ISM 50 – Business Information Systems
Fall 2006
Lectures:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 2 pm-3:45 pm
Thimann Lecture Hall Room 001 [map]
Announcements:
If you couldn’t attend any of the MS access sessions yet, and would like to
attend one,
you can come over to Baskin 316 this
Wednesday 15th Nov, 3.30 PM.
There are some Microsoft access tutorials on the web. Here is one you can
use :
http://www.brainbell.com/tutorials/ms-office/Access_2003/TOC_The_Fundamentals.html
:
Database assignment is posted here.
( Note : submit the database assignment
through webct only. Submission
instructions are mentioned in the assignment )
Tutorials for MS access/ database assignment is scheduled at
Ming
Ong PC (
Wed.
11/8/06 ONLY, 4:00-5:00pm
Thur.
11/9/06 ONLY, 10:00-11:00am
To access the forum:
Go to:
Login with UCSC username and password
Click on:
ISM-50 Business Information Systems, #16874
Click on:
Forum
The midterm study guide is available [here]
Presentation schedules are here.
If your name is not assigned to any presentation in the schedule above,
you are ( by default ) assigned the news folio project.
( Read the Oral Presentation or
Folio for details regarding the news folio/oral presentations )
Groups are assigned for your business paper project.
Instructor:
Office: E2 Room 557
Office hours: 10-12 Tuesday
Email: johnm@soe.ucsc.edu
Teaching Assistant:
Suresh Iyer
Office: Baskin Engineering 314/ 316 ( BE 316 is the SOE graduate student , please knock on the door )
Office hours: Wednesday 3.30pm-5.30 pm.
Friday 9.30-11.30am
Email: suresh@soe.ucsc.edu
Course Description:
This course is an introductory survey of the use of Information Systems in business enterprises. We study how organizations can use information systems to improve efficiency and enable new ways of doing business. Students should gain an understanding of how information systems technologies are designed to support business applications. We will study examples both of how business needs can drive the development of new technology and also of how advances in technology can drive changes in business. Students should also gain a conceptual understanding of the basic building blocks of information system technology, such as database management, and network architecture. Such an understanding will enable them to identify existing technologies or conceptualize new technologies that meet particular business needs.
Reading Material:
Primary Textbook:
The
textbook is available at the Bay Tree bookstore.
Understanding Networked Applications: A First Course, by David G. Messerschmitt
.
Course Reader:
The reader will be available shortly at the Bay Tree Bookstore. The reader contains:
¨
Case Studies from the
¨ Chapters 1 and 2 from:
Management Information
Systems: Managing Information Technology in the Business
Other Material:
Guide on Citing Sources Properly
Syllabus:
Note: Hyperlinks to the lecture slides are found in the “Topics” column. Hyperlinks to the assignments are located in the “Assignments” column.
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Class # |
Date |
Topics |
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Assignments |
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1 |
9/21 |
Class Introduction |
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2 |
9/26 |
IT History and Background |
IT Management from
1960-2000 (reader pp 1-26) Chapter 1 - Section II of
O’Brien (reader pp 47-60) |
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3 |
9/28 |
Competing with IT, Cash Flows |
Chapter 2 - Section I of
O’Brien (reader pp 69-77) |
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4 |
10/3 |
Competing with IT (Cont’d) |
Chapter 2 - Section II of
O’Brien (reader pp 78-90) |
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5 |
10/5 |
Business Processes, |
Frito-Lay
Case (93-103 + figs) |
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6 |
10/10 |
Information Access Terms |
Messerschmitt Ch 2.3
(38-50) Messerschmitt Ch 3.1-3.3
(59-82) |
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7 |
10/12 |
(cont’d) |
Cisco Case (114-124 + figs) |
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8 |
10/17 |
E-commerce |
Messerschmitt
Ch 3.4-3.6 (83-98) Alibris Case (133-143 +
figs) |
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9 |
10/19 |
IT Concepts |
Messerschmitt Ch 4
(107-132) |
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10 |
10/24 |
Client Server Computing |
Messerschmitt Ch 5
(139-154) Sun-N Tier Case (145-164 +
figs) |
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11 |
10/26 |
MIDTERM Thimann
Lecture Hall 001 |
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12 |
10/31 |
Modularity and Layering |
Messerschmitt Ch 6
(157-190) |
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13 |
11/2 |
Computer and Comm. Industry |
Messerschmitt Ch 7
(198-226) |
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14 |
11/7 |
Database Management |
Messerschmitt Ch 11.1 -
11.2 (325-335) Messerschmitt Ch 15.1 -
15.2 (415-425) |
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15 |
11/9 |
Database Management Cont’d (see lecture 14 slides
above) |
MySQL Database Case (179-199
+ figs) |
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16 |
11/14 |
Networking |
Messerschmitt Ch 18
(493-512) |
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17 |
11/16 |
Networking (Cont’d) |
Akamai Case (213-228 +
figs) |
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18 |
11/21 |
Applications and the
Organization |
Messerschmitt Ch 9
(273-289) |
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11/23 |
Thanksgiving
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19 |
11/28 |
Application Architecture |
Messerschmitt Ch 10 (293-321) |
Database assignment is due |
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20 |
11/30 |
Application Architecture
(Cont’d) Wrap Up, Final Review |
American Airlines Case
(165-171 + figs) |
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12/7 (Thurs.) |
FINAL EXAM
Time:
8-11am Thimann
Lecture Hall 001 |
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Assessment
Click on any of the hyperlinks in the “item” column to learn more
about it.
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Item |
Due Date |
Value |
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Each Class |
10% |
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3 per qtr. |
5% |
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assigned |
5% |
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Weekly Assignments |
Each week |
10% |
|
Oct 17 |
5% |
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Midterm |
Oct 26 |
15% |
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Database Assignment |
TBA |
10% |
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Nov 30 |
20% |
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Final Exam |
Dec 7 |
20% |
Last updated by John Musacchio on
Nov. 29, 2006