Faculty Contact Information:
Dr. Robert E. Mann
CMR 420 Box 1643
APO AE 09063
mannr@bunt.com
06224-73033
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Consultation:
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Instructor will be available before and after class or by appointment.
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Required Texts and Readings:
Bruner, R., Eaker, M., Freeman, R., Spekman, R., and Teisberg, E.
(1998). The Portable MBA (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley and
Sons, Inc. -- Chapters 1, 6
O'Brien, James A. (2003). Management Information Systems: Managing
Information Technology in the E-Business Enterprise (6th ed.).
New York: McGraw-Hill.
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Supplementary Readings:
The standard for papers in the graduate program is the APA style. All participants in this course and all graduate INSS, MGMT, PUAD, and ECON courses should have a copy of the style guide:
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition. Washington DC: Author.All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library at http://www.umuc.edu/library/. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students' research and writing skills.
Throughout the course, the instructor will assign specific articles that students are expected to read and discuss as part of the “Participation” component of the course grade.
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Recommended Journals:
A variety of full-text, online, free-of-charge, and pay-per-view academic journals are available through the MIS Webboard at http://webboard.ed.umuc.edu/~mis.
Governing.comis especially useful, as are the publications of the various professional societies (such as ACM -- the Association for Computing Machinery, the IEEE Computing Society, and the various management professional societies). In addition, there are many trade journals (such as eWEEK) that MIS professionals should become familiar with, many of these being published both weekly and on-line.
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Course Description:
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3 semester hours credit. Prerequisites: Undergraduate principles of management and economics, or permission of the Program Director. Introduces basic management information systems concepts and examines the fundamental types of information systems. Personal, work group, and enterprise information systems are discussed. The challenge and use of information to gain competitive advantage are also examined. Other topics to be discussed include: the economics of information, use of value added concepts to evaluate information system effectiveness, and the application of system theory to information system architecture.
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Course Goals:
As a required course in both the M.S. in Management Information Systems and the M.P.A., as well as the Information Systems Analyst Certificate, the Certificate in E-Government and the Certificate in Public Management, this course seeks primarily to:
1. improve the professional skills of the participants,
2. provide students with a foundational knowledge of the various
roles of information systems in organizations, and
3. assist degree-seeking students in preparing for the comprehensive
exam, and
4. improve the students' comprehension of the link between information
management and public administration.
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Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course the student will be able to:
1. Compare and contrast the various roles information systems play
in organizations and discuss how these roles are reflected in the
organization's structure,
2. Analyze different organizational situations involving the use of
information systems and/or the application of information
technology and make recommendations for improvement,
3. Analyze and demonstrate the impact of advancements of information
technology on organizational variables (such as: communications,
work groups, management decisionmaking, and security),
4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic techniques and elementary skills in
in using application software (such as: databases and spreadsheets),
5. Demonstrate familiarity with the literature in information systems
or a field of their own interest (e.g., medicine or welfare) with
a focus on the use of information technology in that field,
6. Demonstrate knowledge of the other functional areas of an
organization (such as: finance, marketing or public relations,
operations, human resources, and research and development) so that
information systems analysis of any organization can be performed
in a more comprehensive fashion,
7. Analyze ethical issues surrounding the use of information technology
in organizations,
8. Discuss the importance of networkds to organizations, including
issues of security and privacy,
9. Analyze the extent to which an organization's use of information
technology contributes to its competitive advantage, and
10. Apply value added concepts in the evaluation of information system
effectiveness.
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Grading Information:
Midterm Examination: 30%
Final Examination: 30%
Papers (2 X 15%) 30%
Participation in Class 10%
Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A 92%+ B 80 – 91% C 70-79%
F Below 70% F(a) or regular non-attendance F(n)
Please note that the Bowie State grading system does not include the grade of D.
Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC – Europe policies. Please refer to the UMUC – Europe Graduate Catalog available at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs/index.html or your local Education Center.
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Course Requirements:
Graduate school at the masters level focuses on helping students obtain the education needed for success as professionals in their chosen fields. Thus, UMUC-Europe Graduate Programs and Bowie State University share the common goals of promoting excellence in academic scholarship through thoughtful inquiry and the skillful application of knowledge and theory for the betterment of society.
In order to maximize your graduate educational experience in general and this course in particular, you are required to:
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Description of Course Requirements:
Midterm and Final Examinations will be in-class.
If you must miss an exam, you are responsible for making arrangements with the instructor, in advance if possible.
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Course Schedule:
Module Date Topics Assignments Author(s)
1 31 Jan 04 Introduction & Overview
Sat Foundations in Information Systems in Business
Morning O’Brien Chap 1
Assign first paper: Due module #8
2 31 Jan 04 Computer Hardware O’Brien
Sat Chap 13
Afternoon Telecommunications and Networks O’Brien
Chap 4
3 1 Feb 04 Computer Software O’Brien
Sun Chap 14
Morning
4 1 Feb 04 Data Resource Management O’Brien
Sun Chap 3
Afternoon Assign topic from the Portable MBA
5 14 Feb 04 Fundamentals of Organizations, Public and Private
Sat
Morning Student Presentations of Portable MBA topics
6 14 Feb 04 Introduction to e-Business Systems O’Brien
Sat Chap 5
Afternoon Enterprise e-Business Management O’Brien
Chap 6
Electronic Commerce Systems O’Brien
Chap 7
Review for mid-term
7 15 Feb 04 Mid-term Examination
Sun
Morning
8 15 Feb 04 Developing Business/IT Strategies O’Brien
Sun Chap 9
Afternoon Innovation and technology management MBA
Chap 9
First Paper Due
Assign Second Paper/Case--Due Fifteenth Module
9 28 Feb 04 Decision Support Systems O’Brien
Sat Chap 8
Morning Developing Business/IT Solutions O’Brien
Chap 10
Enterprise and Global Management of Information
Technology O’Brien
Chap 12
10 28 Feb 04 Competing with Information Technology O’Brien
Sat Chap 2
Afternoon Strategy: Defining and Developing Competitive
Advantage MBA
Chap 13
11 29 Feb 04 Competing with Information Technology O’Brien
Sun Chap 2
Morning Enterprise e-Business Management O’Brien
Chap 6
12 29 Feb 04 Security and Ethical Challenges O’Brien
Sun Chap 11
Afternoon
13 13 Mar 04 Security and Ethical Challenges O’Brien
Sat Chap 11
Morning
14 13 Mar 04 Student Presentations
Sat
Afternoon Review for final exam
15 15 Mar 04 Final Examination
Sat
Morning Second Paper Due
16 15 Mar 04 Special Issues and Discussion
Sun
Afternoon
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Academic Policies:
Please refer to the UMUC - Europe Graduate Catalog, available online at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs/index.html or from your local Education Center, for information on the following:
Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
Nondiscrimination
Students with Disabilities
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Faculty Bio:
Hello, my name is Bob Mann and I will be your instructor for this course for the next several weeks.
I grew up in the northern Rocky Mountain area where I obtained my education through the undergraduate level. I spent some time in the military: in command of lower level field artillery units, teaching, various staff jobs as a human resource manager, comptroller, special operations, manpower staffing and other odd jobs in several parts of the world. The opportunity become available to join private industry, so for eight years I worked for various companies ranging in size from 4 to 45,000. In private industry the jobs were varied: as an analyst, functional expert, project leader, resource management and human resource manager.
My current full-time job is as an adjunct instructor for UMUC Europe at the undergraduate and graduate level. I have been teaching for over twenty years in the European program.
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