Course Brief

COURSE DESCRIPTION/OBJECTIVE:

This is a fundamental course for the students of business administration. The course is designed to give concept of information systems and their importance for business success. Different information technology applications in business to manage better and how it will provide support to decision makers for strategic business decisions will be discussed. 

Different applications like hospital information systems, corporate information systems, city information systems, crime information and control systems, Transaction process system etc. will be discussed.

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES 

Upon completing this course, students will be able to: 

1. Describe how data is captured, organized and managed using a data management system and design a simple database using data modeling techniques;
2. Discuss the strategic considerations in information system development and their impacts on the organization; 
3. Design effective user interfaces and explain the importance of internal controls for information systems;
4. Describe the different technologies, techniques and infrastructure of transaction processing systems associated with various transaction cycles;
5. Explain the e-commerce technology architecture and discuss the strategies for successful E-commerce;
6. Identify and analyze risk factors, discuss measures to mitigate risks and the importance of business continuity planning; and
7. Explain how various information systems are designed to support the decision making process for business managers.