Faculty Contact Information:
Prof. Dr. De Forest W. Colegrove
UMUC, Unit 29216
APO AE 09102
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Consultation:
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Required Texts and Readings:
Bruner, R., Eaker, M., Freeman, R., Spekman, R., Teisberg, E., and
Venkataraman, S. (2003). The Portable MBA (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
O'Brien, James A. and Marakas, George M. (2006). Management Information
Systems (7th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. | |
Supplementary Readings:
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The standard for papers in the graduate program is the APA style. All participants in this course and all graduate INSS, MGMT, PUAD, and ECON courses should have a copy of the style guide:
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition. Washington DC: Author. All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/library/. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students' research and writing skills.
Throughout the course, the instructor will assign specific articles that students are expected to read and discuss as part of the “Participation” component of the course grade. | |
Recommended Journals:
A variety of full-text, online, free-of-charge, and pay-per-view academic journals are available through the MIS Webboard at http://webboard.ed.umuc.edu/~mis.
Governing.com is especially useful, as are the publications of the various professional societies (such as ACM -- the Association for Computing Machinery, the IEEE Computing Society, and the various management professional societies). In addition, there are many trade journals (such as eWEEK) that MIS professionals should become familiar with, many of these being published both weekly and on-line. | |
Course Description:
| 3 semester hours credit. (Formerly INSS 530.) Prerequisites: Undergraduate principles of management and economics, or permission of the Program Director. Introduces basic management information systems concepts and examines the fundamental types of information systems. Personal, work group, and enterprise information systems are discussed. The challenge and use of information to gain competitive advantage are also examined. Other topics to be discussed include: the economics of information, use of value added concepts to evaluate information system effectiveness, and the application of system theory to information system architecture. | |
Course Goals:
As a required course in both the M.S. in Management Information Systems and the M.P.A., as well as the Information Systems Analyst Certificate, the Certificate in E-Government and the Certificate in Public Management, this course seeks primarily to:
1. improve the professional skills of the participants,
2. provide students with a foundational knowledge of the various
roles of information systems in organizations, and
3. assist degree-seeking students in preparing for the comprehensive
exam, and
4. improve the students' comprehension of the link between information
management and public administration. | |
Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course the student will be able to:
1. Compare and contrast the various roles information systems play
in organizations and discuss how these roles are reflected in the
organization's structure,
2. Analyze different organizational situations involving the use of
information systems and/or the application of information
technology and make recommendations for improvement,
3. Analyze and demonstrate the impact of advancements of information
technology on organizational variables (such as: communications,
work groups, management decisionmaking, and security),
4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic techniques and elementary skills in
in using application software (such as: databases and spreadsheets),
5. Demonstrate familiarity with the literature in information systems
or a field of their own interest (e.g., medicine or welfare) with
a focus on the use of information technology in that field,
6. Demonstrate knowledge of the other functional areas of an
organization (such as: finance, marketing or public relations,
operations, human resources, and research and development) so that
information systems analysis of any organization can be performed
in a more comprehensive fashion,
7. Analyze ethical issues surrounding the use of information technology
in organizations,
8. Discuss the importance of networkds to organizations, including
issues of security and privacy,
9. Analyze the extent to which an organization's use of information
technology contributes to its competitive advantage, and
10. Apply value added concepts in the evaluation of information system
effectiveness. | |
Grading Information:
Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A 90%+ B 80 – 89% C 70-79%
F Below 70% or for regular non-attendance F(n)
Please note that the Bowie State grading system does not include the grade of D.
Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC – Europe policies. Please refer to the UMUC – Europe Graduate Catalog available at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs/index.html or your local Education Center. Please note that the deadline for withdrawing from this course is 19th January 2007. | |
Course Requirements:
Graduate school at the masters level focuses on helping students obtain the education needed for success as professionals in their chosen fields. Thus, UMUC-Europe Graduate Programs and Bowie State University share the common goals of promoting excellence in academic scholarship through thoughtful inquiry and the skillful application of knowledge and theory for the betterment of society.
In order to maximize your graduate educational experience in general and this course in particular, you are required to:
This Distance Education (DE) Course will require a considerable effort both on the compouter and on textbook study. FOllowing is the grading scheme:
Activity Points
Participation: 200
Case Study #1: 100
Case Study #2: 100
Case Study #3: 100
MidTerm Exam: 200
Final Exam: 300
TOTAL 1,000 Points | |
Description of Course Requirements:
| Two textbooks will be used: The Primary text (O'Brien) and a secondary text (The Portable MBA). Students at this level will be required to assimilate and prove an understanding of the computer in business and some understanding of businesses in general. Case studies are included and participation on line on at least three (3) days per week is required. | |
Course Schedule:
Week Session Dates Readings, Assignments, and Due Dates
1 10/30/2006 Topic: Course Overview1. Read all Topics in these sections; Syllabus, Course Content, and Week ONE of the Conferences area.2. Complete all Required Assignments in Week ONE of the Conferences area:a) Send me an email with "INSS 630: Read It" in the Subject line.b) Respond to the Conference Topic in Week ONE: Introductions3. Read Chapter 1 of the Primary Text (O’Brien)4. Respond to the Discussion Topics in Week ONE in the Conferences area.
