SUKKUR INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Department of Business Administration

Management Infor mation System (MIS-240)

Programs & Class: BBA- IV (A,B & C)
Credit Hours: 3 + 0 Class Work 3
Pre-requisite Courses: None
Co-requisite Courses: None
Semester: Spring 2014
Instructor: Syed Hifazat Ali Shah & Ismail
Mangrio
Post-requisite Courses: None
e-mail: hifazat@iba-suk.edu.pk
email: ismail@iba-suk.edu.pk

Office Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Consulting Hours: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Office Location: Room No. 4 Academic Block-I

Text Books:
S# Title Author (s) Publisher Name & Edition
Management Information Raymond McLeod Prentice Hall
1.
System George Schell 10th Edition

Course Descriptions:
Information systems began as automation of office systems, and have grown into systems that assist
managers to make decisions, systems that model successful business practices, and systems that
transform the modern business into a knowledge-based enterprise. This course will introduce
information systems in the modern enterprise through a survey of information systems technologies
and the way they affect management. Although the course considers information technology, it
focuses on management strategies, not technical issues.
A Framework for Business End Users
Managers or business end users are not required to know the complex technologies, abstract
behavioural concepts, or the specialized applications involved in the field of information systems.
Illustrates a useful conceptual framework that outlines what a manager or business end user needs
to know about information systems. It emphasizes five areas of knowledge.

1. Foundation concepts of IS
2. Technology of IS
3. Applications of IS
4. Development of IS
5. Management of IS

Goal 6- Technological skills

6.3 Students should demonstrate basic understanding of how information technologies and
management information systems could be used in business setting.

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Aims and Objectives:
1. Main objective of this course is to facilitate understanding of different types of information
systems available for managerial decision-making.
2. Student should learn information systems for different functional areas like marketing,
manufacturing, Supply chain, human resource, finance, and accounting.
3. Student should understand delelopment methodologies of Information system like System
development life cycle, Prototype modeling and Papid Application Development.
4. Student should be able to demonstrate information systems for competitive advantage,
executive information systems, decision support systems, expert systems, and paperless
office automation.

Course Outcomes:
- A summary of information systems technology now used in businesses
- A summary of new technologies that are transforming businesses, and will increasingly do
so in the near future
- A review of information systems that assist management decision, the assumptions built
into them, the limits they impose and the possibilities for new management strategies they
provide
- A review of the changing role of information systems in businesses and the attempt to create
knowledge-based businesses
- An introduction to the use of computer modeling and simulation and its role in transforming
management styles

Evaluation / Grading Plan

1. Assignment / Quiz 8%
2. Class Participation 4%
3. Lab Work 8%
4. Mid-Term Examinations I & II 40 %
5. Final Examination 40 %

Course Assignments:
There will be three assignments. Assignments are to be submitted electronically only - no
paper submission. Instructions on submitting assignments will be given in Assignment #1
handout.

Quizzes:
There will be three quizzes during the semester. There are no make-up quizzes. Other quizzes
may be added if necessary.

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 COURSE OUTLINE

Chapter / Topic Session Readings

Introduction to the Information System 1-4 Ch.1 Mc Loed
History of Information System
Introduction to Computer architecture and Communication architecture
Understanding the role of Information in management problem solving
Problem solving and Decision Making
Data versus Information
The feature of Information Technology

Using Information Technology For Competitive Advantage 5-8 Ch.2 Mc Leod

The Firm in its Environment
Managing physical resource-Supply Chain Management
Competitive Advantages
What are the Information Resources?
Strategic planning for information resource
Who manages the Information Resources?
CIO and CTO

Using Information Technology to Engage in Electronic Commerce 9-12 Ch.3 Mc Leod

Electronic Commerce
Business Intelligence
Electronic Commerce Strategy
The Inter-organizational System (IOS)
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Electronic Commerce Technology
Evolution of the internet
B2C strategies for e-Commerce
An Internet model
Internet standards
Internet Security

Understanding System users and developers 13-16 Ch.4 Mc Leod

Business Organization
The Information Services organization
End-User computing
Managing knowledge represented by the firm’s Information resources
The Virtual Organization

Computing & Communication Resources 17-20 Ch.5 Mc Loed

Undersatnding Fundamental parts of Computing device
Introduction to Personal Computing devices
Distinguish between System and Application Software
Communication Network technologies
Network types

Database Management System 21-24 Ch.6 Mc Loed

Data organization
Database Structure
Relational Database
Data Modeling techniques
Database Personnel
Database Administrator
Database Programmer

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Systems Concepts 25-28 Ch.7 Mc Leod
Models
The Systems Approach
Preparation Effort
Definition Effort
Solution Effort
System Life Cycle Methodologies
The System Life Cycle
The Planning Phase
The Analysis Phase
The Design Phase
The Implementation Phase
Putting the System Life Cycle in Perspective
Prototyping
Rapid Application Development
Business Process Redesign
System Developments tools
Project Management
Project Cost Estimating

Information Security 29-36 Ch.8 Mc Leod

Organizational needs for Security and Control
Objective & management of Information Security
Threats and Its types
Risk Management
Formal & Informal controls
Industry Standards
Putting Information Security Management
Business continuity Management

Ethical Implications Of Information Technology 36-42 Ch.9 Mc Leod

Morals, Ethics and the Law
The need for an Ethics Culture
Ethics and Information Services
Social Rights and the Computer
Ethics and the CIO

Decision Support Systems 42-48 Ch.10 Mc Leod

Problem Solving & Decision Making
Mathematical Models
Decision support system
Group decision support systems
Artificial Intelligence
The Appeal of Expert System
An Expert System Model
Neural Networks
Putting the DSS in Prospective

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