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Fox
MIS
CONNECTED RECOGNIZED INNOVATIVE
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Do you?
Email
Facebook?
SecondLife
Second life
If you enjoy working with these technologies
thenyou should consider MIS
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What is MIS?

• Using information technology (IT) to solve
  business problems and create opportunities

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The problem - IT is complicated

• Businesses have hundreds of conflicting
  requirements
• Volume of data is immense millions of records
• Many different components need to work together
• And each business is different!

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The environment keeps changing
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The importance of MIS

• Information technology drives all businesses

Example Customer Account
People who understand how information technology
can improve business have a competitive edge
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Isnt it just computer science?

• Computer science is product-driven

MIS is solution-driven
Example Create systems to deliver products to
customers
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The Role of MIS
Accounting
Finance
Sales
Human Resources
Production
MIS is the glue that ties businesses
togetherand uses the technology that makes
business work.
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What does an MIS professional do?
Identify the technology needed to automate
routine tasks
Create systems that transform how a business
operates
Manage the systems for an organization
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MIS Career Paths
Employment of systems analysts is expected to
grow much faster than the average for all
occupations through the year 2014. Source US
Department of Labor
CIO
Systems Architect
Consultant
Technical support
Programmer Analyst
Data Administrator
Application programmer
Systems Analyst
Project Manager
Software Designer
CTO
Fox MIS Students 100 Placement in 2006
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The Fox MIS Degree
CONNECTED

• Identify, evaluate, build, and acquire
  information technology solutions for business

RECOGNIZED
INNOVATIVE
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Connected

• Program redesigned in 2006 with industry advisory
  board

Established relationships with industry leaders
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Connections
Counseling Placement Projects Networking
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Recognized
The Fox School is the largest, and one of the
most highly rankedBusiness Schools in the area

• 100 placement

Top 75 Business School
Top 5 Most Connected Top 5 Student Diversity
Top 25 Techno MBA
Top 75 BBA
IT Programof the Year
Top 1 worldwide for research
Top 20 Public University in the US
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Innovative
Learn the latest technologies mobile computing
and wireless

• Exclusive interactive case
• provides real world experiences

Distinctive curriculum - integration theme is in
every course
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Irwin L. Gross Institute for Business
Information Technology
Connect MIS faculty and students with industry
Executive Breakfast Series
Fox IT Fellows Mentor Students
Fox IT Awards
DistinguishedSpeakers
Student Awards and Scholarships
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Association of Management Information Systems
(AMIS)

• offers students the opportunity to promote the
  study and practice of MIS with professional
  development, social, and community activities

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Questions?

• For more information
• http//mis.temple.edu
• http//ibit.temple.edu

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What is the difference between MIS CIS?
MIS
CIS
Create business solutions by building,
integrating or purchasing systems
Build and extend technology to solve complex
problems
Motivated by using the computer as a tool to
solve problems
Motivated by how the computer works
Emphasis is on understanding business processes
Emphasis is on programming complex software
Focused on integrating available components with
high-level development tools into a friendly user
interface
Trained in writing large programs from scratch
using traditional programming languages
Classes focus on business
Classes focus on math science