Fall 2009

MGIS 301: Management Information Systems

http://wwwai.wu-wien.ac.at/~koch/courses/koc/mgis301/

Instructor: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Stefan Koch

Class Time/Room: Lecture 1. M W     9:30-10:45 SOS Z21 and Lecture 2. M W   11:00-12:15 CAS Z08

Office Hours: M 12:30; or by appointment, Room 246

e-mail: skoch@ku.edu.tr

TAs : Umut Arıtürk (uariturk@ku.edu.tr)

TA Office Hours: T 16:30-17:30 CAS 130 (Tel. 1875)

Lab Time/Room :

- Mandatory MS Access (Nov. 2/4/9/11 during class sessions, Section 1 in SOS Z08 and Lecture 2 in SOS 180)

- Mandatory HTML (Dec. 14/16 during class sessions, Section 1 in SOS Z08 and Lecture 2 in SOS 180)

- Optional MS Word (Part 1: 17.11.2009 17:00 - 18:30 SOS Z08 / Part 2: 24.11. 2009 17:00 - 18:30 SOS Z08)

- Optional MS Powerpoint (1.12.2009 17:00 - 18:30 SOS Z08)

- Optional MS Excel (Part 1: 8.12.2009 17:00 - 18:30 SOS Z08 / Part 2: 15.12. 2009 17:00 - 18:30 SOS Z08)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to familiarize the students with the current Information Technology, with the concept of decision making and problem solving using Information Technology, and the contemporary applications of Information Technology on functional and cross-functional areas of an organization.  Upon completion of the course, students will be familiar with basic concepts, frameworks and tools for analyzing, implementing and using Information Systems and will be able to envision the power of information managed competitively.

COURSE MATERIAL

The required textbook is: Introduction to Information Systems , R. Kelly Rainer, Jr. and Efraim Turban, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009.

COURSE OUTLINE (Tentative)

CLASSWORK

A significant portion of the class time will be allocated to lectures. In addition, cases (mostly from the textbook) will constitute an important component of the class work, as they will help the students see the causes and implications of Information Systems success (and sometimes failure) in context. There will also be a portion of Lab work to get hands-on experience with current Information Technologies and Information Systems.

Cases

Students should read the assigned cases before coming to class and have answers to case questions.  In-class quizzes may feature questions referring to case discussions.

Lab Work

During the semester, we will go to the computer lab twice during lecture hours. The first session will be devoted to gaining some hands-on experience with MS Access. The goal is to provide the students an environment of better understanding of database management systems through MS Access. The second hands-on session will focus on Internet technology and consist of an introduction to HTML. After the session, students will receive an assignment to do at home. The result of these assignments is to be handed in until the deadline by e-mail.

System Analysis and Design Exercise (Team)

Students will form teams of 3-5 individuals and analyze a hypothetical situation that poses a systems question in a hypothetical company. By means of the exercise, students will gain some first hand experience in analyzing, designing and argumenting a system to solve certain business problems. Moreover, they will realize the managerial challenges of implementing such systems. The report will be turned in as e-mail by the deadline. On the day the results are to be discussed, each team will make a five-minute informal presentation of their major design highlights to facilitate class discussion.  All team members must be present during the presentation to earn credit for this piece of coursework.

Exams

There will be one midterm examination and a final examination.

Quizzes

Unannounced quizzes will be given in class. Missed quizzes cannot be made up.

Class Participation

Attendance in class will be taken regularly for record-keeping purposes. However, the class participation grade should not be perceived as class attendance- obviously, you cannot participate if you are not present, but being present does not automatically count as participation. Rather, the intention is to quantify your involvement in class during the semester. Along with ad hoc opportunities to answer or to ask questions, a more structured form of class participation is expected through the end-of-chapter questions from the textbook which will be assigned prior to the lecture they will be discussed.

Lab Sessions

The TAs for the course will conduct lab sessions throughout the semester to polish your skills in using applications software. A brief overview of MS Word and MS PowerPoint will be given. MS Excel and MS Access will be the emphasis of the lab sessions. In general, attendance will not be taken during lab sessions, but you should make every effort to attend these sessions for your own benefit- proficiency in use of application software is not only going to help you succeed in your courses here,  but will help you gain a competitive edge at the workplace in the future. Topics covered in the lab sessions may appear on quizzes or exams. The lab schedule will be announced after the first week of classes.

GRADING

The composition of the overall course grade will be as follows:

Quizzes   8%

Lab work (2x5) 10%

Systems Analysis and Design Exercise (Team) 10%

System Analysis and Design Presentation (Team)   5%

Midterm 30% (sample)

Final Exam 30%

Class Participation   7%

ACADEMIC HONESTY

Honesty and trust are important to all of us as individuals. Students and faculty adhere to the following principles of academic honesty at Koç University:

Individual accountability for all individual work, written or oral. Copying from others or providing answers or information, written or oral, to others is cheating.

Providing proper acknowledgment of original author . Copying from another student's paper or from another text without written acknowledgment is plagiarism.

Study or project group activity is effective and authorized teamwork . Unauthorized help from another person or having someone else write one's paper or assignment is collusion.

Cheating, plagiarism, and collusion are serious offenses resulting in an F grade and disciplinary action.

NOTES

• You are assumed to possess a basic knowledge of the KU Network. If you do not feel fully comfortable using the KU Network, please make an appointment with the TA for a review session.

• No late assignments will be accepted in case of lab work. In other cases, severe late penalties apply (your grade becomes half of what it originally was every 24 hours). No MAKE-UP opportunities for any missed class work will be granted unless the College finds the cause acceptable.