Course Description
Organizations and Information Systems; Types of Information Systems; Data, Information and Knowledge; Information Systems Development Process; Risk Management in Information Systems; Strength and Weaknesses of Information Systems; InformaSystems failure; and Trends in Information Systems.
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, the student will be able to :
- Understand the relationships between organizations and Information Systems
- Identify the major types of Information Systems and their roles in organizations
- Explain the strength and weaknesses of Information Systems
- Understand the Information Systems failure crisis and factors contributing to the failures
- Be aware of the current and future trends of Information Systems
Course Content
- Information Systems beyond organizations boundaries.
- Types of Information Systems and their roles
- Information Systems development process
- Types of Information Systems acquisition methods, Information Systems development life cycle, Information Systems development methodologies.
- Risk identification, Risk evaluation, Risk avoidance, Risk monitoring, and review.
- Information Systems Failures
- Types of failures, Reasons for failures, Strategies for minimizing failures.
- Trends in Information Systems.
Course reading materials
- Management of Information Technology, Fourth Edition, by Carroll, John Frenzel ISBN: 0-619-03417-3 2004 Publish date: 2003
- Information Technology for Management: Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy, 4th Edition, by Turban, Publisher: Wiley, Hardcover, 4th edition, Published 2003, ISBN 0471229679