HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT COURSE OUTLINE

Course Title Course Code Instructor Pre-requisites Credit hours Management Information Systems (MIS) Mgmt 342 Comp 201, Mgmt 211 3 hrs

I. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Study the Nature of information as an organizational resource; its significance in decision making and management; components of information systems; managerial implications and modern trends associated with the use and management of information systems in organizations. II. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to: Acquire the managerial point of view regarding information technology and information systems Assess the components of information systems Discuss the basic concepts and major applications of computer based information systems. Explain Data base processing and organizational data management efforts Analyze the impacts of using information systems in organizations Explain the procedures for successfully managing information systems Explain the context and process of formulating a strategic plan for the information resources and how it must mesh with the strategic plan for the firm
III. COURSE CONTENTS: 1. INTRODUCTION : fundamentals of information systems

1.1. What do we mean by Management Information systems?

1.2. Contemporary Approaches to Information Systems 1.3. Information systems frame work 1.4. Major roles of information systems in organizations 1.5. Information systems resources

2. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION 2.1. What is computer hardware 2.1.1. input devices 2.1.2. processing 2.1.3. output devices 2.1.4. storage 2.1.5. types of computer systems 2.2. computer software 2.2.1. What is computer software? 2.2.2. System and Application soft wares 2.2.3. Operating system 2.2.4. Managing software Assets 2.3. Managing Data resources 2.3.1. Organizing Data in a Traditional File Environment 2.3.2. Data base Management systems 2.3.3. types of databases 2.3.4. technical foundations of database management 2.4. Telecommunications 2.4.1. telecommunications network model 2.4.2. types of telecommunications networks 2.4.3. trends in and applications of telecommunications in organizations 2.4.4. Managerial perspective on telecommunications 2.4.5. Technical Telecommunications Alternatives 3. APPLICATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ORGANIZATION 3.1. Managerial decision making and executive support 3.1.1. managerial decision making 3.1.2. decision support and executive information systems 3.2. business information systems 3.2.1. marketing information systems 3.2.2. manufacturing information systems 3.2.3. Human resource information systems 3.2.4. accounting information systems 3.2.5. financial information systems 4. MANAGEGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 4.1. managers and information technology 4.2. organizations and information technology 4.3. information resource management 4.4. information systems planning 4.5. the role of information systems planning 4.6. information systems planning methodologies

IV. Course delivery method

*hand outs will be provided only for class room discussions. Further reading is compulsory *additional materials will be provided when ever necessary, in the form of slides, compiled notes and other sources to be referred. *assignments will be presented in the class room as one method of continuous assessment

V. Evaluation criteria:
Quizzes/assignments and mid term exam = Final exam =

50-60 %

40-50 %

*active participation in the class room comes with special reward.

VI.Text

book: James A. OBrien, Management

Information Systems. Richard D.

IRWN, INC, 1993.

VII. References
1. Robert Schultheis, Mary Sumner. Management Information Systems. Richard D.IRWIN, INC, 1995. 2. KennethC.Laudon, Jane p. Laundon. Management Information systems (5TH Ed), prentice hall, Inc, 1998. 3. S.Sadagapon, Management Information systems: prentice Hall of India private limited, New Delhi, 1997. 4. David Keroenke, Richard Hatch, Business Information Systems, (5th Ed): Mitchell McGraw-Hall. 5. Laudon, Kenneth C., Carol Guercio Travet, and Jane Price Laudon, Information Technology and society, Belmont, California: Wads worth publishing Company, 1984. 6. Davis, cordon B., and Margrethe H.olson, Management Information Systems: conceptual foundations, structure and development, (2nd Ed) Newyork: Mc Graw Hill.