10ME756 Management Information System syllabus for ME


Part A
Unit-1 The Information Age 5 hours

An Overview: The purpose, data, information, and information systems and their types, ethical and societal issues, information systems in business functions, web empowered enterprises.

Unit-2 Strategic Uses of Information Systems 5 hours

Strategies and Strategic moves, Achieving a competitive advantage, creating and maintaining strategic information systems, Business Functions and Supply Chains – effectiveness and efficiency, accounting, finance, engineering, supply chain management, Human resource management, Enterprise resource planning.

Unit-3 Information Technology 8 hours

Business Hardware – components, classification of computers, output devices, storage media, and purchasing,, Business Software – programming languages and software development tools, language translation, compilers and interpreters, system software, open source software, software licensing, ethical issues,

Unit-4 Business Networks and Telecommunication 8 hours

Telecommunication in Business and Daily Use, Bandwidths and Media, networks, protocols, internet networking services, Telecommuting – pros and cons, Future of Networking Technologies.

Part B
Unit-5 Web Enabled Commerce 7 hours

Web enabled enterprises – web business and technologies, web enabled business, Challenges of Global Information Systems – Multinational organizations, international commerce, ethical issues.

Unit-6 Decision Support and Business intelligence 6 hours

Decision support and expert systems – decision support and decision making process, structured and unstructured problems, decision support systems, expert systems, geographical systems, Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management – Data Mining and online analysis, knowledge management,

Unit-7 Planning, Acquisition, and Control 7 hours

Systems Planning and Development – Planning Information systems, systems development life cycle, agile methods, systems integration, ethical issues – IS professionals certification.

Unit-8 Choices in Systems Acquisition 6 hours

Options and Priorities, outsourcing, licensing applications, software as a service, user application development, ethical issues- computer use policies for employees.

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