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I. Multiple Choice

1. They are also called vendors who supply the materials, machines, services and information that are used by the firm.
a. Supplier b. Customers c. Labor d. None of the above

2. It is an organization of both skilled and unskilled workers
a. Organization b. Labor Union c. Financial Communinity d. None of the above

3. It consists of the Institutions that influence the money resources
a. Government b. Global Community c. Financial Community d. None of the above

4. It is the geographic area where the firm performs its operation
a. Government b. Labor union c. Financial Community d. None of the above

5. It includes all the organization that competes with the firm in its maketplace
a. Government b. Competitors c. Financial Community d. None of the above

6. They are who invest money in the firm and represent the highest level of management
a. Government b. Stockholder c. Financial Community d. None of the above

7. It is a computer software that only allows authorized user's access typically via user name and password
a. Firewall b. MIS c. Business Intelligence d. None of the above

8. It is a set of standards that govern the communication of data
a. Domain Name b. Protocol c. ISP d. None of the above

9. It is the address of the Web Site where the web page is stored
a. ISP b. Protocol c. Domain Name d. Non eof the above

10. It is traditions or belief about right or wrong
a. Moral b. Ethics c. Law d. None of the above

II. Modified True or False

a. Suppliers are also called vendors who supply the materials, machines, service and information that are used by the firm
b. Organization is an organization of both skilled and unskilled workers
c. Government consists of institutions that influence the money resources
d. Financial Community is the geographic area where the firm performs its operations
e. Government includes all the organization that competes with the firm in its marketplace
f. Stackholders are who invest money in the firm and represent the highest level of management
g. Firewall is a computer software that only allows authorized user's access typically via user name and password
h. Protocol is a set of standards that govern the communication of data
i. ISP is the address of the Web site where the web pages is stored
j. LAW is the traditions of belief about right or wrong

Syllabus

I. Course Description

Course : Management Information System

Course Code :COS 11

No. of Hours : 54

Credit : 3

Prerequisite :

II. References

Raymond McLeod, George Schell, 8th Edition, Management Information Systems

III. Instructional Methodologies

1. Lectures

2. Exercises

3. Quizzes

4. Case Study

5. Research

6. Group Project

7. Baby Thesis

8. Term Exam

IV. Grading System

Attendance 10%

Seatwork/Assignments 20% (Case Study/Baby Thesis)

Quizzes 40%

Term Exams 30%

Grade=((Total x 2)+Term Exam) /3

Final Grade=Prelim Grade+Midterm Grade + Final Grade

V. Course Outline

This course aims to teach students the concepts of Information System difference between data and information. Know the elements of the computer-based information system (CBIS) and how they evolved. Be familiar with the types of information specialist who can assist the user in developing information systems that play a main role as resources to a firm. This course will prepare and make students aware of the great responsibilities of the Management System Group.

No. of Hrs. Wks

I. Introduction to Computer Based Information System 1.5 1

a. Information Mgnt.

b. Interest in IM

c. The Manager and system

d. Data Versus Information

II. Using Information Technology for Competitive Advantage 1.5 1

a. The firm in its environment

b. Competitive Advantage

c. What are the Information Resources

d. Strategic Planning

e. Strategic Planning Information

f. End-user Computing as a strategic issues

g. The information Resource Management Concept

III. Using Information Technology to engage in Electronic Commercial 3 2

a. E-Commerce

b. Business Intelligence

c. E-Commerce Strategy

d. The Inter Organizational System

e. Electronic Data Interchange

f. E-Commerce Methodology

g. E-Commerce Technology

h. Evolution of the Internet

IV. Ethical Implications of Information Technology 1.5 3

a. Moral, Ethics and Law

b. The need for an Ethical Culture

c. Ethics and Information Services

d. Social Rights and the computer

e. Code of ethics

f. Ethics and Information Specialist

g. Ethics

V. The General Systems Model of the Firm 1.5 3

a. Model

b. Te General System Model

c. Use the General System Model

VI. The system Approach 3 4

a. The system Approach

b. Preparation Effort

c. Definition Effort

d. Solution Effort

e. Review of the system Approach

VII. System Life-Cycle Methodologies 3 5

a. The System Life Cycle

b. The Planning Phase

c. Steps of the Planning Phase

d. Analysis Phase

e. Design Phase

f. The implementation Phase

VIII. Fundamentals of Computer Processing 1.5 6

a. The Computer as an Element in an Information System

b. Computer Architecture

IX. The Database and the database Management System 1.5 6

a. The Hierarchy of data

b. Data Management

c. Secondary Storage

d. The Relationship of secondary storage to processing

e. The dawn of the database era

f. The database concept

g. The database structure

h. Creating a database

X. Data Communication 3 7

a. The Basic Communication Model

b. Computer-based Data Communication

c. Communication Hardware

d. Data Communication Software

XI. The Computer-based Information system 3 8

a. What is data processing

b. The accounting Information system

c. Data Processing Tasks

d. Characteristics of the accounting Information System

e. System Overview

f. The major Subsystem of the data Distribution system

XII. The Management Information system 3 1

a. What is MIS

b. The concepts of the Organization Information Subsystem

c. Report Writing Software

d. Mathematical Modeling

e. Simulation

f. A modeling example

g. Modeling Advantage and disadvantages

h. Graphical Output

i. The MIS Human Factor Considerations

XIII. Decision Support System 3 2

a. Introduction

b. Decision Making

c. The DSS Concepts

d. DSS Objectives

e. DSS and MIS

f. A DSS Model

g. Group Decision Support system

h. Groupware

XIV. The Virtual office 3 3

a. Introduction

b. Office Automation

c. The Visual Office

d. OA Application

e. The role of the virtual office and OQ in problem Solving

XV. Knowledge Based System 3 4

a. Introduction

b. Artificial Intelligence

c. The appeal of Expert System

d. The expert system models

e. The user interface

f. The knowledge base

g. The Inference engine

h. The development engine

i. A Sample Expert System

j. Advantage and disadvantage of expert system

k. Neural Networks

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XVI. Marketing Information System 3 5

a. Introduction

b. Functional Organization Structure

c. Functional Information System

d. Marketing Principles

e. Evolution of the Marketing Information System Concepts

f. A Marketing Information System Model

g. Marketing Intelligence subsystem

h. Marketing Research subsystem

i. Accounting Information System

j. Product Subsystem

k. Place Subsystem

l. Promotion Subsystem

m. Price Subsystem

n. Integrated-Mix Subsystem

XVII. Financial Information System 3 6

a. Introduction

b. A Model of the Financial Information System

c. Prewritten Financial Software

d. Accounting Information System

e. Internal Audit Subsystem

f. Financial Subsystem

g. Forecasting Subsystem

h. Funds Management Subsystem

i. Control Subsystem

XVIII. Human Resource Information System 3 7

a. Introduction

b. The human Resource Function

c. The human Resource Information system

d. The evolution of HRIS

e. A model of a human Resource Information system

f. The accounting IS

g. HR Research Subsystem

h. THE HRIR database

i. Workforce Planning Subsystem

j. Benefits subsystem

k. Environmental Reporting Subsystem

l. Application Integration

m. Current Status of the HRIS

XIX. Information Resource Information System 3 8

a. Introduction

b. The IS Organization

c. A model of IR Info. System

d. CIO Responsibilities

e. Achieving QM in IS

f. System Security

g. Contingency Planning

h. IM Cost Reduction Strategies

i. IM in the pacific Rim Countries

j. The future of the CIO

XX. CASES/DEFENSE/EXAM 6

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