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BA
471: Section 1: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Summer
2005: 6/20/05 – 7/14/05
[Schedule] [PowerPoint] [Word_PDF_HTML_Documents]
Instructor Contact Info:
Name: Dr.
V.T. Raja
Phone: 737-6058
E-mail:
Raja@bus.oregonstate.edu
Office:
Bexell 405
Office Hours: By
appointment.
Class Time/Place: MTWR:
10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m., Bexell 417
Textbook: Authors: Turban, Rainer, Potter
Title: Introduction to Information
Technology
Edition: Custom Edition (selected chapters
from second edition)
Publication: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Copyright
2004); ISBN#: 0471670049
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The rapid evolution
and diffusion of information technology (IT) is transforming the way that many
organizations operate. To be successful
in the "information age," organizations will need people who are
knowledgeable about both the opportunities and the pitfalls associated with
IT. The BA 471 course has been designed
to help OSU business students better understand IT, how organizations may tap
the potential benefits of IT, and reduce the risks associated with IT. For an organization to thrive in today’s
business environment, managers and functional specialists in all areas –
accounting, finance, marketing, production and operations management, human
resources, and international business must perform their jobs effectively and
efficiently. The BA471 course helps students
from different options understand that IT plays a major role in supporting all
organizational personnel, (regardless of their functional areas), so that they
can perform their jobs effectively and efficiently. The course helps students understand that IT
provides the tools that enable all organizational personnel to solve complex
problems and to capitalize on opportunities that contribute to the success of
an organization.
The lectures,
readings, and assignments will introduce you to a number of key concepts and
timely issues related to IT applications in organizations. After an introduction to IT and Information
Systems (IS), some major topics expected to be addressed include effect of
IS/IT on competition, strategic role of IT, computer hardware, software,
database, and telecommunication networks.
PREREQUISITES
Required: Basic personal computer skills, BA 271 (Information
Technology in Business), BA 275 (Quantitative Business Methods), BA 340
(Finance), BA 350 (Organizational Systems), BA 357 (Operations Management), BA
390 (Marketing), and senior standing. Highly desirable: Interest in learning
how technology may be used to support and enhance the way businesses
operate.
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT/APPROACH
The course will use
a variety of means to address the course objectives. The lectures,
readings, individual/group assignments will introduce you to a number of
key concepts and timely issues related to IT applications in
organizations.
COURSE
1)
Reading chapter contents from textbook is expected,
unless otherwise mentioned in class.
2)
Lecture notes, handouts and web links provided in class
or through material posted on the course website/public folder.
GRADING
Tentatively,
individual grades will be based on a weighted average as follows. Instructor will announce in class, any
changes to the weighted averages given below.
Assignments/Quizzes 30%
Class
Participation … 5%
Exam
1 ... 25%
Exam 2
… 40%
===
Total ..................…….... 100%
Expect individual
grades to be assigned as follows:
A: student's overall score >= 93% C+: 77% <= score < 80%
A-: 90% <=
score < 93% C:
73% <= score < 77%
B+: 87% <=
score < 90% C-:
70% <= score < 73%
B: 83% <= score < 87% D+: 67% <= score < 70%
B-: 80% <=
score < 83% D: 63% <= score < 67% F: Below 63%
GRADING: Notes and
comments
·
Exams: Exam 1 is
scheduled to be held on Thursday, June 30, 2005, during
class time.
Exam 2 will be held on Thursday,
July 14, 2005. The venue for
the exams will be Bxl 417. Any changes
to these dates or venue will be announced later in class. It is the student’s responsibility to ask the
instructor for confirmation on the above mentioned date, time and venue of the
exams at least 48 hours in advance. All
students are expected to be present for the exams at the announced date and
times, at the announced venues. A
student who expects that he/she would be unable to take either of the exams at
the time/date/venue specified above has to notify the instructor by June 27,
2005. Typically, no makeup exams will be given without the instructor’s
prior approval. Make-up exams for
genuine reasons (such as medical emergency when supported with appropriate
documentation), will typically be given only after the regularly scheduled
exam.
·
If you miss class: If a student is unable to attend a
class session, it is the student's responsibility to acquire the class notes,
assignments, announcements, etc. from a classmate. The instructor will be unable
to give private lectures for those that miss class. Being a short summer session, if a student
misses classes for more than one week, he or she can expect to receive grades
only for those activities, exams, quizzes, assignments that they submitted/participated
during the days they attended class.
Students should not
expect to receive an incomplete grade just because they
have not been able to attend more than one week of lectures, and should not
expect to receive scores for make-up exams, quizzes, assignments and
participation exercises.
·
Type up the assignments: To receive full
credit, homework assignments must be typed and checked for spelling, grammar,
etc., unless otherwise mentioned in class.
·
Late homework: Your performance in this course will depend to a major
extent on your ability to complete and submit your work assignments on
time. Assignments must be turned in
before the specified deadlines.
Assignments will not be accepted for credit after the due
date/time. (Note: A computer/network/printer crash is not an acceptable
excuse for late assignments.) If you
have a legitimate personal emergency (e.g., health problem) that may impair
your ability to turn in an assignment on time, you will have to take the
initiative to contact the instructor before the due date/time (or as
soon after your emergency as possible) to communicate the situation. An emergency may be taken into account when
dealing with situations of this type. Be
prepared to document your emergency. If
the instructor approves any late assignments, even then you may suffer a
penalty of 20% of the assignment grade, for each day the assignment is
late.