2 11/06/2006 1. Read all Topics in Week TWO of the Conference area.2. Read Chapter 2 (O’Brien)3. Respond to Discussion Topics in Week TWO of the Conferences area.4. Complete any other assignments or requirements in the Week TWO Conferences area.5. Submit Case Study Report #1 no later than 11/13/2006
3 11/13/2006 1. Read all Topics in Week THREE of the Conferences area.2. Read Chapter 3 (O’Brien)3. Respond to the Discussion Topics in Week THREE of the Conferences area.4. Complete any other assignments or requirements in Week THREE of the Conferences area.
4 11/20/2006 1. Read all Topics in Week FOUR of the Conferences area.2. Read Chapter 4 (O’Brien).3. Respond to the Discussion Topics in Week FOUR of the Conferences area.4. Complete any other assignments or requirements in Week FOUR in the Conferences area.
5 11/27/2006 1. Read all Topics in Week FIVE in the Conferences area2. Read Chapter 5 (O’Brien).3. Respond to Discussion Topics in Week FIVE in the Conferences area.4. Complete any other assignments in Week FIVE of the Conferences area.5. Read Chapter 1 of Portable MBA (PMBA)
6 12/04/2006 1. Read all topics in Week SIX in the Conferences area.2. Read Chapter 7 (O’Brien).3. Respond to the Discussion Topics in Week SIX of the Conferences area.4. Complete any other assignments in Week SIX.5. Read Chapter 2 of PMBA6. Submit Case Study Report #2 no later than 12/11/2006
7 12/11/2006 1. Read all topics in Week SEVEN in the Conferences area.2. Read Chapter 8 (O’Brien).3. Respond to the Discussion Topics in Week SEVEN of the Conferences area.4. Complete any other assignments in Week SEVEN.5. Take MIDTERM EXAMINATION on line.
8 12/18/2006 1. Read all topics in Week EIGHT in the Conferences area.2. Read Chapter 9 (O’Brien)3. Respond to the Discussion Topics in Week EIGHT of the Conferences area.4. Complete any other assignments in Week EIGHT5. BREAK (23 DEC 06 to 01 JAN 07)
9 01/02/2007 1. Read all topics in Week NINE in the Conferences area.2. Read Chapter 11 (O’Brien).3. Respond to the Discussion Topics in Week NINE of the Conferences area.4. Complete any other assignments in Week NINE.5. Read Chapter 4 of PMBA.
10 01/08/2007 1. Read all topics in Week TEN in the Conferences area.2. Read Chapter 12 (O’Brien).3. Respond to the Discussion Topics in Week TEN of the Conferences area.4. Complete any other assignments in Week TEN.5. Read Chapter 5 of PMBA.6. Submit Case Study Report #3 no later than 01/15/2007.
11 01/15/2007 1. Read all topics in Week ELEVEN in the Conferences area.2. Read Chapter 13 (O’Brien.3. Respond to the Discussion Topics in Week ELEVEN of the Conferences area.4. Complete any other assignments in Week ELEVEN.
12 01/23/2007 Take FINAL EXAMINATION online.
13 01/28/2007 Exam grades due in Office
Projected Course Schedule:
Note that chapters indicated in parentheses are in the O’Brien text.
Note also that chapters are NOT being covered in the order in which they appear in the textbook!
Note that any changes to this projected schedule will be posted to the Webboard.
Students are expected to have read the chapter(s) and other assigned readings BEFORE the class period in which they are to be covered.
Session 1: Introduction; Discussion of the roles of information systems in organizations.
Foundations of Information Systems (Ch. 1)
Competing with Information Technology (Ch. 2)
Session 2: Basics – Computer Hardware, Networks
Computer Hardware (Ch. 3)
Telecommunications and Networks(Ch. 6)
Session 3: Basics – Computer Software, Application Software
Computer Software (Ch. 4)
Session 4: Basics – Data Management, Literature Searching
Data Resource Management (Ch. 5)
Assignment of MBA chapters to be presented during Session 5 should be posted electronically prior to Session 5.
Project proposal due electronically prior to Session 5.
