Why?
Data scientists work inside organizations. Understanding how information systems support business processes, strategy and decisions shows where your work fits and how it creates value.
What?
Management information systems based on Laudon and Laudon: information systems in business, global e-business and collaboration, organizations and strategy, ethical and social issues, IT infrastructure and emerging technologies, databases and business intelligence, telecommunications, security, enhancing decision making and building systems.
Curriculum:
Information Systems in Business Today
Why organizations use information systems, and their role in the digital firm.
Global E-Business and Collaboration
Business processes, types of information systems and tools for collaboration.
Information Systems, Organizations and Strategy
Features of organizations and how information systems provide competitive advantage.
Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems
Privacy, intellectual property, accountability and the moral dimensions of the information age.
IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies
Hardware, software, cloud computing and emerging technologies that make up IT infrastructure.
Foundations of Business Intelligence
Database approaches, data warehouses and information management for business intelligence.
Telecommunications, the Internet and Wireless Technology
Networks, internet services and wireless technologies used by businesses.
Securing Information Systems
System vulnerabilities, threats, controls and security technologies.
Enhancing Decision Making
Decision support, business intelligence and analytics for management.
Building Systems
Systems as planned organizational change and approaches to system development.
Notes
Slide-based theory course. The chapter numbers in the shared files match the textbook (1 to 8, 12 and 13).