SULLIVAN UNIVERSITY

COURSE SYLLABUS

MGT 330

INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR MANAGERS

 

 

         INSTRUCTOR: WJ Patterson                               OFFICE HOURS: Friday 8am – 12 noon

         EMAIL:wjpatterson@sullivan.edu

         PHONE: (502) 456.6504                                         http://www.iluv2teach.com  

         CELL: (502) 533.1671

 

I.       COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

Over the past decade, companies have moved from not just using IT to enable their business strategies, but to shape their strategies based on current and emerging capabilities of Information Technology.  This course is designed to prepare managers to make IT investment decisions, take leadership roles in IT implementation projects, and better understand IT service delivery tradeoffs.   Examples of topics that will be covered in the class include:

 

- Managing in a Digital World

- Valuing IS Investment

- Managing IS infrastructure

- IS Security

- Enhancing Business Intelligence using Information Systems

- IS Ethical Issues / Cybercrime

- IS Development

- Building Organizational Partnerships using Information Systems

- Enabling Commerce using the Internet

 

This course will combine extensive reading and in-class discussion of the research literature with in-depth independent research projects of the students' own choosing. The material for the class will be both text book and from research publications in the area.

 

II.     STUDENT OUTCOMES

 

         Upon successful completion of this course, the student:

·         Understand the benefits and limitations of different technologies

·         Gain an awareness of the rich variety of managerial issues raised by Information Systems

·         Understand how Information Systems can enable companies to achieve competitive advantage

·         Understand how to better utilize the Internet in Business Processes

·         Understand Ethical Issues relating to Information Systems

 

 

Requirements

 

III.    REQUIRED TEXT

 

  • Information Technology Today: Managing in a Digital World .  By Jessup & Valacich, Prentice Hall, 2008. 3rd Edition. (Required) 

 

 

IV.  PRE-REQUISITES

            Either MGT 304 (College of Business Students) or HSM 304 (Hospitality Studies Students)

 

V.     ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

 

Sullivan University's policy on cheating and plagiarism is consistent with the definition of plagiarism provided by Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary:

to plagiarize is to;

w  steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own;

w  use (a created production) without crediting the source;

w  to commit literary theft;

w  present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

 

Sullivan University also considers a student to be guilty of plagiarism if the student allows their original work to be used by another student for academic credit.

 

Note: Refer to the Student Handbook for complete details of the Sullivan University policy.

 

 

VI.       COMPUTER LAB POLICY / HOURS

 

 

Computer Science Tutors are available for all students
 Monday - Thursday afternoon between 2:00 and 6:00 and at other times by appointment.
Consult the Student Scene or Night Scene Newsletter for daily schedules,
or ask your instructor for more information.

 

 

Computer labs will be available daily to students during the following hours:

 

                           Monday - Thursday.......... 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

                           Friday & Saturday............ 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

                           Sunday............................. 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 

 

Students are encouraged to use the computer labs when classes are not in session during the day, and at the following times:

 

                           Monday - Thursday................... 2:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

                           Friday, Saturday & Sunday........ some labs available all day

 

 

When a class is in session, students may use any computer not used by a student in the class, as long as the scheduled class is not disrupted.  The following rules apply during these times:

 

Ø  Do not enter a computer lab while an instructor is lecturing to the class.

Ø  Do not ask the instructor for assistance with an assignment or project.

Ø  Sit in the back of the room, if possible.

Ø  Allow students in the scheduled class to use their choice of computer.

Ø  Notify the instructor if you are having a computer hardware problem.

 

 

** Food and drinks are NOT allowed in any carpeted area of the building**

 

 

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It is a Class C felony in the State of Kentucky to alter computer files without authorization.  At Sullivan University, the following actions are considered a Class C felony and are subject to both criminal action and instant dismissal from school:

 

        *    Changing the "Welcome to Sullivan University" banner on a computer

        *    Changing any desktop setting or windows setting unless part of a class assignment

        *    Loading personal programs or games on a computer

        *    Intentionally modifying files not specifically assigned as part of a class assignment

        *    Using any computer for personal reasons

 

 

VII.  EVALUATION

 

         Quarter grades will be based on the schedule shown below.

