CIS 850 Management of Information Systems Schedule and Topic, Fall 2009 Week 1: 8/24 - 8/28 Chapter 1: Managing IT in an eWorld On-line readings: Business value of IT Week 2: 8/31 - 9/4 Chapter 2: Computer systems Chapter 3: Computer software Week 3: 9/7 - 9/11 Chapter 4: Telecommunications and networking Case I-1: Selectin of an IT platform at IMT Week 4: 9/14 - 9/18 Chapter 6: Enterprise systems Excel 5: Prepare a budget Week 5: 9/21 - 9/25 Chapter 6: Enterprise systems Case II-1: Vendor-managed inventory at NIBCO Week 6: 9/28 - 10/2 Chapter 7: Managerial support systems Excel 7: Develop an inventory control system Week 7: 10/5 - 10/9 Chapter 7: Managerial support systems Case II-3: Real-time BI at Continental Airlines Week 8: 10/14 Test 1: Chapters 1-4, 6-7, cases Open Week 9: 10/19 - 10/23 Chapter 8: E-commerce applications Excel 10: Develop an AR system Week 10: 10/26 - 10/30 Chapter 8: E-commerce applications Case II-4: The Cliptomania web store Week 11: 11/2 - 11/6 Chapters 10-11: Acquiring information systems Excel 11: Sensitity analysis Week 12: 11/9 - 11/13 Chapters 10-11: Acquiring information systems Case III-3: Make-or-buy decision at Baxter Week 13: 11/16 - 11/20 Chapters 14-15: Leading and planning IS resources Excel : (To be announced) Week 15: 11/30 - 12/4 Chapters 14-15: Leading and planning IS resources Case IV-4: IT infrastructure outsourcing at Schaeffer Week 16: 12/9 Test 2: Chapters 8,10-11,14-15, cases Open Note to students: For class materials including syllabus, assignments, PowerPoint slides, schedules, links to online readings, grades, and etc., visit EKU Blackboard at http://learn.eku.edu/ Textbooks: (1) Brown, and etl. Managing Information Technology (6th ed.), Prentice Hall, 2009. [ISBN: 9780131789548]; (2) Laudon, and etl. Solve IT! For Windows 5.0, Azimuth Interactiave [ISBN: 1-930581-96-3]