BMS 841 Course Outline

Kenyatta University School of Business Department of Management Science Master of Business Administration Administration ============================================================================================

COURSE OUTLINE BMS 841: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (45 LECTURE HOURS) Course Purose The purpose purpose of this this course course is to provid providee studen students ts with with basic basic and and in-de in-depth pth under understa standi nding ng of the field of Management nformation Systems !MS"# its core technologies and its application in business management$ Students will be e%pected to develop a framewor& for understanding and managing information systems in organi'ations# emphasi'ing what they are# how they affect an organi'ation and its employees# and how they can enhance business efficiency# efficiency# effectiveness# effectiveness# and competitiveness$ Course O!"e#$%&es (t the end of this course# the students should be able to) a" *utline and pinpoint pinpoint the different classification of S in real business and and the mar&et today+ today+ b" ,redict ,redict the future future of S in addressi addressing ng business business and manage managerial rial proble problems+ ms+ c" rit ritic ical ally ly eval evalua uate te a give givenn busi busine ness ss scen scenar ario io and and matc matchh it to the the nece necess ssar aryy MS MS solu solutition onss from from a consultant.e%pert/s consultant.e%pert/s point of view+ d" Underta&e practical practical case analysis analysis to investigate investigate given S phenomena phenomena and present present the finding in in written report$ CONTENTS 'EE TOPICS S SUB TO TOPICS 1* INTRO+UCTION TO MIS Definition of MS i$" ,erspective of information systems) definition of information systems# business perspective of ii$" information systems# dimension of information systems$ ontemporary approaches to information systems iii$" omponents and and activities of information information systems iv$" Strategic business ob0ectives of firms investing in information systems v$" 1nvironmental developments developments that call for the need for information systems vi$" 2ow information technology has transformed organi'ations vii$" Systems concepts and information systems viii$" ,* INFORMATION SYSTEMS- ORGANI.ATIONS- AN+ STRATEGY ntroduction i$" *rgani'ations and nformation Systems ii$" mpact of S on *rgani'ations and Business 3irms iii$" Using nformation Systems to (chieve Strategic.ompetitive (dvantage iv$" − ,orter/s ompetitive 3orces Model

− The Business 4alue hain Model /* IT INFRASTRUCTURE AN+ EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES T infrastructure+ definition and evolution i$" nfrastructure components ) 2ardware# software+ systems software# applications software# Data ii$" 1

management and storage# 5etwor&.telecommunication platforms 2ardware and software trends iii$" Management issues iv$" 4* +ATABASES AN+ INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ntroduction) 3ile based and database management systems i$" − 6imitations of file based systems − (dvantages and disadvantages of DBMS Using Databases to mprove Business ,erformance and Decision Ma&ing ii$" − Data 7arehouses and data marts − Business ntelligence) *nline (nalytical ,rocessing !*6(," and data mining 5* TELECOMMUNICATIONS AN+ NET'ORS ntroduction i$" 8easons for connecting computers ii$" 3unctions of telecommunication systems iii$" omponents of telecommunication systems iv$" Types of networ&s v$" Telecommunication trends vi$" Business value impacts of the telecommunications revolution vii$" 0* INTERNET AN+ ECOMMERCE The nternet i$" 1-commerce and e-business ii$" Uni9ue features of e-commerce iii$" 1-commerce Models.options iv$" (dvantages and disadvantages of 1-ommerce v$" Business applications and the nternet vi$" CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT TEST 1

2* CLASSIFICATIONS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS ntroduction i$" Business ,rocesses !functions" and nformation Systems ii$" 6evels of management and information systems iii$" Decision ma&ing process and information systems iv$" Types of information systems v$" − *perations support systems) transaction support systems# process control systems# enterprise collaboration systems − Management support systems) DSS# MS# 1S# 1S Systems that span the 1nterprise vi$" − 1nterprise (pplications − 1nterprise Systems) SM Systems# 8M Systems − Knowledge Management Systems 8* INFORMATION SYSTEMS +E3ELOPMENT ntroduction i$" Systems Development and *rgani'ational hange ii$" − Business ,rocess 8eengineering

− Business ,rocess Management iii$" iv$" vii$"

3actors affecting development of information systems : success.failure Systems development approaches − Systems development cycle !SD6" (lternative system development approaches) − (S1 tools 2

− ,rototyping − (pplication pac&ages − 1nd-user development − *utsourcing) B,*# loud computing ;lobal nformation Systems − The ;rowth of nternational nformation Systems − *rgani'ing nternational nformation Systems − Managing ;lobal Systems The challenge of information systems) &ey management issues i%$" * ISSUES FACE+ BY MIS PROFESSIONS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS Security issues i$" 2ealth related issues and ergonomics ii.)  1thics and social issues of nformation systems iii$" CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT TEST , FINAL EAMINATIONS viii$"

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