New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Computer and Information Science Department (CIS)
CIS677: Information System Principles
Professor: Michael Bieber

Lecture Notes & Handouts

These are comments to accompany the videotaped lectures for CIS677, produced in Spring 1999 by Professor Bieber. There were 13 hours of lectures taped in all.

• 1: Introduction to IS Principles
• 2a, 2b: Information Structure of Organizations
• 3: Decision Making/Decision Support Systems
• 4: Human, Ethical and Societal Issues of IS
• 5: Document Management
• 6: Strategic IS and Business Process Support
• 7: Information Theory
• 8: Cognitive Aspects of Systems
• 9: Systems Concepts
• 10: Electronic Commerce
• 11: Virtual Organizations: IT and Organizational Structure
• 12: Global IS

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Lecture 1: Introduction to IS Principles

• * no lecture notes available *

Handouts:

• MIS Topics (html)
• Information Technology and the Productivity Paradox Hank Lucas' book's main ideas (html)

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Lecture 2 (2a and 2b): Information Structure of Organizations

• * no lecture notes available *
• models, frameworks and other related class materials

Handouts:

• Class Example: Related Functions in a College or University (pdf)
• Business Context; Work Centered Analysis (pdf)
• A Framework for Decision Making (pdf)
• Information Characteristics by Management Level (pdf)
• Organizational MIS Architecture (pdf)
• IS in Organizations (Pyramids) (pdf)

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Lecture 3: Decision Making/Decision Support Systems

• lecture notes
• models, frameworks and other related class materials

Handouts:

• Decision Making Notes (html)

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Lecture 4: Human, Ethical and Societal Issues of IS

• lecture notes
• models, frameworks and other related class materials

Handouts:

• Legal vs. Ethical vs. Discretionary Domain (pdf)
• ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (html)
• W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (html)
  (for Accessibility - we didn't get to this in the lecture)

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Lecture 5: Document Mangement

Handouts:

• Document Management Lecture Slides
  (Powerpoint) (HTML - thanks to the Fall '99 Document Management Team: Abraham De-heer, Joe Konopka and Tom Petite)

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Lecture 6: Strategic IS and Business Process Support

• lecture notes
• models, frameworks and other related class materials

Handouts:

• Strategic Cube Framework (pdf)
• Value Chain Framework (pdf)
• Extended Value Chain Framework (pdf)

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Lecture 7: Information Value

• lecture notes
• models, frameworks and other related class materials

Handouts:

• Information Value Notes (html)
• Information Quality Aspects (pdf)
• Information Characteristics by Management Level (pdf - from week 2)

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Lecture 8: Cognitive Aspects of Systems

• lecture notes
• models, frameworks and other related class materials

Handouts:

• Humans as Information Processors - various figures (pdf)
• IS Design Implications (pdf)
• Heuristics Handout (pdf)

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Lecture 9: Systems Concepts

• lecture notes
• models, frameworks and other related class materials

Handouts:

• Example Accounting System & Coupling Figures (pdf)
• System Components (pdf)
• Functional vs. Product Organizational Structure (pdf)
• Web of System Properties (pdf)
• Human-Tool Augmentation System (pdf)
• Churchman's Necessary Conditions for a Human-Designed System/System Trinity (pdf)
• Practical Conclusions for IS Design & Use (pdf)

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Lecture 10: Electronic Commerce

• lecture notes
• models, frameworks and other related class materials

Handouts:

• EC Marketplace Overview/EC Areas (pdf)
• Generic Framework for EC (pdf)
• Examples of Internet Business Models (pdf)

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Lecture 11: Virtual Organizations; IT and Organizational Structure

• lecture notes
• models, frameworks and other related class materials

Handouts:

• Functional vs. Product Organizational Structure (pdf) - from Week 9
• Project Organization, Matrix Organization and Lateral Relationships (pdf)
• The Virtual Organization Conceptual Framework (pdf)

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Lecture 12: Global IS

• lecture notes

Handouts:

• Porter's International Value Chain (pdf)
• Challenges to Globalization of Information Systems (pdf)
• Global Business Drivers (pdf)

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