PERIYAR MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER COLLEGE

GGSIP UNIVERSITY (MBA)

MS 205: Information Systems Management
Academic Session

: 2014-15

Faculty :

Ms. Maani Sharma

Course Objectives:
The objective of this course is to expose the students to the managerial issues relating to information
systems and help them identify and evaluate various options in this regard.
Contents:
Unit(s)
Unit-1

Session
No.
1-2

Topic

Reading (s)

Meaning and Role of Information Systems.

Book(s)

Types of Information Systems:

16 Hrs.

Chapter-1, 2 (MIS, James A O

Brien)
Chapter-1, 2,3 (MIS, Goyal, D. P.)

3-4

Operations Support Systems

5-6

Management Support Systems

Expert Systems, and

8
Knowledge Management Systems.
Information Systems for Strategic
Management:
9-10

Competitive Strategy Concepts, Strategic Role

of Information Systems.

11-12

Integrating Information Systems with Business

Strategy,

13-14

Value Chain Analysis and

15-16

Strategic Information Systems Framework.

01 Naicker and Benjamin (2014).

The Effectiveness of Knowledge
Sharing on projects: How companies
prosper by what they know.
02 Amrita Premrajan (2014). How
Indian enterprises are leveraging
integrated infrastructure solutions to
drive their business

Planning for Information Systems:

Book(s)

17-18

Identification of Applications,

Chapter-11 (MIS, James A O Brien)

Business Planning Systems and Critical

Success Factors,

Chapter-10,11 (MIS, Goyal, D. P.)

19-20
21-22

Method of Identifying Applications,

Unit-2
16 Hrs.

Journal/ Magazine/ News Paper

Articles:

23-24

Risks in Information Systems.

Resource Requirements for Information
Systems:

Journal/ Magazine/ News Paper

Articles:
03 Nicole Perlroth & Elizabeth A
Harris (2014). Protection for attacks
on systems a challenge.
04

25-28
29-30

Hardware and Capacity Planning,

Software Needs,

31-32

Procurement Options Make or Buy decisions,

Outsourcing as an Option.
Systems design and Development
Methodologies:

Unit-3

Book(s)
Chapter-12 (MIS, James A O Brien)

12 Hrs.
33-38

SDLC Approach, Prototyping, Spiral Method,

End User Development.

39-42

Logical and Physical Design.

43-44

Evaluation of Information Systems.

Chapter-12,13,15
P.)

(MIS, Goyal, D.

Journal/ Magazine/ News Paper

Articles:
05
06

Emerging Concepts and Issues in

Information Systems:

Book(s)

45-46

Supply Chain Management,

Chapter-08,5,10 (MIS, James A O

Brien)
Chapter-05, 08 (MIS, Goyal, D. P.)

47-48

Customer Relationship Management,

49-50

ERP.

Unit-4
12 Hrs.

Journal/ Magazine/ News Paper

Articles:
07

51-52

Introduction to Data Warehousing,

53-56

Data Mining and its Applications.

08

Research
Paper

Note: Each student will give a presentation on a

specific Information System related issue of their
choice.

The internal assessment of the students (out of 40 marks) shall be as per the criteria given below:
Class Test-I

- 15 marks (Written test schedule as per University)

Class Test-II

- 15 marks (Individual Term Paper/Written Assignment/Project/ Cases/ Class

Tests/Quizzes)
- 10 marks (Individual Presentation/Viva-Voce/Group Discussion/ Attendance)

Text Books:
1. James A OBrien, George M Marakas and Ramesh Behl (2010). Management
Information Systems, Ninth Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Education, New Delhi.
2. Ken Laudon and Jane Laudon and Rajanish Dass (2010). Management Information Systems,
Eleventh Edition, Pearson, New Delhi.
Reference Books
1. Turban, E., McLean, E. and Wetherbe, J. (2001). Information Technology for Management:
Making Connections for Strategic Advantage. John Wiley and Sons.
2. D.P.Goyal (2010). Management Information Systems-Managerial Perspectives, 3rd
Edition, Vikas Publishing, New Delhi

3. S.A.Kelkar (2009). Management Information Systems-A concise Study, Second Edition, PHI
Learning, New Delhi.
4. Nirmalya Bagchi (2010), Management Information Systems, Vikas Publishing House, New
Delhi
Journal/ Magazine/ News Paper Articles:
1. Naicker and Benjamin (2014). The Effectiveness of Knowledge Sharing on projects: How
companies prosper by what they know. African Journal of Business Management. Vol. 8(4),
pp. 118-126, February 2014. Journal article from JGate database.
2. Amrita Premrajan (2014). How Indian enterprises are leveraging integrated infrastructure
solutions to drive their business, InformationWeek, January 10, 2014. Accesses July 31, 2014
http://www.informationweek.in/informationweek/news-analysis/287042/indian-enterprisesleveraging-integrated-infrastructure-solutions-drive-business
3. Nicole Perlroth & Elizabeth A Harris (2014). Protection for attacks on systems a challenge.,
New York Times | Jun 9, 2014. Accesses July 31, 2014 from
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/it-services/Protection-for-attacks-on-systems-achallenge/articleshow/36306272.cms