 

                                                      GRADING SCALE:

                                                            A =  90 - 100

                                                            B =  80 - 89

                                                            C =  70 - 79

                                                            D =  60 - 69

                                                            F =  below 60

 

 

Evaluation

 

Bi-Weekly Exams                                     40%

Final Exam                                    20%

Project                                          30%

Attendence                                                 10%

 

VIII.  COURSE SCHEDULE

 

Week 1 – Managing in the Digital World

Week 2 – Fueling Globalization through IS

Week 3 – Valuing IS Investments

Week 4 – Managing IS Infrastructure

Week 5 – Enabling Commerce using the Internet

Week 6 – Securing IS

Week 7 – Enhancing Business Intelligence using IS

Week 8 – Building Organizational Partnerships using IS

Week 9 – Developing IS

Week 10 – Managing IS Ethics and Crime

Week 11 – Wrap Up / Final Exam

 

IX.  GRADING RUBRIC – Project

1) Identifies and summarizes the problem/question at issue (and/or the source's position).

Emerging ( 1 or 2 points)

Mastering   (3 or 4 points)

Does not identify and summarize the problem, is confused or identifies a different and inappropriate problem.

Does not identify or is confused by the issue, or represents the issue inaccurately.

Identifies the main problem and subsidiary, embedded, or implicit aspects of the problem, and identifies them clearly, addressing their relationships to each other.

Identifies not only the basics of the issue, but recognizes nuances of the issue.

2) Identifies and presents the STUDENT'S OWN hypothesis, perspective and position as it is important to the analysis of the issue.

Emerging ( 1 or 2 points)

Mastering   (3 or 4 points)

Addresses a single source or view of the argument and fails to clarify the established or presented position relative to one's own. Fails to establish other critical distinctions.

Identifies, appropriately, one's own position on the issue, drawing support from experience, and information not available from assigned sources.

3) Identifies and considers OTHER salient perspectives and positions that are important to the analysis.

Emerging ( 1 or 2 points)

Mastering   (3 or 4 points)

Deals only with a single perspective and fails to discuss other possible perspectives, especially those salient to the issue.

Addresses perspectives noted previously, and additional diverse perspectives drawn from outside information.

4) Identifies and assesses the key assumptions.

Emerging ( 1 or 2 points)

Mastering   (3 or 4 points)

Does not surface the assumptions and ethical issues that underlie the issue, or does so superficially.

Identifies and questions the validity of the assumptions and addresses the ethical dimensions that underlie the issue.

5) Identifies and assesses the quality of supporting data/evidence and provides additional data/evidence related to the issue.

Emerging ( 1 or 2 points)

Mastering   (3 or 4 points)

Merely repeats information provided, taking it as truth, or denies evidence without adequate justification. Confuses associations and correlations with cause and effect.

Does not distinguish between fact, opinion, and value judgments.

Examines the evidence and source of evidence; questions its accuracy, precision, relevance, completeness.

Observes cause and effect and addresses existing or potential consequences.

Clearly distinguishes between fact, opinion, & acknowledges value judgments.

6) Identifies and considers the influence of the context * on the issue.

Emerging ( 1 or 2 points)

Mastering   (3 or 4 points)

Discusses the problem only in egocentric or sociocentric terms.

Does not present the problem as having connections to other contexts-cultural, political, etc.

Analyzes the issue with a clear sense of scope and context, including an assessment of the audience of the analysis.

Considers other pertinent contexts.

 

 

 

7) Identifies and assesses conclusions, implications and consequences.

Emerging ( 1 or 2 points)

Mastering   (3 or 4 points)

Fails to identify conclusions, implications, and consequences of the issue or the key relationships between the other elements of the problem, such as context, implications, assumptions, or data and evidence.

Identifies and discusses conclusions, implications, and consequences considering context, assumptions, data, and evidence.

Objectively reflects upon their own assertions.

 

                             

Note: This course schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor due to time constraints or other extenuating circumstances.