Instructor
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Wei-Kuang Huang
Waterbury: Rm. 339
Tel: (Cell)646-327-2789
Email:whuang@business.uconn.edu
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| Class Web Page |
http://users.business.uconn.edu/whuang/opim3103
online office hour: Sunday 5-6pm http://www.gvolive.com/conference,51978748 (login with your name, no passowrd needed)
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| Class Time
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W 11:15AM-1:45pm (Waterbury Room 317)
TH 6:30pm - 9pm (Hartford Lab 116)
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Office Hours |
W 2:45pm - 3:45pm (Waterbury)
By appointment
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| Textbook |
- Management Information Systems Managing the Digital Firm,
12th edition, K. Laudon & J. Laudon, Prentice Hall, 2012.
- (Optional) Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Comprehensive, Robert T. Grauer, Prentice Hall, 2011
- (Optional) Microsoft Office Access 2010 Comprehensive, Robert T. Grauer, Prentice Hall, 2011
- (optional) Learn Office 2000, J. Preston, S. Preston, R. Ferrett, Prentice Hall, 2000. (You will not be tested from this workbook; it is a decent self-study workbook to help you teach yourself the required tasks for MS Office. There are other materials available in the library and online, including this website, to help you learn these software applications)
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| Software |
We will be using Microsoft Office 2007/2010 as an integral tool in this course.
You are expected to work through the inclass exercises and a self-paced learning experience.
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| Reference |
- MS Office Help
- Any MS Office 2007/2010 book
- Online turorials
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| Course Objective |
This is an introductory course in managemnt information systems. The course focuses on both the concepts
and hands-on development practice.
Upon completion of this course, students should understand the
concept, learn to analyze business problems, develop system solutions, and manage business systems in the digital firm.
The course will cover the following foundamental
concepts and techniques:
- Understand concepts and components of information technologies infrastructure and how information systems support major business functions.
- Management and organizational support systems for the digital firms
- Learn to use information systems to enhance management decision making.
- Managing information systems in the digital firms
- Discuss the processes of acquiring and managing the firm's hardware and software assets.
- Understand how Internet technology has transformed valuation propositions and business models as well as facilitating management and coordination of internal business processes.
- Be aware of the security and control issues and measures that relate to the reliability, availability, and security of electronic commerce and digital business processes.
- Hands /on MS Office 2007/2010.
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| Requirements |
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Email will be the best communication channel
between students and the instructor.
You are also responsible to check the class web site regually for the information update. Any change of class schedules,
assignment requirement, exam format and date, grade, and other important
anouncements will be posted on the class web site as the semester
progresses.
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| Assignments |
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There is a home assignment for each chapter.
They will be posted at the class web
site and due on the specified date. Late assignment will be penalized
at the rate of 10% per day late.
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Submit your assignments via online submission
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Homeworks should be the result of individual effort.
You can treat the homeworks as a preparation for the quizes. Be sure to allocate sufficient
time to complete and test your work.
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| Inclass discussions |
- There will be inclass discussions. The questions will be posted
prior to the class. Students are encouraged to participate actively in
the discussion.
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| Lab practicals |
- The lab practicals are mandatory to attend. The lab practical exam will test mainly on the proficiency of
using MS office 2007/2010 (see the
Task list)
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| Quizes |
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There are three written quizes and one lab exam. The quizes will be
focusing on the
comprehension of the concepts in the textbook and
hands-on design questions (for lab practical exam). No make-up
exam can be scheduled without prior arrangement.
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| Academic Integrity |
For all assignments, you must properly cite sources of information as
well as the ideas and words of others.
Misrepresenting someone else's work as one's own is a serious offense in any academic setting and it will not be condoned. Cheating of any sort will not be tolerated and will result in a failure of the exam or assignment, deduction in the class participation grading component, and potential failure of the course.
A student who knowingly assists another student in committing an act of academic misconduct shall be equally accountable for the violation, and shall be subject to the sanctions and other remedies described in The Student Code. For details refer to http://www.dos.uconn.edu/student_code.html, appendix A.
Student expectation during exams/quizes and class Assignments -
Only resources approved by the faculty may be used
- No communication with others
- keep your eyes on your own work
- All materials not approved for the exam (i.e., books papers and other materials) must be removed from the table/desk and chairs and placed on the floor
- No caps/hats
- No earphones
- All cell phones must be turned off and put away unless expressly permitted by the instructor
- No electronic devices unless explicitly allowed by the instructor
- let your professor know if you witnesses someone cheating
Final exam week for Spring 2013 takes place from
Monday, May 6, through Friday, May 11.
Students are required to be available for their exam during that time.
Students must visit the Dean of Students Office if they cannot make their exam.
The DOS will give the student his or her instructions thereafter.
Please note: vacations, previously purchased tickets or
reservations, weddings (unless part of the wedding party),
and other large or small scale social events, are not viable excuses for missing
a final exam. Please contact the Dean of Students office with any questions.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
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| Project |
There is a group project consist of no more than 3 students in each group.
The project provides an opportunity for students to conduct a
case study on a topic of emerging information technologies.
The case study requires students to analyze real world business problems,
perform online researches and
provide a solution for a desirable technology,
its business value and applications.
Support your reserch with company cases and factual data.
The delivables include a 20 minute presentation to the class.
The structure of the presentation should contains
- Description of the business problems
- Key features of related technologies and its development
- The proposed solutions
- Pro-con, Cost-benefit / Strength, weakness, opportunity and threat (SWOT) analysis
- Conclusion
- Citation sources of information.
The following is a Basic coverage and guideline for a well-structured project report.
The research should provide enough details for the state of the art technology,
its business value and applications.
Make a list of the problems and issues that have to be confronted.
Apply the concepts and analytical tools in the textbook.
Support any and all opinions with well-reasoned arguments and numerical evidence;
don't stop until you can purge "I think" and "I feel" from your assessment and, instead,
are able to rely completely on "My analysis shows.". Be certain to include reasoning behind
your conclusions and assumptions,
considering the pros/cons, direct/indirect impacts, and qualitative/quantitative aspects of each.
Develop charts, tables, and graphs to expose more clearly the main points of your analysis.
Prioritize your recommendations and make sure they can be carried out in an acceptable
time frame with the available skills and financial resources.
Review your recommended action plan to see if it addresses all of the problems
and issues you identified.
Avoid recommending any course of action that could have disastrous consequences
if it doesn't work out as planned;
therefore, be as alert to the downside risks of your recommendations as you are to their
upside potential and appeal.
Project case
Case Presentation Sample 1
Case Presentation Sample 2
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| Grading |
Assignments (including Inclass discussions & participation) -- 27%
Project (presentation & report) -- 23%
Quizes (8% each) -- 24%
lab practical exercises - 8%
Lab practical exam -- 18%
Students are responsible for checking their grade through the online
grade resporter regularly. Any missing or imcompleted grade should be
reported to the instructor.
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