Detail of Assignment

1. You are required to set up a webpage in wordpress ,blogger or any other free website provider. You should paste a photograph and provide  particulars such as name, matrixs no., and course. (10 marks)
   [update: for this assignment please refer here and here]


2. MIS.in action.(20% hardcopy of report,  10%  presentation)
   
   For this assignment, you are required to interview a person who is using or who has access to an IS system that is slightly more complicated than Microsoft Office.excell etc  software. (example-banking system, loan application system etc). Among some of the information that you need to identify are:
   
   -Background of the company(what business, when it was formed, structure etc) and person (post, year of experience,what does that person do in the company)
   -What was the problem/opportunity that prompted the development of the system?
   -Who was involved in the development (top management, middle managers, user, IS professionals), and
   -what roles did each group of people play?What are the problems faced during the development stage.
   -The system: Name, what does it do, List of activities that it does,
   how does it make things easier/advantages of the system, what are some of  its disadvantages/weaknesses.
   -How does the employees feel about the system?
   -Any suggestions to improve the system.
   
   Must submit in hardcopy and present it in class. – by the 6th meeting (English)
   


3. Case study- datamining case (10%). Submit in Harcopy only.

Group 2 'Oppa's

Group 2 members from left: Hebat Hisham Bin Mohd Yusoff (811236), Mohd Misuari Bin Abdullah (811243), Zairil Azwan Bin Zulmuji (811258) and Mohamad Nizam Bin Mustafa (811240)

Four of us currently pursuing full-time studies in Master of Science Management (collaboration between INTAN/UUM) and registered in Management Information Systems course class by Mr. Rajoo Ramanchandram (COB, UUM Sintok).

Assignment I

What do we have to do?

You are required to set up a webpage in wordpress ,blogger or any other free website provider. You should paste a photograph and provide  particulars such as name, matrixs no., and course.

Answer:

For purposes of meeting the requirements of this task, the group members have agreed to present an answer through the blog. The blog can be accessed through the following address:
Management Information Systems - http://bpmn60534u.blogspot.com

Course Outline

Management Information Systems

Mr. Rajoo Ramanchandram
rajoo@uum.edu.my

SYNOPSIS
This course is designed to enable students to understand the importance of management information systems (MIS) in enhancing organizational effectiveness and the achievement of the desired  organisational results.This course will also enable students to understand how MIS can be used to assist the management of an organisation to run its operations and the achievement of advantage over other companies.


OBJECTIVES
The objective of this course is to:

• Expose students to the basic concepts of  Information System.
• Highlight to the students about the various types of IS resources available to the firm.
• Expose students to managing information resources and understand the convergence of technology and decision-making.
• Provide students with the knowledge of how to use IS as a tool to gain competitive advantage


GRADING AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Overall grading will comprise the following sub-divisions:

Type	Mark (%)
Assignments	50
Mid semester	20
Final Exam	30
Total	100

COURSE CONTENT

Topic 1: What is IS/IT?
Topic 2: Managers and their information needs
Topic 3: IS in Business
Topic 4: Achieving Competitive Advantage with IS
Topic 5: Hardware and Software
Topic 6: Database Management System
Topic 7: Telecommunication and Networks
Topic 8: IS and Security
Topic 9: E-commerce
Topic 10: IS and Decision making
Topic 11: Systems development Approaches.

REFERENCES

Stair, R. & Reynolds, G. (2011). Information Systems. 10th edition. Cengage Learning.

Haag,S.,Cummings,M.,Phillips, A (2010) Management Information Systems for the Information Age. 8th ed. McGrawHill.USA.

Kroenke, M. D (2009) Using MIS. 2nd e. Pearson Prentice Hall. USA

Laudon, K.C. & Laudon, J. P. (2009). Essentials of Management information systems. (8th ed). New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.

The copy of the syllabus can be download here.