Management Information System

Course Title: Management Information System

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Unit 1. Competing with Information Technology 7 Hrs.

Fundamentals of Strategic Advantage , Strategic IT , Competitive Forces and strategies , Strategic Uses of Information Technology , Building a customer-focused business ,The value chain and strategic IS, Value chain examples

Unit 2. Using Information Technology for strategic Advantage 7 Hrs.

Strategic Uses of IT, Reengineering Business Processes , The role of IT, Becoming an Agile company , Creating a virtual company, Building a knowledge-creating company , Knowledge management systems

Unit 3. Managing Data Resources 7 Hrs.

Date resource management ,Types of databases: operational, distributed, external, hypermedia databases , Data warehousing and data mining ,The database management approach, Database management system, database interrogation, database maintenance, application development

Unit 4. e-business Systems 7 Hrs.

Introduction, Cross-functional enterprise applications  Enterprise application integration, Transaction processing systems, The transaction processing cycle, Enterprise collaboration systems: tools for enterprise collaboration, Functional business systems, Introduction, IT in business, Marketing systems: interactive marketing, targeted marketing, sales force automation, Manufacturing systems: computer-integrated manufacturing, Human resource systems: HRM and Internet, HRM and corporate Intranets, Accounting Systems: online Accounting systems, Financial management systems

Unit 5. Foundations of Information Systems (IS) in Business 3 Hrs.

Foundations of Information Systems in business, Foundation concepts: The components of IS, Competing with Information Technology, Using Information Technology for strategic Advantage, Managing Data Resources, e-business Systems, Supporting Decision Making.

Unit 6. Foundation-concepts-The-components-of-IS 7 Hrs.

System concepts: A foundation: System, Feedback and Control System characteristics Components of ISs Information system resources People, hardware, software, data, Network Information System Activities Input, Process, Storage of data, Output of Information Products, Control Recognizing Information systems