Faculty Contact Information:
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Consultation:
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Required Texts and Readings:
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Readings assigned by the instructor.
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Supplementary Readings:
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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.ed.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.
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Recommended Journals:
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Publications of the various professional societies (such as ACM -- the Association for Computing Machinery, the IEEE Computing Society, and the various management professional societies) are strongly recommended. 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. (Formerly INSS 625.) Prerequisite: Either INSS 540, INSS 620, INSS 640, INSS 720, or permission of the Program Director. In this course, current issues in information systems management that relate to the integration and implementation of new information systems technology into the organization are discussed. Possible topics include: managing end-user computing, integrating artificial intelligence capabilities into information systems, and using intelligent databases. The focus of this course is on the management issues raised by the adoption of new information systems technology.
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Course Goals:
Upon completion of the course, participants should:
1. Develop a better understanding of current (effective) use of Information Technology ( IT )
2. Understand the current management strategies for assimilating IT
3. Get acquainted with effective policies for governing and controlling IT functions
4. Understand the moral and legal issues surrounding the Information Systems
5. Develop an understanding of the restrictions imposed by compliance with crossborder regulations
6. Understand the social and economic trends affecting the marketing mix including customer culture, and technological awareness
7. Become aware of the need for including disaster recovery plans.
8. Understand the software acquisition and licensing strategies
9. Appreciate the current developments and use of Internet technology in businesses
10. Understand the relevant standards that are applicable to various parts of the Electronic Business processes including open, proprietary, national, and international standards
11. Be aware of the development of Internet2 also known as "Next Generation Internet"
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Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course the student will be able to:
1. Identify the issues surrounding the application of IT to Business Functions
2. Evaluate the effect of emerging technologies on the entire organization
3. Evaluate the current development and future potential of Electronic Business in the public and private sectors
4. Identify the role of cryptography, security systems, authentication, and trusted third parties in secure transactions
5. Identify the globalization and localization problems associated in adapting businesses to the world of Internet
6. Describe various Disaster Recovery plans for IT systems
7. Analyze various application development techniques and the associated tradeoffs
8. Define and discuss the importance of knowledge management.
9. Differentiate the risks related to outsourcing the IT
10. Evaluate the need and development of Internet2 and list the most important applications that will benefit from Internet2.
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Grading Information:
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Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A 90% +
B 80 – 89%
C 70 – 79%
F Below 70%
Please note that Bowie State University does not use "D" for graduate students. The grade F is used to designate academic failure. F(n) is used to designate failure for non-completion. Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC-Europe policies. For further details, please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog, available in your local Education Center or online at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs/.
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Course Requirements:
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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:
Participate in the on-line discussions - 20%
Complete ten deliverables (see Course Requirements) - 5% each for a total of 50%
Deliver the final project documentation - 30%
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Description of Course Requirements:
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Participate in classroom discussions: You are expected to engage in all on-line discussions in a professional and informed manner. Usually this requires approximately ten hours of preparation per week for a DE class.
Complete graduate level projects or programming assignments, write graduate level papers or case studies: You are required to conduct professional-level research, including appropriately citing works of others and avoiding plagiarism. Resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC, UMUC-Europe or BSU), partially or in its entirety, is not acceptable in this course and will result in an automatic failure on the assignment.
Orally/visually present prepared material: You are required to present your results in a professional manner. In a face-to-face course, this typically means an oral presentation accompanied by appropriate visual material. In a DE class, this means creating a visual/textual presentation for your instructor and classmates.
In this course, we will simulate the life cycle of implementing a large-scale ERP system, like SAP or Oracle. We will step through the SDLC and learn:
Requests For Proposals (RFP's)
Project initiation
Sarbanes-Oxley
IT security
Disaster recovery planning
Business requirements analysis
Blueprinting
Realization
Value Chain Confidence Testing
Implementation and cutover
Post go-live support
There will be 10 deliverables associated with each of the above, due at various intervals throughout the course.
Your final project will be the consolidation of these deliverables into a project documentation folder.
This will be as real-world as possible, supplemented by documentation from actual SAP implementations.
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Course Schedule:
Week 1, 4 June: Introductions and course overview
Week 2, 11 June: Request for Proposals (RFPs)
Week 3, 18 June: Project initiation
Week 4, 25 June: Blueprinting
Week 5, 2 July: Business Process Analysis
Week 6, 9 July: Sarbanes-Oxley and IT
Week 7, 16 July: IT Security and Disaster Recovery Planning
Week 8, 23 July: Realization
Week 9, 30 July: Value Chain Confidence Testing (VCCT)
Week 10, 6 August: Implementation & Cutover and Post Go-live Support
Week 11, 13 August: Projects
19 August: Last day of class
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Academic Policies:
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The University has a license agreement with Turnitin.com, a service that helps prevent plagiarism from internet resources. I may be using this service in this class by either requiring students to submit their papers electronically to Turnitin.com or by submitting questionable text on behalf of a student. If you or I submit part or all of your paper, it will be stored by Turnitin.com in their database throughout the term of the University's contract with Turnitin.com. If you object to this temporary storage of your paper, you must let me know no later than two weeks after the start of this class. Please Note: If you object to the storage of your paper on Turnitin.com, I may utilize other services to check your work for plagiarism
The official university policy on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty can be found at http://www.umuc.edu/policy/aa15025.shtml. Section I.C. states: "Faculty may determine if the resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC), partially or in its entirety, is acceptable when assigning a grade on that piece of course work. Faculty must provide this information in their written syllabi. If the resubmission of course work is deemed to be unacceptable, a charge may not be brought under this Policy and will be handled as indicated in the written syllabi."
Please refer to Description of Course Requirements for specific information on how resubmissions will be treated in this course.
Students with disabilities should contact the appropriate support office at UMUC-Europe.
Jan Keller, Director of Student Services
UMUC-Europe, Heidelberg
Phone: +49-6221-378299
Email: edstudent_svc@ed.umuc.edu
Mailing Address: Unit 29216, APO AE 09102 OR Im Bosseldorn 30, D-69126 Heidelberg, Germany
Please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog for information on the following:
Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
Nondiscrimination
Code of Civility
Hard copies of the catalog are available at your local Education Center.
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Faculty Bio:
Fred Deeter joined the UMUC faculty in April, 2000 and currently serves as Adjunct Associate Professor of Information Technology. He has more than ten years of college/university-level teaching experience, including: Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont; University of Maryland in Kunsan, Korea; Manatee Community College in Bradenton, Florida; and Western International University in Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Deeter’s IT experience includes 22 years in commercial and DOD information systems as a Director of Information Technology, Operations Manager, Project Manager, Consultant, and Systems Analyst. He holds an MS in Computer Information Systems from Boston University and is presently Director & CIO of Information Technology at Honeywell Aerospace EMEA and AsiaPac.
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