IST 305 (Sec.

1) IT for Competitive Advantage

Spring 2004
Tuesday and Thursday
2: 30 pm to 3: 45 pm, BU 106
Instructor: Sanchita Mal-Sarkar
Office location: BU 325
E-mail: sanchita@grail.cba.csuohio.edu
Web page: http://grail.cba.csuohio.edu/~sanchita/sanchita.html
Office phone number: (216) 523 7524
Office Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM, Wednesday, other time by appointment.

Prerequisites: CIS 201 and CIS 202 or IST 203

Course Objective:
This course introduces concept of information technology and its changing role in organizations, covering
both hardware and software. Contents include basic computer hardware, groupware, Web authoring tools,
electronic commerce, data warehousing and mining. Students are expected to use personal productivity
software such as spreadsheets and statistical analysis tools to solve business problems.

Text: Jessup, L. & Valacich, J. Information Systems Today, 2003, Prentice Hall.

Supplies: Each student is required to have three 3 1/2" floppy disks (1.44 MB). These diskettes are
required for homework assignments.

Grading Scheme:
Your course grade is based on your overall performance through the entire semester.
The relative weights for the final grade are the following:

Item Points Percentage

Assignments 100 10 %

Project 200 20%

Midterm I 150 15 %

Midterm II 150 15 %

Final 400 40 %
Grading Scale

Points Grade

900 - 1000 A

800 - 899 B

700 - 799 C

600 - 699 D

Less than 600 F

Last day to drop: ( Without W grade) Friday, January 30, 2004

( With W grade ) Friday, April 2, 2004

Examination Policy:

All examinations are closed book and closed notes. Final Exam Date: 1: 00 3: 00 pm, Thursday,
May 13. 2004.
Assignments:
All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the specified date. All assignments must be
individually and independently completed and must represent the effort of the student turning in the
assignment. If two or more students submit substantially the same solution or program, in the judgment
of the Instructor, the solution will be considered a group effort. Both or all involved in a group effort
will receive a zero for that assignment. A student submitting a group effort assignment more than once
will automatically receive an "F" for the course.

All assignments are to be completed by computer - handwritten assignments will not be accepted.
Each assignment must have a cover page indicating your name, due date, and a listing of the
assignment components. You will lose points if you do not include a cover page.

Late Assignments:

An assignment is to be turned in at the beginning of the class period in which it is due. An assignment
turned later than the due date and time will be penalized 10% of the total points attained for that
assignment, for each day late. No late assignment will be accepted after three days of due date.

Make-Up Exams:

Make-up exams will be given only in the case of serious need and only when the instructor is notified
PRIOR to the exam time. In case of a missed exam, valid reason must be provided along with supporting
document (e.g. doctor's note). The doctor's note MUST state that you were unfit to take the exam, not just
that you visited the doctor that day. Without proper documentation, no marks will be given for a missed
exam.

Course Schedule:

The tentative schedule of topics and their order of coverage is given in the table below. Assignments are
subject to change.
Date Topic Assignment

Tues 1/20/2004 Introduction

Thurs 1/22/2004 Information Systems Hardware (Appendix A)

Tues 1/27/2004 Information System Software (Appendix B)

Thurs 1/29/2004 Computer Networking (Appendix C)

Tues 1/3/2004 Information Systems (Ch - 1)

Thurs 2/5/2004 Information Systems for Competitive Advantage (Ch - 2) Assignment #1 due

Tues 2 /10/2004 Information Systems for Competitive Advantage (Ch - 2)

Thurs 2/12/2004 Database Management (Ch - 3)

Tues 2/17/2004 Database Management (Ch - 3)

Thurs 2/19/2004 Telecommunications and the Internet (Ch 4)

Tues 2/24/2004 Review for Midterm I

Thurs 2/26/2004 Midterm I

Tues 3/2/2004 Telecommunications and the Internet (Ch 4)

Thurs 3/4/2004 Telecommunications and the Internet (Ch 4)

Tues 3/9/2004 Electronics Commerce, Internets, and Extranets (Ch 5) Assignment# 2 due

Thurs 3/11/2004 Electronics Commerce, Internets, and Extranets (Ch 5)

Tues 3/16/2004 Spring Recess

Thurs 3/18/2004 Spring Recess

Tues 3/23/2004 Organization Information Systems (Ch 6)

Thurs 3/25/2004 Organization Information Systems (Ch 6) Assignment #3 due

Tues 3/30/2004 Enterprise-Wide Information Systems (Ch 7)

Thurs 4/1/2004 Enterprise-Wide Information Systems (Ch 7)

Tues 4/6/2004 Information Systems Development and Acquisition (Ch 8)

Thurs 4/8/2004 Review for Midterm II Assignment #4 due

Tues 4/13/2004 Midterm II

Thurs 4/15/2004 Information Systems Development and Acquisition (Ch 8)

Tues 4/20/2004 Information Systems Ethics, Computer Crime, and Security (Ch 9)

Thurs. 4/22/2004 Project Presentation Project due

Tues 4/27/2004 Project Presentation

Thurs 4/29/2004 Project Presentation

Tues 5/4/2004 Project Presentation

Thurs 5/6/2004 Review for Final