Management Information System (MIS)

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MIS 101.3 (Credit hours 3)

BBA, Third Year, Fifth Semester

Objective of Course
The aim of this course is to develop the fundamental concepts of Information system to a management student from the business and operation perspective. It also enhances student’s knowledge about different steps of systems and developments.

Course Contents

1. Information and Data 4 hours
Data, Information: functions, cost and values; Difference between data and information, Components of an Information System (People Resources, Software Resources, Hardware Resources, and Network Resources), Information Technology and its importance, Business and Technology Trends.


2. Computer Software 5 hours
Application Software and its type: Types of application software, Software suits, types of personal application software. Programming Languages: Machine Language, Assembly Language, Procedural , Object Oriented languages, HTML, System Software: System Control Software, System Support Programs: Software issues: Software evaluation and Selection, Software Licensing, software upgrades, share ware, free ware and open source code software. Enterprise Software and CAD Tools.

3. System Analysis and Design 7 hours
System Analysis: Concept of system analysis; system lifecycle, System selection process: problem identification, performance definition, feasibility analysis, system recommendations; System Design: Concept, System Design life cycle, phase documentation, review of the system design.


4. Database Resources Management 5 hours
File structure and its concepts, Online, real time and batch processing, Database Concept (character, field and records), Types of Databases (Operational , Distributed, external and hypermedia), Data warehouse, Data mining, Data Dictionary, Query Language (Select, Update and Insert), Database Administration and Data Planning.


5. Electronic Commerce 5 hours
Foundations of Electronic commerce, Business to Consumer Applications, Business to Business Applications, Consumers, Market Research and Customer Support, Infrastructure and Payments, Security, Legal and Ethical issues in Electronic Commerce, Transaction Processing Systems.


6. Decision Support Systems 5 hours
Business and Decision support, Decision structure, Features of DSS, Components of DSS, Development life cycle of DSS, Benefits and Risks of DSS, Expert system and DSS.

7. Telecommunication and Networks 5 hours
Telecommunication system: Communication Processors. Communication Media and Channels, Communication Carriers and Channels. Networks: Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, Protocols, Types of Data Transmission. Client Server Architecture.

8. Implementing IT: Ethics, Impact, and Security 4 hours
Ethical Issues, Impacts of IT on Organization and Jobs, Impacts on Individual at work, Protecting Information Systems.


9. Computer Based Information System (case study) 8 hours
Students should prepare at least three case studies examining a corporate house and present these to the general class taking into consideration the following outline:
Workplace Productivity
• A survey of techniques for improving the productivity of practices and procedures in the workplace.
• Teaming (e.g., encouraging employees’ participation in group activities, brainstorming, and making meetings more effective) and problem solving (e.g., simplifying work; charting work-flow processes; diagramming causes and effects).

Software and Hardware Concepts
• A survey of computer systems. Emphasis is on the interrelationships of hardware architecture, system software, branded, clone computers, application software and pricing schemes.
• Study also covers the effects of the design of hardware and system software on the development of application programs in a business environment.

Office Automation
• An examination of office information systems and decision-support systems as emerging critical elements of data and information systems for business uses.

Multimedia Design and Evaluation for Information Systems Managers
• An investigation of microcomputer-based multimedia systems and their application.
• Emphasis is on concepts and techniques for creating professional presentations using sound, clip art, video, and text.

Text Books
1. Jawadekar W.S.: Management Information System, Tata Mc-Graw Hill, 1998

Reference Books:
1. Sadagopan S.S.: Management Information System, PHI, 1997
2. James A O’Brien: Management Information System, Tata Mc-Graw Hill, 2004
3. Turban, Rainer, Potter: Introduction to Information Technology,Wiley, 2000