Content Outline

Week 1 

10 & 14 Jan 2009

Information Systems in Global Business Today(Chapter 1)

 Why Information Systems
 Contemporary Approaches to Information Systems
 Toward the Digital Firm: The New Role of Information Systems in Organizations
 Learning to Use Information Systems: New Opportunities with Technology.

Week 2

17 & 21 Jan 2009
Information Systems in the Enterprise (Chapter 2)

 Key System Applications in the Organization
 Systems from a Functional Perspective and constituency perspective
 Integrating Functions and Business Processes
 Collaborative Commerce, E-commerce, E-business, and E-Government
 Enterprise applications

Week 3

24 & 28 Jan 2009
Information Systems, Organizations and Strategy (Chapter 3)

 Organizations and Information Systems
 The Changing Role of Information Systems in Organizations
 Information Systems and Business Strategy  

Week 4

31 Jan 09 & 4 Feb 09
Ethical and Social Issues in the Digital Firm (Chapter 4)

 Understanding Ethical and Social Issues Related to Systems
 Ethics in an Information Society
 The Moral Dimensions of Information Systems

Week 5

7 & 11Feb 2009
IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies (Chapter 5)

 Evolution of IT infrastructure
 Infrastructure components
 Trends and Emerging technologies (software and hardware)

Week 6

12 – 18 Feb 2009
First Term Exam

21 Feb 09

Guest Speaker [dates may vary as per guests availability]

Week 7

25 & 28 Feb 2009
Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and Information Management (Chapter 6)

 Organizing Data in a Traditional File Environment
 The Database Approach to Data Management
 Using databases to improve business performance and decision making
 Database Trends

Week 8

4 & 7 Mar 2009
Telecommunications, the Internet and Wireless Technology(Chapter 7)

 The Telecommunications Revolution
 Communications Networks
 The Internet
 The wireless revolution

Week 9

11 & 14 Mar 2009
Securing Information Systems (Chapter 8)

 System Vulnerability and Abuse
 Business Value of Security and Control
 Establishing a framework for security and control
 Technologies and tools for security

Week 10

18 & 21Mar 2009
Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy: Enterprise Applications (Chapter 9)

 Enterprise Systems
 SCM and CRM systems

Week 11

24 – 30 Mar 2009
Second Term Exams

Week 12

1 & 4 Apr 2009
Managing Knowledge (Chapter 11)

 Knowledge Management in the Organization
 Enterprise-wide KMS KWS: Knowledge Work Systems
 Expert Systems
 Other Intelligent Techniques

Week 13

8 & 11 Apr 2009
Enhancing Decision-Making (Chapter 12)

 Decision making and information systems
 Decision-Support Systems (DSS)
 Group Decision-Support Systems (GDSS)
 Executive Support in the Enterprise (ESS)

Week 14

15 & 18 Apr 2009
Project Presentations

Week 15

22 & 25Apr 2009
Project Presentations  

Week 16

29 Apr 2009 &
2 May 2009
Redesigning the Organization with Information Systems (Chapter 12) [if time permitted ]

 Systems as Planned Organizational Change
 Business Process Reengineering and Total Quality Management (TQM)
 Overview of Systems Development Alternative System-Building Approaches
 Application Development for the Digital Firm