Post MBA mini-papers prior to Session 5.
Session 5: Fundamentals of Organizations, Public and Private
Student Presentations of Topics from the Portable MBA
Session 6: Organizations’ Uses of Information Systems/IT
Electronic Business Systems (Ch. 7)
Enterprise E-business Systems (Ch. 8)
Electronic Commerce Systems (Ch. 9)
Session 7: Impact of Advances in IT on the Organization
Developing Business/IT Strategies (Ch. 11)
Session 8: Question time; Midterm Exam (comprehensive)
Rough draft of Organization Analysis Paper encouraged prior to Session 9
Session 9: Information Systems in Support of Functional Areas
Decision Support Systems (Ch. 10)
Developing Business/IT Solutions (Ch. 12)
Enterprise and Global Management of IT (Ch. 14)
Session 10: Use of IT to gain Competitive Advantage
Competing with IT (Ch. 2)
MBA Chapter 11 – Strategy: Defining and Developing Competitive Advantage
Session 11: Value Added Concept in Evaluation of Info. Systems
Comps question presentations
Enterprise E-business Systems (Ch. 8)
Session 12: Networks, Issues of Privacy and Security
Security and Ethical Challenges (Ch. 13)
Final version of paper due electronically prior to Session 13.
Session 13: Ethical Issues
Security and Ethical Challenges (Ch. 13)
Session 14: Student Presentations of final papers
Session 15: Discussions of Case Studies – Bringing it All Together,
Review and Course Wrap-up.
Session 16: Final Exam
(Comprehensive, with heavier emphasis on material since the Mid-term)
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Academic Policies:
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The University has a license agreement with Turnitin.com, a service that helps prevent plagiarism from internet resources. I may be using this service in this class by either requiring students to submit their papers electronically to Turnitin.com or by submitting questionable text on behalf of a student. If you or I submit part or all of your paper, it will be stored by Turnitin.com in their database throughout the term of the University's contract with Turnitin.com. If you object to this temporary storage of your paper, you must let me know no later than two weeks after the start of this class. Please Note: If you object to the storage of your paper on Turnitin.com, I may utilize other services to check your work for plagiarism
The official university policy on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty can be found at http://www.umuc.edu/policy/aa15025.shtml. Section I.C. states: "Faculty may determine if the resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC), partially or in its entirety, is acceptable when assigning a grade on that piece of course work. Faculty must provide this information in their written syllabi. If the resubmission of course work is deemed to be unacceptable, a charge may not be brought under this Policy and will be handled as indicated in the written syllabi."
Please refer to Description of Course Requirements for specific information on how resubmissions will be treated in this course.
Students with disabilities should contact the appropriate support office at UMUC-Europe.
Jan Keller, Director of Student Services
UMUC-Europe, Heidelberg
Phone: +49-6221-378299
Email: edstudent_svc@ed.umuc.edu
Mailing Address: Unit 29216, APO AE 09102 OR Im Bosseldorn 30, D-69126 Heidelberg, Germany
Please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog for information on the following:
Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
Nondiscrimination
ode of Civility
Hard copies of the catalog are available at your local Education Center. | |
Faculty Bio:
De Forest W. Colegrove
Dr. Colegrove holds undergraduate degrees in industrial chemistry, and mathematics/computer science and graduate degrees in international trade/finance, and humanities/economics. His doctoral dissertation is entitled “The Levels of Economic Literacy of Russian High School Students.“ Dr. Colegrove has co-authored a book entitled, “Market Economics: A Practical Primer for Socialists,” which has been translated into Cyrillic and is currently being used in the school system in Kazan, Tatarstan. He was nominated in 2002 for the University’s Stanley J. Drayzek Award for Teaching Excellence. He recently completed a research project with Kent State University studying and writing about German citizens regarding their feelings of Supranationalism in the European Union. The product of that research was published in 2005 as a chapter of a book entitled “The Changing Face of European Identity.”
He retired from the US Navy as a Master Chief Sonar Technician (E-9), taught mathematics and electronics at Florida Keys Junior College, basic computer skills to Russian and Hispanic immigrants at Rhode Island College, market economics at Kazan State University (Russia), and advanced business courses at Johnson and Wales University (RI). In 1996 he joined Maryland in Europe, in May 2002 was promoted to the rank of Resident Collegiate Professor, and in 2004 was certified to teach distance education courses for the University. He is a member of the International Society of Political Psychology, a charter member of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, and resides with his wife, Ann, near Heidelberg, Germany.
Tel: 0171 195 3690
Email: Colegrove_AB@Yahoo.com
Snail mail: Prof. De Forest W. Colegrove
UMUC, Unit 29216
APO AE 09102
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