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.