CIS 265 Information Systems and Productivity Toolware

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Schedule and Syllabus for the 2004 Fall Semester

Case Study Grading Legend

Monday  6:00pm-8:00pm Lecture KUPF 207  

Monday    8:10-8:50 Lab PC 38

 

 

Monday August 30

Introduction to Course, Description of Case Requirements, Paper, and Annotated Bibliography.     

Chapter 1: Managing The Digital Firm   Chap. 1

Monday September 13 Chapter 2: Information Systems in the Enterprise.

Article: VW Rides A Hot Streak Newsweek May 22, 2000 

Tutorial 1

 

Monday September 20

Chapter 2: Information Systems in the Enterprise.

Case Study 1: Herman Miller: Information Systems at the Crossroads  (Chap 1)

Villeda, Bessy E.
Wong, Christopher
Zhang, Xiaozhong

Quiz Chapter 1

Tutorial 2
Monday September 27 Chapter 3: Information Systems, Organizations, Management and Strategy

Case Study 2: Can Zara Keep Up With Speed Chic (Chap 2)

Shah, Mihir Y
Signorello, Matthew
Silie, John

Quiz Chapter 2

Tutorial 3

Monday October 4

Chapter 4: The Digital Firm: Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business

Case Study 3 : How Much Can New Information Systems Help GM? (Chap 3)

Pascall, Lynette
Patel, Milan K.
Rivas, Carlos A.

Quiz Chapter 3

Tutorial 4
Monday October 11

Chapter 6: Hardware and Software in the Enterprise

Case Study 3 : Can the music industry change its tune? (Chap 4)

Miller, Roy D
Opperman, Michael A.
Pantojan, Mark

Quiz:  Chapter 4

Enerline Case Study due for entire class (See lab tutorial)

Tutorial 5
Monday October 18

Chapter 7: Managing Data Resources

Case Study 4:   Zurich North America Hunts down its IT Assets (Chap 6)

Lonczak, Krzysztof
Marwah, Aman
Maynard, Danilo A.

Quiz:  Chapter 6

Tutorial 6
Monday October 25 Chapter 8: Telecommunications, Networks and Wireless Computing

Case Study 5 : Data Base Woes Plague Homeland Security and Law Enforcement  (Chapter 7) 

Isijola, Olawole K
Johnson, Kimberly
Khan, Shah A.

Quiz:  Chapter 7

Tutorial 7
 Monday November 1

Chapter 9:The Internet: Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business. 

Case Study 6 :  Will New Systems Keep Delta Flying?  (Chapter 8)

Goy, Christopher M
Han, Vin
Hatziemanuel, George

Quiz:  Chapter 8

Tutorial 8
Monday November 2 Withdrawal Deadline
Monday November 8

Chapter 11 : Managing Knowledge For the Digital Firm

Case Study 7 :   Can Worldspan Fly with Online Travel?  (Chap 9) 

Dela Rama, John Patrick
Faraz, Fawad B
Glaspie, Sophia M
Quiz: 9

Tutorial 9
Monday November 15

Chapter 12: Enhancing Management Decision Making for the Digital Firm

Case Study 8:   CanKnowledge Systems Help Proctor and Gamble Stay Ahead of the Pack?  (Chap 11)

 Quiz:  Chapter 8
Monday November 22

Chapter 14: Information Systems Security & Control

Allicock, Tristian
Barbour, Hortensia M.
Blanco, Edwin Joseph

Case Study 9 : Harah's and Mohegan Sun : A tale of two Casino DSS (Chap 12)

Quiz:  TBA

Tutorial 10

Monday November 29 TBA

Tutorial 11

 Monday December 6

Tutorial 12

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Grading Algorithm                

10%   Attendance at lectures and tutorials

15% Midterm

20% Case Study

15% Quizzes

25% Final

5%   Article Review

10%   Enerline Case Study

 

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