MIS 610: Seminar in Information Systems Management

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MIS 610 Seminar in Information Systems
Management

• Yong Choi
• School of Business Administration
• CSU, Bakersfield

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Instructor

• Name Yong Choi, PhD
• Office BDC 142
• Office Hours on the class website
• Phone (661) 654 - 6691
• Email ychoi2_at_csub.edu
• No email checking during weekend

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Tour of Class website

• My first time teaching 10 weeks long course
• Teach 5 weeks long course (only offered in
  summer)
• Might be bumpy little bit!
• www.csub.edu/ychoi2
• Download almost all the course materials

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Textbook 1

• Management Information Systems for the
  Information Age, 8th Edition
• By Haag and Cummings
• Irwin-McGraw Hill
• ISBN-13 9780073376783
• Buy from the Internet store such as Amazon market
  place
• Very cheap because of the new edition, 9th
  edition.

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Textbook 2

• Database Concepts, 6/E
• Author(s) David Kroenke andDavid Auer
• ISBN-13  9780132742924
• Publisher  Prentice Hall
• Again, must be cheaper to buy from somewhere on
  the Internet such as Amazon market place

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Tour of Blackboard (BB) 1

• http//www.csub.edu/els/bb9/
• SELF-ENROLL to the course BB.
• First time using BB try How to Enroll in a
  Blackboard Course tutorial on the CSUB
  Blackboard website

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Tour of Blackboard (BB) 2

• Lets enroll now
• You must know your Net ID.
• Access Code mis610csub

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BB Self-Enrollment

• Login to Blackboard
• Go to the Courses tab near the upper left of the
  interface.
• In the Course Catalog module, click the Browse
  Course Catalog button.
• For the search criteria change the first dropdown
  next to Course to Instructor. In the text box to
  the far right type the last name of the
  instructor. Click Go.
• Find the course in the list and click the Action
  Button next to the Course ID and select Enroll.
  Note Contact your instructor if the Action
  Button is missing.
• If required enter the Access Code provided by the
  instructor.
• After verifying this is the correct course, click
  Submit.

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Submission 1

• Whatever you are required to submit, You must
  submit it through BB. Otherwise, it will not be
  accepted.
• If youd like to avoid any type of possible
  technical problems, please use PCs in the school
  computer lab (Grad Lab)

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Submission 2

• When you submit a file (i.e., assignment), you
  MUST CLOSE a Microsoft office application (i.e.,
  Access) COMPLETELY.
• Otherwise, ONLY title of you file will be
  accepted and processed without including actual
  contents of your file.

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Submission 3

• And if you need to submit several files, you must
  submit all files together at once. That is, you
  must "UPLOAD" all the assignment files together
  at once.
• When you turn in the assignment, the file name
  must make sense.
• JohnDoe_assignment_3.doc
• ECprjt_1_group_3

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Course Description 1

• Learn necessary and essential low and high level
  technical and conceptual knowledge of MIS
• Hands-on oriented / practical course
• Primary focus developing conceptual IS
  architecture
• Database system and management
• Modeling data and process
• Develop Decision Support Systems using Excel
• Construct E-commerce website
• Learning an emerging IS GIS

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Course Description 2

• Learn and discuss managerial knowledge of MIS
• Online quiz for every chapter
• Basic terms and definitions
• Basic managerial implications of MIS
• Online discussion with your peers for theoretical
  and practical implication of MIS
• Read and discuss IS related cases and special IS
  topics using cases from the textbook
• Use customized lectures (MIS and DB)

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Evaluation and Grading

• Points scales are subject to change
• Quiz (thru BB) 30 Points
• Total 6 quizzes, each quiz worth 5 points
• Case discussion (thru BB) 20 points
• Assignment (submit thru BB) 50 Points
• Group project (submit thru BB) 50 points
• Midterm Exam (submit thru BB) 50 points
• Final Exam (dont know yet!) 50 points
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• Total 250 points

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Quiz 1

• Each quiz worth 5 points.
• In order to pass the quiz, your score must be 32
  out of 40 (80). 
• That is, if you pass the quiz, you will earn 5
  points. 
• If you fail (less than 80), you earn nothing
  (zero point).

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Quiz 2

• Allowed to try the quiz three times.
• Must be finished in two hours
• Each quiz due date is available from the class
  website. 
• The quiz is NOT available after the due date. 
• First quiz is for practiceno credit will be
  given

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Case Discussion

• Group activity
• Must use your group Blackboard (BB) discussion
  board
• Each case discussion worth 5 points
• No participation, No credit
• Grading based on quality of discussions

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Assignment

• Each assignment will be given based on progress
• All technical assignment
• Database
• Decision Support Systems
• GIS
• GIS assignment worth 20 points

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Project

• Developing EC company
• Managerial-side
• Mission, IS strategy, goals.
• Industry analysis and risk factors
• Technical-side
• Project management using SW
• Requirement analysis
• Information system architecture data model,
  process model, and website

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Exam

• Midterm exam
• Developing database using Access
• Final exam
• Data model and SQL
• reverse engineering of database
• Process model

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Course Guideline 1

• Class Attendance
• Is required
• Notify me first by email prior to the absence.
• Missing a class because of a documentable illness
  or other reasonable cause, I will provide help.
  Otherwise, I do not repeat any lectures, labs
• The attendance will be checked.

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Course Guideline 2

• Any Work Turned In must be neatly done and should
  conform to the following specifications.
• Use complete sentences - Little bit of
  grammatical mistakes are OK. But no misspelled
  words.
• Neatness and organized appearances do count.
• MUST be machine-typed.
• Multiple pages (more than two) MUST be stapled
  together. Otherwise, your work will not be
  accepted.
• All work MUST be done on 8.5" x 11" paper.

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Course Guideline 3

• Late work
• Will be penalized (25 each day late)
• The submission link will be disappeared. Thus, it
  must be turned in by BB email (attachment)
• Failure to take a quiz by the deadline will
  result in a grade of 0 (the quiz link will be
  disappeared).
• Participating case discussion after the due date
  will result in a grade of 0.
• A written excuses from the appropriate person
  such as a medical doctor is the only acceptable
  form of excuse.

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Course Guideline 4

• Peer Group Evaluation is a part of the grading
  scheme.
• To prevent free riding in the group, the
  contribution of each member will be assessed.
• Each member is expected to submit a peer group
  evaluation at the end of the quarter.
• Your evaluation is 100 confidential.
• Your final score can be up or down graded based
  on the evaluation.

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Course Guideline 5

• Office hours
• You must be able to demonstrate you have already
  put a reasonable effort into solving and/or
  analyzing the problems.
• Please do not try to use office hours to make up
  for a missed class (I do not repeat any
  lectures).
• Honor code
• Classroom conduct everyone is equal.

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No Interference

• Surfing the web, typing, texting, talking and any
  other interferences
• If you have any question, let your instructor
  know.
• Up to 30 of your total score can be deducted
  depending on the level of interference.

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Late Policy

• All Students must come to class on time.
• If you late more than 20 minutes without any
  notification (at least 24 hours), then it will be
  considered as ABSENCE.
• More than three absences will negatively impact
  your final grade.

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Group

• Next class form a group and have a first group
  meeting
• Minimum of 4 members
• Maximum of 5 members
• Must create a group name
• Email me your group name, assigned competitor
  company name, and list of members name

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Who are you?

• Please stand up and introduce yourself
• Name?
• Your home town?
• What do you do?
• Any suggestion?
• MIS specialist? please see me