CIS 230 Information Systems Theory

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CIS 230 Information Systems Theory Practice

• Megan Conklin

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Course Concepts

• 1. Fundamentals of an IS discipline
• To Practitioners
• Historically
• Currently
• To Corporations
• Strategically
• Tactically
• Operationally
• Decision Theory
• Making decisions
• Simon model
• Expert systems
• Knowledge discovery

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Concepts, contd

• 2. Development of IS within Organizations
• Pressures
• Time
• Money
• Quality
• Pace of Change
• Essential and Accidental Difficulties of IS
• Corporate Roles and Responsibilities
• Management
• CIO
• Knowledge Workers
• Development
• Outsourcing
• Systems Development

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Course Topics

• This course provides an understanding of
  organizational systems, planning and decision
  process, and how information is used for decision
  support in organizations. It covers decision
  theory and practice essential for providing
  viable information to the organization. It
  outlines the concepts of IS for competitive
  advantage, data as a resource, IS planning and
  implementation, and IS change and project
  management. Prerequisite CIS 211. Offered spring.
  

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Course Topics, Redux

• Systems theory and concepts
• Information systems and organizational system
• Decision support
• Quality
• System components and relationships
• Information system strategies
• Roles of information and information technology
• Roles of people using, developing and managing
  systems
• IS planning and change management
• IS development process
• Societal and ethical issues related to
  information system design and use

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Student Deliverables

• Readings (ungraded)
• Textbook
• Assigned articles cases
• Individual Assignments (graded)
• Homeworks - short writing assignments
• Roundtable - (oral presentation / discussion) and
  written submissions
• Final Exam
• Team Assignments (graded)
• IT Problem Solving - group presentation,
  discussion and written submission
• Student groups take on an IT problem. Analyze
  problem, offer solution. After seeing project
  outcome, critique project success or failure.

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Assignment Preview

• Defining Understanding
• Corporate Role Grab Bag
• Acronym Grab Bag
• Analysis
• Case Studies
• Current Events
• Open Questions

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Miscellanea

• Textbook
• Turban, Rainer, Potter. (2002). Introduction to
  Information Technology. Wiley.