ISM 50 – Business Information Systems
Silicon Valley Center Section
Spring 2006
Section: ISM 50-02 in course catalog (Secondary Section)
Course ID Number: 63980
Time and Location: Monday 5PM to 8PM, Silicon Valley Center Bld. 19.
Announcements:
PLEASE NOTE, the Silicon Valley Center section (ISM 50-02) has been cancelled.
The UCSC section led by Kyle Eischen (ISM 50-50) will continue to meet Mondays at 5-8PM at E2-194.
Please email the instructor if you have further questions.
Syllabus: ISM 50 – Business Information Systems
Silicon Valley Center Section
Time and Location: Monday 5PM to 8PM, Silicon Valley Center Bld. 19.
Instructor: Kyle Eischen
Office: SVC Bldg 19, Room 2089
Phone: 650.528.4030 ext. 110
Office hours: Monday 3 to 5PM
Email: keischen[at]gmail.com
Teaching Assistant: TBA
Office: TBA
Phone: TBA
Office hours: TBA
Email: TBA
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.
A copy of the course syllabus in PDF is available here.
Reading Material:
Primary Textbook:
The textbook is available at the Bay Tree bookstore.
Understanding Networked Applications: A First Course, by David G. Messerschmitt
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Course Reader:
The reader is also available at the Bay Tree Bookstore. The reader contains:
-- Case Studies from the Harvard Business School
-- Chapters 1 and 2 from: Management Information Systems: Managing Information Technology in the Business Enterprise, by James A. O’Brien, 6th edition, McGraw Hill, New York.
Assignments and Grading
Click on any of the hyperlinks in the “item” column to learn more about it.
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Item
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Due Date
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Value
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Weekly Deliverables (Case Summaries)
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Weekly (As Indicated)
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15% |
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May 8
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10% |
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Midterm
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May 8 |
20% |
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June 5
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15% |
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June 5
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20% |
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Final Exam
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June 12
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20% |
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Class #
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Date
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Topics
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| One |
1.1 |
April 10
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Class Introduction
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1.2
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April 10
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IT History and Background
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IT Management from 1960-2000 (reader pp 1-26)
Chapter 1 - Section II of O’Brien (reader pp 47-60)
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| Two |
2.1
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April 17
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Capital Budgeting Terminology, Competing with IT
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Chapter 2 - Section I of O’Brien (reader pp 69-77)
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1. IT & Local Business Analysis |
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2.2
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April 17
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Competing with IT (Cont’d)
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Chapter 2 - Section II of O’Brien (reader pp 78-90)
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| Three |
3.1
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April 24
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Business Processes,
Information Access Terms
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Frito-Lay Case (93-103 + figs)
Messerschmitt Ch 2.3 (38-50)
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1. Case Summary |
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3.2
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April 24
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Messerschmitt Ch 3.1-3.3 (59-82)
Cisco Case (114-124 + figs)
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2. Business Paper Organization & Team Preference 3. Case Summary |
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| Four |
4.1
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May 1
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E-commerce
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Messerschmitt Ch 3.4-3.6 (83-98)
Alibris Case (133-143 + figs)
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1. Case Summary |
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4.2
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May 1
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IT Concepts
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Messerschmitt Ch 4 (107-132)
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| Five |
5.1
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May 8
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Client Server Computing
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Messerschmitt Ch 5 (139-154)
Sun-N Tier Case (145-164 + figs)
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1. Case Summary 2. Business Paper Proposal |
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5.2
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May 8
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MIDTERM
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| Six |
6.1
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May 15
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Modularity and Layering
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Messerschmitt Ch 6 (157-190)
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6.2
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May 15
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Computer and Comm. Industry
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Messerschmitt Ch 7 (198-226)
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| Seven |
7.1
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May 22
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Database Management
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Messerschmitt Ch 11.1 - 11.2 (325-335)
Messerschmitt Ch 15.1 - 15.2 (415-425)
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7.2
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May 22
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Database Management Cont’d
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MySQL Database Case (179-199 + figs)
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1. Case Summary |
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| Eight | May 29 | HOLIDAY
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| Nine |
8.1
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June 5
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Networking
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Messerschmitt Ch 18 (493-512)
Akamai Case (213-228 + figs)
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1. DB Assignment 2. Business Paper Final |
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8.2
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June 5
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Applications, Architecture and the Organization
Wrap Up, Final Review
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Messerschmitt Ch 9 (273-289)
Messerschmitt Ch 10 (293-321)
American Airlines Case (165-171 + figs)
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| Final |
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June 12
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FINAL EXAM
Time: 4-7PM
E2 194 |
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