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.

All paper correspondence should be submitted

to my office:

 

Department of Applied Computer Science

University of Winnipeg, 

Winnipeg, Manitoba

 

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

Office: 3D18 

Phone: 204-988-7664

Email: vi.balogun@uwinnipeg.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to ACS-1803:

Lecture Updates:

 

Class meeting time and Venue:                   

T/Th 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM 4C40 

Important Dates

Lecture Begins:                     January 4, 2023

First Assignment Due:        January 31, 2023

Reading Week (no classes):   February 19-25

Mid-Term Exam:                February 28, 2023

Last Class:                April 4

Final Exam:            TBD

 

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

Final withdrawal date w/o academic penalty:

 March 14, 2023

 

University closures:      

   Louis Riel Day:            February 20, 2023

   Good Friday:                      April 9, 2023

 

Evaluation Criteria

· Assignments (18%)

· Assignment 1 (6%)

· Assignment 2 (6%)

· Assignment 3 (6%)

· Mid-Term Exam (22%)

· Online Participation/Group Discussion (16%)

· Final Exam (44%)

 

Course Updates/News

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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. 5/10/12

Course outline

 Introduction to Information Systems

 

 

Lecture slides (1-1)

 

Lecture notes (1-1)

 

 Assignment 1 Due February 2, 2023

 

 

Ch 1 pp. 4 – 29

 

 

2

Jan.17/19

Data Management

Lecture slides (2-1)

Lecture slides (2-2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Jan. 24/26

Management Information Systems Frameworks

Lecture Slide 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

March 31 /Feb. 02

Management Information Systems Frameworks

 

Functional Area Systems – Accounting Transaction Systems

 

Functional Area Systems – Accounting Information Systems

Lecture Slide 4

 

 

Lecture Slide 4-1

 

Lecture Slide 4-2

 

5

Feb.

07/9

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

Feb.

14/16

 

 

 

Enterprise Information Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Systems that Span Organizational Boundaries 

Lecture Slide 6

 

 

Lecture Slide 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          

 

 

Feb. 19 —25

Reading Week (No Classes)  

Feb. 28

/March 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mid-Term Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Systems that Span Organizational Boundaries            

                                                                                    Lecture Slide 8-1

 

 

Lecture Slide 8-2

 

 

 

9

March 7/9

Introducing the Computer

 

Networked Computing & The Internet

Lecture Slide 9-1

 

 

Lecture Slide 9-2

 

 

 

10

March 14/16

E-Business, E-Commerce

 

Lecture Slide 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

March 21/23

Auditing & Controls of Information Systems

Lecture Slide 11

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

March 28/30

The Development of Information Systems

Lecture Slide 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

April 4

Social Impact of Information Systems                         Lecture Slide 13

 

 

14

 

Final Exam

Date: TBD

Room: