Faculty Contact Information:
Instructor can be contacted by e-mail:
yhinz@faculty.ed.umuc.edu | |
Consultation:
| Via e-mail and WebTycho (CET) | |
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. (2008). Management Information
Systems (8th 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:
| Governing.comis 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
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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.
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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:
10% Participation, discussion questions
10% Homework
25% Midterm examination
15% Portable MBA chapter presentation
15% Comps question response
25% Final examination | |
Description of Course Requirements:
Portable MBA Paper and Presentation:
Each student will present 1 chapter from The Portable MBA book. The instructor will assign the chapters. There may be more than one student assigned to the same chapter, depending on class size. Note: these chapters may be covered on the midterm and the final exams. Minimum requirements for the chapter review are:
Chapter review must include a summary, at least five (5) major points, and must compare and contrast the ways in which the chapter topics apply in the business world and in public administration. The presenting students are also to prepare and post 1 or 2 discussion questions.
Comps Questions
Each student will be assigned a sample COMPS question. The instructor will assign the questions. There may be more than one student assigned to the same quesion, depending on class size. This activity is meant to provide students with a chance to go through a COMPS exam process. The actual questions from previous COMPS exams will be used.
All papers must conform to the APA style.
You are required to conduct professional-level research, including appropriately citing works of others and avoiding plagiarism. Resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC, UMUC-Europe or BSU), partially or in its entirety, is not acceptable in this course and will result in an automatic failure on the assignment.
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Course Schedule:
Week 1 (14 – 20 April 2008)
O’Brien:
Chapter 1 - Foundations in Information Systems Business
Chapter 2 – Competing with Information Technology
Assignment of Comps Questions
Assignment of MBA chapters to be presented
(If assigned an early comps question, you will be given a later MBA chapter).
Week 2 (21 – 27 April 2008)
O’Brien:
Chapter 3 – Computer Hardware
Chapter 4 - Computer Software
Portable MBA Chapters 1 & 2
Week 3 (28 April – 4 May 2008)
O’Brien:
Chapter 5 – Data Resource Management
Chapter 6 – Telecommunications and Networks
Portable MBA Chapters 3 & 4
Week 4 (5 - 11 May 2008)
O’Brien:
Chapter 7 – Electronic Business Systems
Chapter 8 – Enterprise Business Systems
Portable MBA Chapter 7 & 8
Week 5 (12 - 18 May 2008)
Midterm Exam (comprehensive)
Week 6 (19 - 25 May 2008)
O’Brien:
Chapter 9 – Electronic Commerce Systems
Portable MBA Chapters5 & 6
Week 7 (26 May – 1 June 2008)
O’Brien:
Chapter 10 – Decision Support Systems (DSS)
Chapter 11 - Developing Business/IT Strategies
Portable MBA Chapters 7 & 8
Week 8 (2 – 8 June 2008)
O’Brien:
Chapter 12 – Developing Business/IT Solutions
Chapter 13 – Security and Ethical Challenges
Portable MBA Chapters 9 & 10
Week 9 (9 – 15 June 2008)
O’Brien:
Chapter 14 - Enterprise and Global Management
of Information Technology
Portable MBA Chapters 11 & 12
Week 10 (16 – 22 June 2008)
Portable MBA Chapters 13 & 14
Final examination
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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
Code of Civility
Hard copies of the catalog are available at your local Education Center. | |
Faculty Bio:
Spending a significant part of his life in Poland, Yurek Hinz had been a professional musician for over 25 years both, in Europe and the U.S. Earning his first Master of Music degree in 1989 from the Chopin Conservatory of Music, Warsaw, Poland, in 1990, he was granted a full scholarship to study communication at Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, were he received a Master of Arts degree in Radio Production and Directing two years later.
Yurek Hinz also graduated with the Master of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Bowie State University, Bowie, MD in 2002.
Currently he holds the following professional certifications: Information Systems Analyst Certificate, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, MCSA 2003: Security, MCSE 2003: Security, CompTIA Network+ and CompTIA Security+.
Mr. Hinz is an IT Specialist for the Information Assurance Program Management’s (IAPM) PKI Team in Schwetzingen, Germany. In 2006, he was accepted to the Northcentral Univeristy's PhD program in Management Information Systems and hopes to complete his dissertation by 2009.
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