VICTOR BALOGUN, PH.D

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Class Notes | Syllabus

Course Outlines ACS-1803-001   ACS-1803-002

 

Course Objectives

The course provides students with a basic conceptual understanding of Information Systems and computers as a tool, including the basics of database and telecommunication technology. The course also addresses the question: “how can computers help a business (or other organization)?”

1. Highlights of business application systems that support the functions of accounting, finance, marketing, human resource management and manufacturing will be provided.

2. Enterprise Resource Planning Systems, Customer Relationship Management Systems, Executive Information Systems, Decision Support Systems and Expert Systems are also covered.

3. Further, topics of eBusiness and eCommerce are covered.

4. The final section of the course introduces the student to the process of developing a customized computer-based information system, presenting the system development life cycle and outlining the work of a systems analyst.

In this course students will develop a thorough overview of the different ways computers can be used in organizational management and operations.

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Department of Applied Computer Science

University of Winnipeg, 

Winnipeg, Manitoba

 

Office Hours: Thursday, 1:00pm – 2:00 pm

Office: via Zoom (see Nexus for info.)

Phone: 204-988-7664

Email: vi.balogun@uwinnipeg.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to ACS-1803:

[09/07/21] Lecture Updates:

 

Class meeting time:                    

-ACS-1803-001:

Tue/Thu   11:30AM - 12:45PM      via Zoom

-ACS-1803-002:

Tue/Thu    2:30PM - 3:45PM         via Zoom

Important Dates

Lecture Begins:                  September 7, 2021

First Assignment Due:           October 5, 2021

Reading Week (no classes):   October 10-16

Mid-Term Exam:                      Oct 19, 2021

Last ClassWednesday, December 8, 2021

 

Final Exam:   December 17, 2021

http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/exam-schedules/index.html

Final withdrawal date w/o academic penalty: November 16, 2021

University closures:   

Truth and Reconciliation Day    Thu, September 30, 2021

Thanksgiving:                  October 11, 2021

Remembrance Day:       November 11, 2021

 

Evaluation Criteria

· Assignments (18%)

· Assignment 1 (6%)

· Assignment 2 (6%)

· Assignment 3 (6%)

· Online Participation/Group Discussion (22%)

· Mid-Term Exam (20%)

 

· Final Exam (40%)

 

Course Updates/News

 

Print:      ISBN-13: 978-1-337-09753-6 , 

 

Author(s): Ralph M. Stair,

             George W. Reynolds,

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Copyright year: © 2017 

Pages: 560 

Class Notes | Syllabus

Week

Date

Topics

Slides/Readings/Additional References

Assignments/ Tests/ Resources

1

Sept. 07/09

Course outline

 Introduction to Information Systems

 

Course Outlines

Lecture slides (1-1)

 

Lecture notes (1-1)

 

 Assignment 1 Due October 5, 2021

 

 

Ch 1 pp. 4 – 29

 

 

2

Sept.14/16

Data Management

Lecture slides (2-1)

Lecture slides (2-2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Sept.21/23

Management Information Systems Frameworks

Lecture Slide 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

Sept.28/30

Management Information Systems Frameworks

 

Functional Area Systems – Accounting Transaction Systems

 

Functional Area Systems – Accounting Information Systems

Lecture Slide 4

 

Assignment 2 Due October 28, 2021

Lecture Slide 4-1

 

Lecture Slide 4-2

 

5

Oct.

05/07

Functional Area Systems – Financial Information Systems

 

Functional Area Systems – Human Resource Systems

 

Functional Area Systems – Marketing Information Systems

 

Functional Area Systems – Production / Operation Systems

Lecture Slide 5-1

 

Lecture Slide 5-2

 

 

 

Lecture Slide 5-3

 

 

 

Lecture Slide 5-4

 

6

Oct. 10—16

Reading Week (No Classes)  

 

 

 

 

 

Oct.

19/21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enterprise Information  Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lecture Slide 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Oct.

26/28

 

 

 

Systems that Span Organizational Boundaries

Lecture Slide 7

 

 

 

 

 

Lecture Slide 8-1

 

 

 

Lecture Slide 8-2

 

9

Nov.

2/4

Introducing the Computer

 

Networked Computing & The Internet

Lecture Slide 9-1

 

 

Lecture Slide 9-2

 

 

 

10

Nov. 9

E-Business, E-Commerce

 

Lecture Slide 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

Nov. 16/18

Auditing & Controls of Information Systems

Lecture Slide 11

 

Assignment 3 Due November 25, 2021

 

 

 

 

12

Nov. 23/25

The Development of Information Systems

Lecture Slide 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Nov. 30/Dec. 2

 

Social Impact of Information Systems                         Lecture Slide 13

 

 

14

 

Final Exam

Time: TBD

Room: TBD