Riding the Wave of the Future

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Riding the Wave of the Future

• Information Systems and Analysis Department
• Bachelor of Business Administration in Management
  Information Systems (MIS)
• Minor in Management Information Systems (MIS)

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Management Information Systems (MIS)

• Management Information Systems is the application
  of technology to solve business problems.
• An MIS professional will apply technology to
  integrate and support business activities such as
  Accounting, Finance, Marketing, and Management.
• MIS students learn to analyze, design, develop,
  and maintain Information Systems to support
  business activities.

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MIS in Action

• In 2005, Wal-Mart attained more than 285 billion
  in sales nearly one-tenth of retail sales in
  the U.S. in large part because of its
  RetailLink System, which digitally links its
  suppliers to every one of Wal-Marts 5, 289
  stores worldwide. As soon as a customer
  purchases an item, the supplier monitoring the
  item knows to ship a replacement to the shelf.
• Every time a dress shirt is bought at a JCPenny
  store in the U.S., the record of the sale appears
  immediately on computers in Hong Kong at its
  supplier, TAL Apparel Ltd., a large contract
  manufacturer that produces one in eight dress
  shirts sold in the U.S. TAL decides how many
  replacement shirts to make, and in what styles,
  colors, and sizes, and then sends the shirts to
  each JCPenny store. JCPennys shirt inventory
  is near zero, as is the cost of storing it.

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MIS in Action

• Information and Technology Essential to
  Business!
• Think of the airline industry
• Search for current low prices
• Reservations
• Frequent flier programs
• Communications
• Partnerships (EX American Airlines Plus
  Citibank)
• Information and Technology enables much of this
  experience.

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Whats Different About MIS?

• MIS CIS
• Focus Business Software
• Objective More efficient or effective
  business Reliable computer program
• Core skill Problem solving Logic/procedures
• Core task Determine business requirements
  Deliver information systems
• for information systems to meet defined
  requirements
• Starting title Business Systems
  Analyst Application Programmer
• Career goals Senior organizational
  manager Programming manager
• College home Business Arts Sciences

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Curriculum

• MISY Core
• MISY 3310 Principles of Management Information
  Systems  (SAP)
• MISY 3340 IS Infrastructure
• MISY 3350/3360 Java/Visual Basic
• MISY 3370 IS Analysis and Design
• MISY 4370 ERP Overview (SAP)
• MISY 4350 IS Project Management
• MISY 4380 IS Development
• MISY Electives

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Software Taught

• SAP
• Oracle 10g
• Adobe CS4
• Tableau
• Visible Analyst (CASE Tool)
• MS Project
• MS Office

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SAP

• Some of our MIS courses are integrated with SAP
  R/3 (http//sap.com) the worlds leading
  producer of business software.
• Today, more than 46,100 companies in more than
  120 countries run SAP applications.
• Locally, the Petrochemical Industry is the single
  largest employer, and they rely very heavily on
  SAP to integrate their business activities.
• The SAP-enabled MIS courses increase the
  marketability and starting salary of our MIS
  students to a great extent.

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SAP-Enabled Courses

• SAP has been incorporated into four classes
  offered by the Information Systems Department
• MISY 3310 Principles of Management Information
  Systems
• SAP Production and Purchasing Module
• MISY 3395 E-Commerce Design and Development
• SAP NetWeaver and SAP Visual Composer
  Enterprise Portals
• MISY 4370 ERP Overview
• SAP Overview of multiple modules
• MISY 4390 Business Intelligence
• SAP Business Information Warehouse Module
• Upon completion of any three SAP-enabled classes,
  students are provided with a certificate from
  Lamar/MIS stating that they have 75 hours of
  hands-on SAP training.

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Careers in MIS

• SAP Consultants
• Systems Analysts
• Database Administrators
• Web Designers
• Project Management Interns
• Customer Support Specialists

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Firms Employing Our MIS Graduates

• Christus Hospital Saint Elizabeth
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• ExxonMobil
• TOTAL Petrochemical
• Valero Energy
• Lamar University

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What Kind of People Pursue MIS?

• People who
• Are good problem solvers
• Can think strategically about technology
• Like the freedom to develop and then the
  responsibility to implement their ideas
  solutions
• Can bridge both technology and business
• Can see both details and the big picture
• Are excellent communicators
• Can manage time and resources well
• make excellent MIS students professionals

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What About a Double Major or a Minor?

• MIS goes very well with
• Accounting
• Finance
• Marketing
• Operations
• Entrepreneurship
• and others

• MIS Minor
• Redesigned for flexibility
• 18 additional hours
• - 4 Core classes
• MISY 3310 MISY 3340 MISY
  3370 MISY 4370
• - 2 Elective classes MISY 3395
  MISY 3350/3360
• MISY 4350
• MISY 4380
• MISY 4390

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How to Get Started?Contact Information

• To learn more about our MIS undergraduate
  programs, SAP Alliance, and MIS careers, you may
  call 880-8635 (leave your number) or email
  bandyopaku_at_my.lamar.edu to make an appointment.
• You are encouraged to bring a parent/guardian on
  the day of your appointment.