BA 471: Section 1: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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BA471– Schedule of lectures for June 20 – July 14, 2005

Date	Lecture Topics
Week # 1
June 20 (Lecture # 1) Monday	Syllabus; Course Overview; Student Questionnaire; Why IS/IT? Basic Terminology; Evolution of IS/IT architecture and its impact on business practices
June 21 (Lecture # 2) Tuesday	Efficient use of IS/IT; Begin Chapter 13 Begin discussions on effect of IS/IT on Competition; Michael Porter’s Competitive Forces and Value Chain Models will be used as reference frameworks
June 22 (Lecture # 3) Wednesday	Complete (Chapter 13) - Effect of IS/IT on Value Chain, Business Process Reengineering, Virtual Organizations
June 23 (Lecture # 4) Thursday	No Lecture; Groups could decide to work on Group Assignment # 1
Week # 2
June 27 (Lecture # 5) Monday	Computer Hardware (Chapter 3); Begin hardware lab demo for individual teams; These demos will be given for one or two groups during the last half hour of each class during week # 2 and week # 3.
June 28 (Lecture # 6) Tuesday	Continue Computer Hardware (Chapter 3) lecture
June 29 (Lecture # 7) Wednesday	Complete Computer Hardware (Chapter 3) Assignment # 1 due
June 30 (Lecture # 8) Thursday	Exam 1 (during class time in Bxl 417)

BA471– Schedule of lectures for June 20 – July 14, 2005 (Continued)

	Week # 3
July 5 (Lecture # 9) Tuesday	Guest Lecture by Dr. Rene Reitsma Excerpts on Software (Chapter 4) and Open Source Software
July 6 (Lecture # 10) Wednesday	Begin Database (Chapter 5) Exam 1 feedback
July 7 (Lecture # 11) Thursday	Continue Database (Chapter 5) (In-class) Assignment # 2
	Week # 4
July 11 (Lecture # 12) Monday	Complete Databases (Chapter 5)
July 12 (Lecture # 13) Tuesday	Begin Telecommunication Networks (Chapter 6)
July 13 (Lecture # 14) Wednesday	Complete Telecommunication Networks (Chapter 6)
July 14 (Lecture # 15) Thursday	Exam 2 (during class time in Bxl 417)