instructor. You may also check the web site for this course for any updates to this syllabus.

Week Chapter Topic Exercises/Assignments 01/16/07 - Introduction and Syllabus 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career 01/23/07 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career Project 1: Word and 01/30/07 Spreadsheet Exercise: E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems 2 Application of MS Word and Excel for Business analysis. 02/06/07 Achieving Competitive Advantage With Information 3 Systems 02/13/07 4 IT Infrastructure: Hardware and Software 02/20/07 Exam 1

Project 2: Web Development Exercise (Application of Web 02/27/07 4 IT Infrastructure: Hardware and Software Authoring tools: Microsoft Publisher, FrontPage, etc) Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and 03/01/07 5 Information Management 03/05 – 03/09/07 Spring Break – No class Telecommunications, the Internet and Wireless 03/13/07 6 Technology. Project 3: Database Exercise: Exam 2 Building a Relational Database 03/20/07 7 Securing Information Systems (Microsoft Access).

03/27/07 Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer 8 Intimacy: Enterprise Applications 04/03/05 9 E-Commerce: Digital Markets, Digital Goods 04/10/07 10 Improving Decision Making and Managing Knowledge 04/17/07 11 Information System Security and Control

04/24/07 12 Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems 04/29/07 – Final Exam 05/03/07