Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences



|MBA 5670 |

|Management of Information Technologies |

School of Business

Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences

Summer 2011

|Instructor: |Dr. Abdou Illia |

|Office location: |Lumpkin Hall 4020 |

|Telephone: |(217) 581-6391 |

|Email Address: |aillia@eiu.edu |

|Course website: |eiu.edu/~a_illia/MBA5670 |

|Office Hours: |Mon and Wed: 11:30 AM -12:30 PM and by appointment |

|Class Meetings: |Mon and Wed: 3:00 - 6:20 PM in LH 2011 |

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|Catalog Description:     |An examination of managerial problems related to computer-based information systems. Within the context of system theory and |

| |control theory, the student examines critical areas of analysis, design and development of management information systems. |

|Prerequisites: |Admission to the MBA program. |

|Teaching Method: |The class will be taught as a combination of lectures, discussions, exercises, and hands-on exercises. |

|Required Texts:  |Business driven technology, 4th Edition by Paige Baltzan and Amy Phillips, McGraw Hill, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-07-337679-0. Book |

| |site: |

| |A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computers and the Internet by Sara Baase, Prentice-Hall, third edition, |

| |2008. |

|Course Objectives: |Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to: |

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| |Explore the issues involved in planning and budgeting the rapidly changing area of information systems. |

| |Explore the role of information systems in obtaining an organizational competitive advantage. |

| |Understand the role of Transaction Processing Systems, Office Automation Systems, Decision Support Systems, Expert Systems, and|

| |Executive Support Systems in an organization. |

| |Comprehend end-user computing, its control and its impact on organizations. |

| |Investigate the principles, practice, methodologies and terminology used in designing, developing and implementing information |

| |systems in organizations. |

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|Grade Calculation |

|Grades will be calculated by dividing the points amassed by the number possible. The resulting percentage will be assigned a grade based on the following |

|scale: |

|90% or better A |

|80-89% B |

|70-79% C |

|60-69% D |

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|Points possible may vary, but tentatively they will be as follows: |

|Exams (2) 200 |

|Final Exam 150 |

|Exercises/Case Studies (3) 175 (50+50+75) |

|Quizzes (?) |

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|Total 525 points or more possible |

|Grading:  |  |

|Examinations: |The exams will cover the material discussed in class and in the readings. The final examination is comprehensive, but will |

| |emphasize the “new” material presented since the last regular exam. The examinations are closed books and closed notes. |

|Exercises or Case |Students enrolled in this class will be responsible for four (3) exercises or case studies. Students will utilize the concepts |

|Studies: |learned throughout the class to discuss issues related to the specific case assigned by the instructor. |

|Makeup policy |

|You are responsible to make sure that your assignments are turned in on time. Late assignments will not be accepted unless you have an excuse absence. An |

|absence from class will be considered an "excused absence" under the following circumstances: |

|a) Absence due to illness. An absence due to illness is excused ONLY IF the student notifies the professor of the absence in advance (i.e., prior to the |

|missed class) and provides documentation of the illness upon return to class. |

|b) Absence due to an official University activity. Absence due to an official University activity is an excused absence only if the student notifies the |

|professor of the absence in advanced (i.e., prior to the missed class) and provides written documentation of the University activity from an appropriate |

|University representative prior to the absence. |

|c) Absence due to emergency. Evaluation of whether an absence due to an emergency is an excused absence will be made by the professor on a case by case basis.|

|At a minimum, the student should notify the professor of the absence as soon as possible and should provide documentation of the emergency. |

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|Academic integrity |

|All students are expected to comply with University rules and regulations on academic integrity and honesty. These rules and regulations are summarized in |

|the Student Conduct Code (). Disciplinary sanctions may be imposed for violations of these rules and regulations. |

|Turnitin. To encourage original and authentic written work, students may be required to submit their written assignments in this course for review to |

|, or other systems designed to detect plagiarized material, and those assignments will become a searchable document with the Turnitin’s (or other |

|systems’) database. |

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|Instructor Assistance |

|You may contact me via email or call me at (217) 581-6391. If you have a handicap or other condition which will require special consideration, please see me |

|immediately. |

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|Students With Disabilities |

|Appropriate academic support is available for students with a documented disability. Please notify your instructor and contact the Office of Disability |

|Services (581-6583) for further information. |

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|Emergency preparedness plan |

|Instructions about what to do in the event of an emergency are posted in all classrooms on Eastern’s campus. Students and faculty are responsible for |

|acquainting themselves as to the specific instructions so that they will be prepared in the event of an emergency. |

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|Other Services |

|Contact info for student services: |

|Career Services 581-2412 |

|Counseling Center: 581-3413 |

|Student Success Center: 581-6696 |

Course Calendar

This is a tentative calendar and is subject to change. Changes will be announced in class and/or posted to the course website. Some of the class sessions may be held in a computer lab.

|Day |Topic |Reading |Assignment |

|6/13 |Intro to Course | Intro to Managing IT |B&P Ch1, Ch 6, B1 | |

|6/15 |IT & Competitive Advantages | Exercise 1 |B&P Ch 2-3, B8, B9 |Exercise 1 |

|6/20 |IT Infrastructure: Hardware & Software |B&P B3 | |

|6/22 |Exercise 2 | Review | |Exercise 2 |

|6/27 |Exam 1 | | |

|6/29 |Info Systems, Decision Making, Database |B&P Ch. 7-9 | |

|7/4 |Independence Day – No Class | | |

|7/6 |Managing Systems Development |B&P Ch 17, B14 | |

|7/11 |Telecom, Info Security & Privacy |B&P B5-7, Baase Ch 2 |Exercise 3 |

|7/13 |Exam 2 | | |

|7/18 |Organizational Development - Review |B&P C19-20 | |

|7/20 |Final Exam | | |

|FINAL |Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 3:00 - 6:20 PM |

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