VICTOR BALOGUN, PH.D

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Class Notes | Syllabus

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.

 

Department of Applied Computer Science

University of Winnipeg, 

Winnipeg, Manitoba

 

Office Hours: Tue, 12:00pm – 1:00 pm

Office: 3D18

Phone: 204-988-7664

Email: vi.balogun@uwinnipeg.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to ACS-1803-051:

Lecture Updates:

 

Class meeting time and Venue:                   

Tuesdays 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 2D12

Important Dates

Lecture Begins:                     January 6, 2026

Reading Week (no classes):   February 15-21

Mid-Term Exam:                February 24, 2026

Last Class:                          March 31, 2026

 

Final Exam:                     TBD

 

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

Final withdrawal date w/o academic penalty:

 March 13, 2026

 

University closures:      

   Louis Riel Day:           February 16, 2026

   Good Friday:                   April 3, 2026

 

Evaluation Criteria

· Assignments (18%)

· Assignment 1 (6%)

· Assignment 2 (6%)

· Assignment 3 (6%)

· Class Participation/Group Discussion (12%)

· Mid-Term Exam (25%)

· Final Exam (45%)

 

Course Updates/News

· See Nexus

 

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

Jan. 6

Course outline

 Introduction to Information Systems

 

 

 

 Assignment 1 Due Jan. 30, 2026

 

 

 

 

2

Jan.13

Data Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Jan. 24

Management Information Systems Frameworks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4

 

Jan. 27

Management Information Systems Frameworks

 

Functional Area Systems – Accounting Transaction Systems

 

Functional Area Systems – Accounting Information Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5

Feb. 3

Functional Area Systems – Financial Information Systems

 

Functional Area Systems – Human Resource Systems

 

Functional Area Systems – Marketing Information Systems

 

Functional Area Systems – Production / Operation Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Feb. 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enterprise Information Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Feb. 15—21

Reading Week (No Classes)  

7

Feb 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mid-Term Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Systems that Span Organizational Boundaries            

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

March

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introducing the Computer

 

 

 

Networked Computing & The Internet

 

 

 

 

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9

March

10

 

 

 

E-Business, E-Commerce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

March

 17

 

 

 

 

 

Auditing & Controls of Information Systems

 

 

 

 

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11

March 24

 

The Development of Information Systems                 

 

 

 

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13

March 31

Social Impact of Information Systems                         

 

 

Revisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Exam:

Date: TBD

Room: