Cb2500 week01 - course introduction importance of mis

CB2500 Information Management

Hon Wing – IS Department

Smart Banking (BI)

Smart Accounting (ISA)

Smart e-Services (ISSN)

Smart Global Business (GBSM)

Smart Marketing (MIM)

Week 1: Course Introduction

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Hon Wing – IS Department2013A

Agenda

• Teaching Team

• Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)

• Textbook

• Course Website

• Course Topics

• Assessment

• Code of Conduct

• PALSI

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Teaching Team

• Mr. Hon Wing LEUNG (Room: AC1-P7807)Email: [email protected]

• Mr. Albert CHUNG (Room: AC1-P7731)Email: [email protected]

• Mr. Kris LIU (Room: AC1-P7807)Email: [email protected]

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Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)

• Upon completion of this course, students are able to:– Describe the basic concepts of information systems used

by businesses.

– Explain how IT-enabled business processes improve businesses’ efficiency and effectiveness in an international environment.

– Demonstrate the attitude and ability to design creative information management solutions to support business processes at various organizational levels.

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Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)

• Upon completion of this course, students are able to:

– Apply decision-making models to solve international business problems.

– Demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills in proposing and presenting creative information management solutions.

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Textbook

• Experiencing MIS, 4/E– David M. Kroenke– ISBN-10: 0132967480, ISBN-13:

9780132967488– (HKD352, CityU bookstore 15% discount ~HKD299)

• Other supplementary readings will also be made available electronically via the web-based Blackboard (http://eportal.cityu.edu.hk/)

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Course Website

• http://eportal.cityu.edu.hk– Logon id : your EID

– Password : your password

• For downloading lecture notes, tutorial materials, and other reference materials

• For lesson preparation

• For assignment/project submission

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Course TopicsWeek Lecture Topic Reference Chapter

1 Course Introduction; The Importance of MIS 1

2 Business Processes, Information Systems, and Information 2

3 Organizational Strategy, Information Systems, and Competitive Advantage;Smart HR; Project Briefing

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4 Guest Seminars (28 Sep 2013, Sat, 2-5pm, LT401) N/A

5 Hardware and Software; Database Processing 4 and 5

6 Business Intelligence Systems; Smart Banking (BI) 9

7 Information Systems Development; Smart Banking (PM) 10

8 Information Security Management; Smart Accounting 12

9 Advanced Security and Governance in Smart Accounting ISACA reference materials

10 Organizations and Information Systems 7

11 Information Systems Management 11

12 Data Communication and the Cloud 6

13 Advanced Topics; Course Summary; Exam Information N/A

8* May adjust according to your learning pace

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Course Topics (2)

• Tutorials:– Case discussion, hands-on exercises– No tutorial in mid-term test week (i.e. week 6)

• Make-up lecture/tutorials:– Week 3 (Mid-Autumn Festival):

• 21 Sep (Sat)

– Week 5 (National Day):• 5 Oct (Sat)

– Week 7 (Chung Yeung Festival):• 12 Oct (Sat, with mid-term test also)

– For detailed schedule, please refer to the information in our Blackboard course site.

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Assessment

• Examination: 40%• Coursework: 60%

– Individual Project 20%– Mid-term Test 20%– Lecture and Tutorial Participation 10%– Weekly MC quizzes 10%

Total 100%

***Students MUST pass both CourseworkAND Examination to pass CB2500***

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Mid-term Test

• Date: 12 October 2013 (Sat)• Time: 5:30pm – 6:30pm• Format (tentative): MC; close-book

• Seating arrangement will be announced later.

• There will not be any make-up tests available.

• If you fail to take the mid-term test (with valid reasons), the 20% will be counted by your exam (from 40% to max. 60%). (Exam format is tentatively set as essay type questions; close-book)

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Individual Project

• A mini research about your future career.

• Find out more about your “dream job” and how information systems / information management could help you.

• Key dates– Week 6: progress report– Week 9: submission deadline

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Code of Conduct

• Your changing role in the University

• Code of Student Conduct:– http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/arro/content.asp?cid=74

• Avoid plagiarism– http://www.cityu.edu.hk/edge/LASSI/student05.htm

• SafeAssign in Blackboard

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PALSI

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Smart Banking (BI)





Week 1: The Importance of MIS

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iLearn Q1:Is IM/IS important to you?

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“But Today, They’re Not Enough.”

