University of Waterloo - Winter 2012

CS 490 - Information Systems Management

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Contact Information

Instructor:
Dave Tompkins
dtompkins at uwaterloo.ca
Office: DC 3114, Phone: x31359
Office Hours: Mondays 2:30 – 3:30 or by appointment

Teaching Assistant:
Hadi Hosseini
h5hossei at uwaterloo.ca

 Schedule

DATE DESCRIPTION NOTES
Jan 3 Course Overview, Discussions, Course Decisions  
Jan 5 Ch1: IS Management in the Global Economy  
Jan 10 Ch2: The Top IS Job  
Jan 12 Ch3: Strategic Uses of IT  
Jan 17 Ch4: Strategic IS Planning  
Jan 19 Ch5: Designing Corporate IT Architecture  
Jan 24 Ch6: Managing Telecommunications  
Jan 26 Ch7: Managing Corporate Information Resources  
Jan 31 Ch8: Managing Partnership-Based IT Operations  
Feb 2 Ch9: Technologies for Developing Effective Systems  
Feb 7 Midterm 1: Ch2...Ch8  
Feb 9 Ch10: Management Issues in Systems Development  
Feb 14 Ch11: Managing Information Security  
Feb 16 Ch12: Supporting Information-Centric Decision Making  
  Reading Week  
Feb 28 Ch13: Supporting IT-Enabled Collaboration  
Mar 1 Ch14: Supporting Knowledge Work  
Mar 6 Ch15: The Opportunities and Challenges Ahead  
Mar 8 Review / Overflow / Post-Mortem...  
Mar 13 Midterm 2: Ch9...Ch15  
Mar 15
  • Computing Clouds (30 min)
    Team Purple: Anthony, Desmond, Goce, Joseph
  • Business Intelligence Systems (15 min)
    Team Green: Steven
  • Alternative Fuels (15 min)
    Team Black: Darren, Rafiq, Jack S.
  • Virtual Bots (15 min)
    Team magenta: Allen, Mark Le., Matt
  
Mar 20
  • Gamification (30 min)
    Team Red: Regan, Sammy
  • Motion Sensors (30 min)
    Team Cyan: Tak, Jin, Lena, Stephanie, Wesley
  • Artificial Assistants (15 min)
    Team Orange: Aya, Cindy, Evgeny, James T.
  
Mar 22
  • Next-Gen HCI (45 min)
    Team Brown: Alex F., Mark Li., Noel, Roman
  • Remote Infrastructures (15 min)
    Team White: Dmitry
  
Mar 27
  • Digital Wallets (45 min)
    Team Pink: Alex M., James G., Nathan, Stanley
  • Online Education (30 min)
    Team Blue: Elias, Jacob, Kevin K., Nathan
  
Mar 29
  • Robotics (45 min)
    Team Grey: Behnoush, Irfan, Jack T.
  • PDAs / Tablets / Smartphones (15 min)
    Team Yellow: Kun, Sunny, Xiliang
  

Text Readings

Course Notes

Course notes are available in LEARN.

Assignment

Project

Evaluation

5% In-class work / participation
25% Midterm 1
25% Midterm 2
20% Assignment
25% Project

Policies

The following information is all available in the course outline:

Course Meet Times

Lectures: Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:30-12:50 MC4064

Course Description (Official Calendar description)

The integration of business and technical considerations in the design, implementation and management of information systems. Topics include: IS planning and development; business, management, executive, and strategic information systems, including case studies of selected large- scale systems; decision support systems; end-user training and development; systems security, disaster planning and recovery. Practical examples of information systems in industry.

Prereq: CS 350 or SE 350; Computer Science students only
Antirequisites: AFM/ACC 241, CS 330, MSCI 441, CS480

Course Objectives

This course is intended to emphasize the integration of business and technical considerations in the design, implementation and management of information systems. Students will be introduced to various business and management information systems, and the environment in which they function. The students will learn the theory and practical application of these systems, as well as their implementation in the business community.

Textbook

McNurlin, Barbara C. and Ralph H. Sprague, Jr. (2009). Information Systems Management in Practice, Eighth Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall.

Library Copy: uwd 1577 (3 hr)

Topic Overview (Approximate)

Academic Integrity

In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo community are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility. [Check www.uwaterloo.ca/academicintegrity/ for more information.]

Grievance

A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university life has been unfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70, Student Petitions and Grievances, Section 4, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy70.htm. When in doubt please be certain to contact the department's administrative assistant who will provide further assistance.

Discipline

A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity [check www.uwaterloo.ca/academicintegrity/] to avoid committing an academic offence, and to take responsibility for his/her actions. A student who is unsure whether an action constitutes an offence, or who needs help in learning how to avoid offences (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about 'rules' for group work/collaboration should seek guidance from the course instructor, academic advisor, or the undergraduate Associate Dean. For information on categories of offences and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71, Student Discipline, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy71.htm. For typical penalties check Guidelines for the Assessment of Penalties, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/guidelines/penaltyguidelines.htm.

Appeals

A decision made or penalty imposed under Policy 70 (Student Petitions and Grievances) (other than a petition) or Policy 71 (Student Discipline) may be appealed if there is a ground. A student who believes he/she has a ground for an appeal should refer to Policy 72 (Student Appeals) www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy72.htm.

Note for Students with Disabilities

The Office for persons with Disabilities (OPD), located in Needles Hall, Room 1132, collaborates with all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities without compromising the academic integrity of the curriculum. If you require academic accommodations to lessen the impact of your disability, please register with the OPD at the beginning of each academic term.

Accommodation Due to Illness

http://www.registrar.uwaterloo.ca/students/accom_illness.html