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Course Online Syllabus

Summer 2011

Department MGMTCourse Number6352 Section Number19124
Name of Course Mgt Information Systems
Name of Instructor Lu,Jun

This information may not constitute all course policies; students are responsible for all course requirements established by their instructors during the semester and all institutional policies as established in the UHV student handbook.


Learning Objectives

As a result of this course, students will

  1. Know how to relate MIS to management, the organization and technology, focusing on the importance of integrating these elements
  2. Comprehend the IT infrastructure (hardware, software, managing data resources, telecommunications and networks and the internet)
  3. Comprehend general e-Commerce applications and the ethical and social issues in the digital firm
  4. Use software packages to create a website, a business database application, and a complex spreadsheet with decision support functions.
  5. Analyze management and organizational support systems.
  6. Analyze the design of information systems, including information security and control.
  7. Evaluate the impact of IT on industry and organizational competitive strategy

Major Assignments/Exams

Exams (Test I, Test II, Test III) 300 points
Individual Harvard Business Case Analysis Paper 300 points
Short Case Discussions 300 points
Chapter Quizzes 100 points

Required Reading

Laudon, Management Information Systems: Managing the digital Firm ,11th ed., ISBN 9780136078876 .


Recommended Reading

No additional readings have been recommended for this course.


List of Discussion/Lecture Topics


Course topics have not been submitted.