ISM 50 – Business Information Systems
Fall 2007
(Course Number: 16718)
Lectures:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 4 pm-5:45 pm
Announcements:
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Group Composition / Company Assignments:
by name
(look at this list to find your group number)
by group
number (look at this list to find your teammates and their UCSC email
addresses)
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find if you’ve been assigned a news folio or presentation)
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if you have questions about these lists, or if your name is missing and you
intend to take the class.
Instructor:
Office: E2 Room 557
Office hours: 1pm – 2pm Wednesdays
Email: johnm@soe.ucsc.edu
Teaching Assistants:
Xing Xing
Office: Baskin Engineering 314
Office Hours: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Tuesday and Thursday
Email: xxing@ucsc.edu
Shuang Wu
Office Hours: 1pm -2pm Tuesday
Location: E2 486
Email: swu@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 |
9/27 |
Class Introduction |
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2 |
10/2 |
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 |
10/4 |
Competing with IT, Cash Flows |
Chapter 2 - Section I of
O’Brien (reader pp 69-77) |
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4 |
10/9 |
Competing with IT (Cont’d) |
Chapter 2 - Section II of
O’Brien (reader pp 78-90) |
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5 |
10/11 |
Business Processes, |
Frito-Lay
Case (93-103 + figs) |
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6 |
10/16 |
Information Access Terms |
Messerschmitt Ch 2.3
(38-50) Messerschmitt Ch 3.1-3.3
(59-82) |
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7 |
10/18 |
(cont’d) |
Cisco Case (114-124 + figs) |
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8 |
10/23 |
E-commerce |
Messerschmitt
Ch 3.4-3.6 (83-98) Alibris Case (133-143 +
figs) |
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9 |
10/25 |
IT Concepts |
Messerschmitt Ch 4
(107-132) |
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10 |
10/30 |
Client Server Computing |
Messerschmitt Ch 5
(139-154) Sun-N Tier Case (145-164 +
figs) |
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11 |
11/1 |
Modularity and Layering |
Messerschmitt Ch 6
(157-190) |
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12 |
11/6 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
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13 |
11/8 |
Computer and Comm. Industry |
Messerschmitt Ch 7
(198-226) |
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14 |
11/13 |
Database Management |
Messerschmitt Ch 11.1 -
11.2 (325-335) Messerschmitt Ch 15.1 -
15.2 (415-425) |
|
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15 |
11/15 |
Database Management Cont’d |
MySQL Database Case
(179-199 + figs) |
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16 |
11/20 |
Networking |
Messerschmitt Ch 18
(493-512) |
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11/22 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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17 |
11/27 |
Networking (Cont’d) |
Akamai Case (213-228 +
figs) |
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18 |
11/29 |
Applications and the
Organization |
Messerschmitt Ch 9
(273-289) |
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19 |
12/4 |
Application Architecture |
Messerschmitt Ch 10
(293-321) |
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20 |
12/6 |
Application Architecture
(Cont’d) Wrap Up, Final Review |
American Airlines Case
(165-171 + figs) |
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12/12 (Wed.) |
FINAL EXAM
Time:
12-3pm Stevenson
150 |
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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% |
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Oct 23 |
5% |
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Midterm |
Nov 1 |
15% |
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Nov 29 |
10% |
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Dec 6 |
20% |
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Final Exam |
Dec 12 |
20% |
Last updated by John Musacchio on Dec
5, 2007