·
For obtaining prior approvals from instructor with
regard to missing a class or submitting a late homework, 72-hour advance
notice from the student is expected, for non-emergency situations. Excuses without proper documentation are
unacceptable.
·
Grade appeals: If you are not
satisfied with a grade you have received for an exam, homework, or quiz, the
instructor will be willing to review the situation. If you wish to appeal a grade, you may do so
with a verbal request initially. The
instructor may ask you to submit a brief written summary of the
situation to the instructor (e.g., an E-mail message), along with a
justification of why you believe a better score is warranted. After reviewing the situation, the instructor
will provide you a feedback. Two key
ground rules apply: 1) you must appeal for a grade correction within one
week of the time the score (for your exam, homework, quiz, or
participation) is made available to you, and 2) class time will not be used to
discuss grade appeals.
·
Quizzes: Announced and unannounced quizzes may be
given. The unannounced quizzes may be
given at any time during class session.
Typically, there will be no makeup quizzes. If the instructor approves any makeup
quizzes, even then the student can expect a penalty of 50% off on the total
score obtained by the student for the makeup quiz. Make up quizzes will have to be taken before
the beginning of the next class period.
·
Participation: Participation
scores will be evaluated based on several factors such as: 1) the quality of
each student's individual contribution to the classroom lecture/discussion, 2)
attendance, 3) punctuality, 4) group participation in class for team
activities, and 5) classroom conduct.
E-mail participation is strongly recommended and is acceptable to a
certain extent; but cannot be used to entirely substitute any of the above
mentioned participation points evaluation criteria. Full participation points are not given
merely for attendance and group participation activities. Individual participation points must be earned.
If a student comes to class every day, is polite, but
does not make a strong attempt to participate, then that student will earn low
credit for participation (50-60%) of participation points). Students who participate occasionally (i.e.,
once every week or so), but do not do much to advance the discussion will earn
a somewhat higher grade (60-80%).
Students who consistently contribute to the classroom discussions and
advance discussions in a meaningful and productive way will receive the highest
grades (80-100%).
·
"Silent"
participation: Students may wish to supplement their oral classroom contributions by
participating "silently" by submitting contributions to the
instructor (e.g., a relevant recent magazine clipping with description of why
clipping is useful, a link to a relevant WWW site with description of why site
is useful, an E-mail message which follows up on a class discussion,
etc.). As with in-class oral
participation, the "silent" contributions will be evaluated for
quality. Selected "silent"
contributions may be shared with the entire class via E-mail (so that the class
may benefit from the contribution). Note
that "silent" contributions may be used as a supplement to class
participation, but may not be used as a replacement for class attendance and/or
class participation.
·
Incomplete grades: Incomplete grades are very rarely
given. Students will not be given
an incomplete grade in the course unless there is a documented medical reason
and the conditions of the case warrant an incomplete grade. Substandard performance does not warrant an
incomplete grade. Students should not expect to receive an incomplete
grade just because they have been unable to attend more than one week of
lectures, and should not expect to receive scores for make-up exams, quizzes,
assignments and participation exercises missed due to their absence.
PERSPECTIVES OF ISSUES
A variety of
perspectives recommended by the AACSB are to be addressed in the BA 471 course:
Ethical, political, social, global, legal, regulatory and technological issues
are typically integrated throughout the course.
STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES:
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
Students are
expected to uphold the OSU standard of conduct for students relating to
academic dishonesty. As described in the
OSU Schedule of Classes,
…academic dishonesty is defined as an intentional act of deception in which a student seeks to claim credit for the work or effort of another person or uses unauthorized materials or fabricated information in any academic work….
Students assume
full responsibility for the content and integrity of the academic work they
submit. The guiding principle of academic
integrity shall be that a student's submitted work, examinations, reports, and
projects must be that student's own work for individual assignments, and
the group’s own work for group assignments/projects. Students shall be guilty of academic dishonesty
if they:
1. Use or obtain unauthorized materials or
assistance in any academic work (i.e., cheating).
2. Falsify or invent any information
regarded as cheating by the instructor (i.e., fabrication)
3. Give unauthorized assistance to other
students (i.e., assisting in dishonesty).
4. Represent the work of others as their
own (i.e. plagiarism).
5. Modify,
without instructor approval, an examination, paper, record or report for the
purpose of obtaining additional credit (i.e., tampering).
The penalty for academic
dishonesty is severe. Any student guilty
of academic dishonesty may be subject to receive a failing grade for the exam,
assignment, quiz, or class participation exercise as deemed appropriate by the
instructor. In addition, the penalty
could also imply that the student receive a failing grade for the course and be
reported to the University officials at the College of Business, and the
officials at the Office of Student Affairs.
If a student is
unclear about whether a particular situation may constitute academic
dishonesty, the student should meet with the instructor to discuss the
situation.
If a student is
unclear about anything in this syllabus, the student should meet with the
instructor and discuss the issues before the second week of BA471
lectures.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
Week 1 (June 20 –
June 23): Introduction
Chapter
13 (Strategic Information Systems and Reorganization)
Week 2: (June 27 –
June 30): Chapter 3 (Computer Hardware)
Exam
1 on June 30, 2005 (during class time in Bxl 417)
Week 3: (July 5 –
July 7): Excerpts from Chapter 4
(Software) and
Chapter
5 (Database)
Week 4: (July 11 –
July 14) Chapter 6 (Telecommunication
and Networks) and
Excerpts
from Chapter 2
Exam
2 on July 14, 2005 (during class time in Bxl 417)