Jennifer lacks skills GearUp needs

1. Abstract reasoning skills

2. Systems thinking skills

3. Collaboration skills

4. Experimentation skills

Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing As Prentice Hall

The problem is:- Inability to model the event life cycle- Confusion about when vendors provide collateral

materials for events- Unwilling to work with others with work-in-progress- -fear of failure prohibited discussion of new ideas

1) Construct a model or representation

2) Model system components and show how components inputs and outputs relate to each other

3) Develop ideas and plans with others. Provide and receive critical feedback

4) Create and test promising new alternatives, consistent with available resources

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Study Questions /

Intended Learning Outcomes

Q1: Why is Introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

1)assess, evaluate and apply 2) job security – marketable skills4 keys 3) intro careers that have strong job prowth

Q2: What is an information system?

Q3: What is MIS?

Q4: Why is the difference between information technology and information systems important to you?


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Q1: Why Is Introduction to MIS the Most Important Class in the Business School?

• Moore’s Law:• Number of transistors per square

inch on an integrated chip doubles every 18 months

– Speed of computer chip increases in proportion to density of transistors

– Price/performance ratio falls dramatically

• Routine skills can outsource to the lowest bidder

• Now strong nonroutinecognitive skills


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Computer Price/Performance Ratio Decreases


So?

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All of These Companies Exist Because of Moore’s Law


• YouTube

• Facebook

• Twitter

• LinkedIn

Cost of data communications and data storage essentially zero

Implication?

Any routine skills can be outsourced to the lowest bidder and favor strong nonroutine cognitive skills

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What Are Cost-Effective Business

Applications of Facebook and Twitter or

Whatever Will Soon Appear?

• Are these applications cost-effective?

• Do they generate revenue worth the time

and expense of running them?

• Someone needs to be examining that

question, and that person works in

marketing ... not in a technical field.


Future business professionals need to be able to ASSESS, EVALUATE AND APPLY emerging information technology to business greater job security

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Job Growth over the Past Twenty Years


What is the trend?

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How Can I Attain Job Security?

• Knowledge and skills are your job security

• Ability to cope with rapid technological

change

• Develop non-routine cognitive skills and

ability

– Organizations favor those with strong non-

routine cognitive skills


- Abstract reasoning –collaboration –system thinking –ability to experiment (RANK )

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Q2: What Is an Information System?

Group of components that interact to produce information.


Information system group of components that interact to produce information



Smart Banking (BI)





iLearn Q2:Example of information systems

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Q3: What Is MIS?

1. Manage and use of information systems

2. Achieving strategies


Achieve Strategy

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What Is MIS (cont’d)

Manage• Means develop (new), maintain (existing), and

adapt (to another system)• To create an information system that meets your

needs, take an active role in system’s development. Why?– Business professionals understand business needs

and requirements. how best to obtain customers response


**protecting security system and data, and backing it up help recover the sys cirrectly and quickly

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Achieving Strategies

• MIS empowers users to achieve business

objectives, e.g.• to assist business people

• to help achieve business goals and objectives


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Case Discussion

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1.What are the IS components related to this app? Hardware, software, data, procedures and people

2.What are the business goals to be achieved by this app?

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Q4: Why Is the Difference Between Information Technology and Information Systems Important to

You?


Information technology (IT)1. Products

2. Methods

3. Inventions

4. Standards

IT components = Hardware +

Software + Data

IS = IT + Procedures + People

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology

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Why Is the Difference Between Information Technology and Information Systems Important to You? (cont’d)

• Avoid a common mistake: Cannot buy an IS

• Can buy, rent or lease hardware, software and databases, with

predesigned procedures.

• People execute procedures to employ new IT.

• Use of new system requires training, overcoming employees’

resistance, and managing employees as they use new system.

• Avoid a common mistake: IT staff ≠ IS staff

• One focuses on HW, SW, networking; another focuses on

information management, strategies, business opportunities


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Why Is the Difference Between Information Technology and Information Systems Important to You? (cont’d)

• People and procedure 2 professions

• Project managers / business analysts

• IS Auditors


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Active Review

Q1: Why is Introduction to MIS the most important class in the business school?

Q2: What is an information system?

Q3: What is MIS?

Q4: Why is the difference between information technology and information systems important to you?


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References and Disclaimer

• Ch. 1

• The PPT from publisher is slightly modified to suit the teaching/learning pace.

• Photos used in this PPT are copyrighted by the corresponding owners.

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