COURSE:

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

QUARTER:

Winter 2004 - 2005

SESSIONS:

20 (100 minutes each)

INSTRUCTOR:

Rizwan Amin Sheikh

Email:

TEXT BOOK:

rizwans@lums.edu.pk

Management Information Systems by Raymond McLeod, Jr. and

George Schell (Eighth Edition).

GRADE EVALUATION
Quizzes 25 %
Class Participation....15%
Mid Term 25 %
Final Exam .. 35 %

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Managers have always used information to perform their tasks and make decisions, so the
subject of management information is not new. What is new is the ease and speed with
which accurate and current information can be stored, obtained, and communicated
throughout business organizations. In todays business world, corporate managers can
make informed and timely decisions using innovative technology and systems. The
innovation that makes all this happen is called Management Information Systems.
The purpose of this course is to expose students to MIS concepts, impart knowledge
regarding business applications of MIS, and familiarize them with real-life issues in
developing and implementing management information systems. This course has been
designed to be a blend of lectures and real-life cases.
OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this course the students will:

Develop an understanding of Management Information Systems and their business

applications.
Be able to acquire the necessary knowledge and learn how to be successful as MIS
Managers.
Acquire knowledge and learn techniques on how to evaluate and implement various
Management Information Systems.

Develop an understanding of latest I.T. concepts such as e-Supply Chain Management,

CRM /e-CRM, e-Business and e-Commerce.

Management Information Systems

Course Outline
Session
1

Topic

Reading

The Management Information System

What is MIS?
An MIS Model
The MIS and Human Factors
The Accounting Information System
Characteristics of an Accounting Information
System
Major Subsystems

Chapter 12

The Database and Database Management System

(DBMB)
The Database Concepts
A Model of Database Management System
Data Warehousing and Data Mart
System Life Cycle Methodologies
Life Cycle Phases
Life Cycle Management
Prototyping
Using I.T. for Competitive Advantage
Competitive Advantage
What are the Information Resources
Who Manages the Information Resources
The Information Resource Management Concept
Computer Use in an International Market
The Multination Corporation
Global Business Drivers
Problems in Implementing Global Information
Systems
Using I.T. to Engage in Electronic Commerce
and e-Business
What is e-Commerce and e-Business
e-Commerce / e-Business Strategy
The Internet and the World Wide Web (www)
Internet Security
Enterprise Information Systems
What is an Enterprise Information System

Chapter 9

Chapter 11

Chapter 7

Chapter - 2

Chapter 4

Chapter 3

Chapter 15

Read the Case

Before Class

10

MID-TERM

11

Decision Support Systems (DSS)

Decision Making
The DSS Concepts
DSS Objectives
A DSS Model
Executive Information Systems

Chapter 13

Case Study Phillips 66 Company: Executive

Information System
GUEST SPEAKER

Read the Case

Before Class

12
13
14
15

16
17
18
19
20

The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Systems and Software Industry
ERP Systems Implementation
Case Study: Packages Limited Implementation
of SAP

Chapter 16

Manufacturing Information Systems

Appendix C
A Model of a Manufacturing Information System
Production Subsystem
Inventory Subsystem
Supply Chain Management
Class
Discussion
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Class
e-CRM
Discussion
GUEST SPEAKER
Relationship Between I.T. and Business
Processes
GUEST SPEAKER

Class
Discussion

Course Outline is subject to changes as per requirements of the class.

Additional reading material will be placed in the library.